5.4. Deleting (removing) entities

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Entities can also be deleted.

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<pre class="prettyprint highlight">`entityManager.remove( person );`</pre>
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<pre class="prettyprint highlight">`session.delete( person );`</pre>
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Hibernate itself can handle deleting detached state.
JPA, however, disallows it.
The implication here is that the entity instance passed to the `org.hibernate.Session` delete method can be either in managed or detached state,
while the entity instance passed to remove on `javax.persistence.EntityManager` must be in managed state.

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