@PostUpdate

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The @PostUpdate annotation marks an entity's method as a callback after entity changes have been saved to the database.

 import javax.persistence.*;
 
   @Entity
   public class MyEntity {
       @Id getId() { ... }
 
       @PostUpdate
       public void postUpdate()
       {
          ...
       }
       
       ...
   }

[edit] Definition

 @Target(METHOD)
 @Retention(RUNTIME)
 public @interface PostUpdate {
 }