Spring REST partial update with @PATCH method

Question

I\'m trying to implement a partial update of the Manager entity based in the following:

Entity

public class Manager {
    private int id;
    private Str         


        

Answer 1

First, you need to know if you are doing an insert or an update. Insert is straightforward. On update, use get() to retrieve the entity. Then update whatever fields. At the end of the transaction, Hibernate will flush the changes and commit.