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# Assume Nonexistence

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If you configure a class's descriptor with an existence checking policy of assume nonexistence then TopLink assumes that all instances of that class registered with a unit of work do not exist and will always perform an insert operation on the database, even on objects read from the database. However, if you use the `registerExistingObject` method on existing objects, TopLink knows to perform an update operation on the database.