Java Tutorial/JPA/Cascade Action

Cascade Type: REFRESH

File: Employee.java

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
@Entity
public class Employee {
  @Id
  private int id;
  private String name;
  @ManyToOne(cascade = { CascadeType.REFRESH })
  private Employee manager;
  @OneToMany(mappedBy = "manager")
  private Collection<Employee> directs = new ArrayList<Employee>();
  public int getId() {
    return id;
  }
  public void setId(int id) {
    this.id = id;
  }
  public String getName() {
    return name;
  }
  public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
  public Collection<Employee> getDirects() {
    return directs;
  }
  public void addDirect(Employee employee) {
    if (!getDirects().contains(employee)) {
      getDirects().add(employee);
      if (employee.getManager() != null) {
        employee.getManager().getDirects().remove(employee);
      }
      employee.setManager(this);
    }
  }
  public Employee getManager() {
    return manager;
  }
  public void setManager(Employee manager) {
    this.manager = manager;
  }
}

With Cascade.All Linked Entity Auto Save

File: Helper.java

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData;
import java.sql.Statement;
public class Helper {
  public static void checkData() throws Exception {
    Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
    Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:data/tutorial", "sa", "");
    Statement st = conn.createStatement();
    ResultSet mrs = conn.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, null, new String[] { "TABLE" });
    while (mrs.next()) {
      String tableName = mrs.getString(3);
      System.out.println("\n\n\n\nTable Name: "+ tableName);
      ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("select * from " + tableName);
      ResultSetMetaData metadata = rs.getMetaData();
      while (rs.next()) {
        System.out.println(" Row:");
        for (int i = 0; i < metadata.getColumnCount(); i++) {
          System.out.println("    Column Name: "+ metadata.getColumnLabel(i + 1)+ ",  ");
          System.out.println("    Column Type: "+ metadata.getColumnTypeName(i + 1)+ ":  ");
          Object value = rs.getObject(i + 1);
          System.out.println("    Column Value: "+value+"\n");
        }
      }
    }
  }
}