Hibernate Session.delete() an object if exists

Question

In JavaDoc of Session class the description of delete method is:

Remove a persistent instance from the datastore. The argument may be

Answer 1

Try this...

public  T delete(T t) throws Exception {
    try {
        t = load(t);
        session.delete(t);
        session.flush();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        throw e;
    } finally {
        session.clear();
    }

    return t;
}

public  T load(T t) {
    session.buildLockRequest(LockOptions.NONE).lock(t);
    return t;
}