How to fix the Hibernate “object references an unsaved transient instance - save the transient instance before flushing” error

Question

I receive following error when I save the object using Hibernate

object references an unsaved transient instance - save the transient instance before flushi         


        

Answer 1

Or, if you want to use minimal "powers" (e.g. if you don't want a cascade delete) to achieve what you want, use

import org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade;
import org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType;

...

@Cascade({CascadeType.SAVE_UPDATE})
private Set children;