@Entity
@EntityListeners(MyListener.class)
public class EntityA extends SuperEntity{

   @Id
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   private Long id;

   private String description;

   @ManyToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL)
   private List<EntityB> entityBs  = new ArrayList<EntityB>();

... getters and setters

}

@Entity
@EntityListeners(MyListener.class)
public class EntityB extends SuperEntity{

   @Id
   @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
   private Long id;

   private String description;
.. getters and setters
}

public class MyListener {

   @PreUpdate
   public void someMethod1(Object a){
      System.out.println("@PreUpdate "+a);
   }
   @PrePersist
   public void someMethod2(Object a){
      System.out.println("@PrePersist "+a);
   }
   @PostPersist
   public void someMethod3(Object a){
      System.out.println("@PostPersist "+a);
   }
   @PostUpdate
   public void someMethod4(Object a){
      System.out.println("@PostUpdate "+a);
   }

}

public void testCode(){

em = emf.createEntityManager();
EntityA aNew = em.find(EntityA.class, 1L);
System.out.println(null != aNew.getEntityBs().remove(0)); // Actualy removes one entity
tx = em.getTransaction();
tx.begin();
em.persist(aNew);
tx.commit();
em.close();
}

Hibernate: select entitya0_.id as id0_0_, entitya0_.description as descript2_0_0_ from EntityA entitya0_ where entitya0_.id=?
Hibernate: select entitybs0_.EntityA_id as EntityA1_1_, entitybs0_.entityBs_id as entityBs2_1_, entityb1_.id as id1_0_, entityb1_.description as descript2_1_0_ from EntityA_EntityB entitybs0_ left outer join EntityB entityb1_ on entitybs0_.entityBs_id=entityb1_.id where entitybs0_.EntityA_id=?
true
Hibernate: delete from EntityA_EntityB where EntityA_id=?
Hibernate: insert into EntityA_EntityB (EntityA_id, entityBs_id) values (?, ?)