Hi DG! Thank you very much for your informative input! In my original post, I was dealing with the creation of a new motherEntity (which is a complex process...). So the isNew flag would always be true....However the flag idea is good. I can set a completedOrCanceled flag. Initialize it as false. The @End methods can be like this: | | @End | public void cancelMotherCreation(){ | // at this point, the children collections may or may not have been filled, | // but it does not matter, since we can cascade.... | entityManager.remove(motherEntity); | this.completedOrCanceled = true; | } | | @End | public void newMotherDone(){ | entityManager.merge(motherEntity); | this.completedOrCanceled = true; | } | Here the @Destroy method: | @Destroy@Remove | public void destroy(){ | if (this.completedOrCanceled == false) | entityManager.remove(motherEntity); | } | I've got to try it out right now.... Regards, Ellen View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4063600#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...