NucleusJDOHelper(DataNucleusHelperJDO in v6).getDirtyFields returns based on any specific fields being marked dirty due to being updated. Your fields have not been updated (since meeting the persistence process and having a StateManager assigned).

Thanks; that is what I suspected, but wasn't sure.  I am using the ObjectProvider to get the LifecycleState and use the boolean helpers (ie: isNew(), isDeleted(), isDirty(), etc); I suspect that is similar (other than the LifecycleState being a DN construct and not a JDO standard)?


I would have expected that for a P_NEW object, all non-null fields would be identified as Dirty (even though they were modified prior to having the StateManager assigned).  From my perspective, a `dirty` field/object is a value which is not representative of the corresponding value in the DataStore.  Given that the object is P_NEW, by definition, none of the fields have been persisted, and consequently I would expect them to all be "dirty".

I am not sure how other ORMs handle field states of NEW objects.  Is this concept of NEW objects not having dirty fields unique to DN or is there a particular design reason/decision that this was approached like this?

Thanks,

Eric