// prepare some test data...
Session session = openSession();
session.beginTransaction();
User user = new User();
user.setUserName( "steve" );
user.setEmail( "steve@hibernate.org" );
user.setFirstName( "Steve" );
user.setInitial( null);
user.setLastName( "Ebersole" );
user.setPassword( "brewhaha" );
session.save( user );
session.getTransaction().commit();
session.close();
// 'user' is now a detached entity, so lets change a property and reattch...
user.setPassword( "homebrew" );
session = openSession();
session.beginTransaction();
session.update( user );
session.getTransaction().commit();
session.close();
// clean up
session = openSession();
session.beginTransaction();
session.delete( user );
session.getTransaction().commit();
session.close();
