Java Persistence with Hibernate

Java programming, SQL

This course teaches the practical use of Hibernate for persisting Java objects in a relational database.

Introduction to Hibernate

• Introducing Hibernate
• The Object/Relational Mapping Problem
• JDBC
• The Users-Roles Schema
• Tools and Environment Setup
• Creating the Database

Configuring Hibernate

• Hibernate Distributions
• Required Libraries
• Configuration Files
• hibernate.properties
• hibernate.cfg.xml

Hibernate Persistence

• The Hibernate Architecture
• SessionFactory Methods
• Hibernate Sessions
• Object States
• State Transitions
• Session Methods
• Transactions
• Session-Per-Operation
• Session-Per-Request
• The Data Access Object Pattern

Object/Relational Mapping

• Object-Oriented Design
• Relational Mapping
• Bidirectional Association
• O/R Mapping Techniques
• The Mapping Document
• The Mapping XML Model
• Primary Keys and Identity
• Generating Identifiers
• Other Mapping Elements
• Components
• Mapping Associations
• The Mapping XML Model for Associations
• Unidirectional Many-to-One
• Eager Fetching
• Bidirectional One-To-Many
• Bidirectional One-To-One
• Mapping Inheritance
• Inheritance and Databases
• Single-Table Inheritance
• Mapping Single-Table Inheritance
• Table-Per-Subclass
• Table-Per-Subclass Mapping
• Table-Per-Concrete-Class

The Hibernate Query Language

• The Hibernate Query Language
• Fundamentals
• HQL Queries
• Polymorphism
• Named Parameters
• Entity Parameters
• Joining on Associations
• Aggregate Methods
• Updates and Deletes
• Named Queries
• Using Native SQL