EntityEntry entry = source.getPersistenceContext().getEntry( entity );
if ( entry == null ) {
EntityPersister persister = source.getEntityPersister( event.getEntityName(), entity );
Serializable id = persister.getIdentifier( entity, source );
if ( id != null ) {
final EntityKey key = source.generateEntityKey( id, persister );
final Object managedEntity = source.getPersistenceContext().getEntity( key );
entry = source.getPersistenceContext().getEntry( managedEntity );
if ( entry != null ) {
// we have specialized case of a detached entity from the
// perspective of the merge operation. Specifically, we