Hibernate Life cycle:

In Hibernate object will be in one state of 3 given below:

•       Transient
•       Persistent
•       Detached

Transient: Hibernate object is in transient object exist in memory

Persistent:  Object is in Database will be manage by hibernate

Detached: Object is shallow copy of database representation, won’t be managed by hibernate

(In order to persist detached object, it must use a new session using one of the load, merge, save, update, refresh using object reference).