Thanks! I already injected EM into the session bean that calls the static utility. It turns out the problem was not there.
I am updating two entities in the same transaction context, which are both mapped to the same row in the same table. However, the entity classes are distinct so when the transaction ends, hibernate thinks that they are conflicting updates.
I have started a new thread for this issue.
Thanks again,
Andrew
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