diff --git a/geoportal-service/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProjectsManualUpdate.java b/geoportal-service/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProjectsManualUpdate.java
index e996714..34cf4f6 100644
--- a/geoportal-service/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProjectsManualUpdate.java
+++ b/geoportal-service/src/test/java/org/gcube/application/geoportal/service/engine/mongo/ProjectsManualUpdate.java
@@ -1,29 +1,47 @@
 package org.gcube.application.geoportal.service.engine.mongo;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.mongodb.Block;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+import com.mongodb.client.AggregateIterable;
+import com.mongodb.client.MongoCursor;
 import com.mongodb.client.model.Filters;
+import com.mongodb.client.model.FindOneAndReplaceOptions;
+import com.mongodb.client.model.FindOneAndUpdateOptions;
+import com.mongodb.client.model.ReturnDocument;
+import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
+
 import org.bson.BSON;
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
 import org.gcube.application.cms.implementations.ImplementationProvider;
 import org.gcube.application.cms.serialization.Serialization;
 import org.gcube.application.cms.tests.TokenSetter;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.document.Lock;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.document.Project;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.document.lifecycle.LifecycleInformation;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.rest.ConfigurationException;
+import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.model.useCaseDescriptor.UseCaseDescriptor;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.common.utils.tests.GCubeTest;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.service.engine.providers.MongoClientProvider;
 import org.gcube.application.geoportal.service.model.internal.db.Mongo;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 
 public class ProjectsManualUpdate {
+	
+	private static String testContext = "/gcube/devsec/devVRE";
 
     public static void main(String[] args) throws ConfigurationException {
         ImplementationProvider.get().setEngine(new MongoClientProvider() {
             @Override
             public Mongo getObject() throws ConfigurationException {
-                TokenSetter.set(GCubeTest.getContext());
+                TokenSetter.set(testContext);
                 return super.getObject();
             }
         },Mongo.class);
@@ -39,8 +57,104 @@ public class ProjectsManualUpdate {
 //            }catch(Throwable e){throw new RuntimeException(e);}
 //        });
 
+        
+        String projectId = "6425598a8593b215a1281e1c";
+        
+        Document doc = mongo.getDocById(new ObjectId(projectId));
+        System.out.println(doc.toJson());
+        Project theSourceProject = Serialization.convert(doc, Project.class);
+        
+        Document theSourceDocument = theSourceProject.getTheDocument();
+        System.out.println("theSourceDocument:" +theSourceDocument.toJson());
+       
+//        Document updatedDocument =  new Document(theSourceDocument);
+//        updatedDocument.put("nome", "Nome aggiornato");
 
-        mongo.getCollection().deleteMany(Filters.eq("_theDocument",null));
+		
+		/*List<Document> listDocument = new ArrayList<Document>();
+		//listDocument.add(theSourceDocument);
+		listDocument.add(updatedDocument);
+		
+		Document match = new Document();
+		match.put("$match", new Document(Project.ID, theSourceProject.getId()));
+		
+		Document merge = new Document();
+		merge.put("$mergeObjects", listDocument);
+		
+		Document project = new Document();
+		project.put("$project", new Document(Project.THE_DOCUMENT, merge));
+		
+		
+		List<Document> query = new ArrayList<Document>();
+		query.add(match);
+		query.add(project);
+
+
+		System.out.println("Query: "+query);*/
+       //pipeline.append(new Document().append("$match",match));
+		
+		Document filter = new Document(Project.ID, new ObjectId(theSourceProject.getId()));
+		
+		Document updatedProject = new Document();
+		Document update = new Document();
+		update.append("nome", "nome aggiornato");
+		Document subDocument = new Document();
+		subDocument.append("abstractIta","abstract cambiato");
+		update.append("abstractRelazione", subDocument);
+		updatedProject.put(Project.THE_DOCUMENT, update);
+		
+		System.out.println("updated: "+update.toJson());
+		
+		theSourceDocument.putAll(update);
+		
+//		DBObject obj1 = (DBObject) JSON.parse(theSourceDocument.toJson());
+//		DBObject obj2 = (DBObject) JSON.parse(update.toJson());
+//		obj1.putAll(obj2);
+//		System.out.println("obj1: "+obj1.toString());
+		
+//		theSourceDocument.forEach(null);
+//		
+//		Object object = theSourceDocument.merge(Project.THE_DOCUMENT,updatedProject,(val1,val2) -> val2);
+		
+		//System.out.println("object: "+theSourceDocument.toJson());
+		
+		
+        ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        JsonNode node1;
+		try {
+			
+			node1 = mapper.readTree(theSourceDocument.toJson());
+	
+			JsonNode node2 = mapper.readerForUpdating(node1)
+                .readTree(update.toJson());
+        
+        System.out.println("node2: "+node2.toString());
+        
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
+        
+//		System.out.println("updatedProjectDocument: "+updatedProject.toJson());
+//		
+//		Document setOperation = new Document();
+//		setOperation.append("$set", updatedProject);
+//		
+////		Object newProject = mongo.getCollection().findOneAndUpdate(
+////				filter, 
+////				setOperation, 
+////				new FindOneAndUpdateOptions().returnDocument(ReturnDocument.AFTER));
+//		
+//		Object newProject = mongo.getCollection().updateOne(
+//				filter, 
+//				setOperation);
+//        
+//        Project theNewProject = Serialization.convert(newProject, Project.class);
+//
+//        
+//        System.out.println("theNewProject: "+theNewProject.toString());
+
+        //mongo.getCollection().deleteMany(Filters.eq("_theDocument",null));
     }
 
 }