JPA/Hibernate: @PrePersist, @PreUpdate, @PostLoad don't work!

If using Hibernate:

• if using the Session API: @PrePersist, @PreUpdate wont't work (see 1)
  [solution(see 2): register an event listener to hibernate events]
• if using the EntityManager API: @PrePersist, @PreUpdate will work

 

If using pure JPA: @PrePersist, @PreUpdate work fine!

 

References
(1),
(2)