Hibernate was first released in 2001, back when data persistence architectures in Java applications were not as universally defined as they became when JPA came along several years later. However, ...

Hibernate is simply one of many implementations of the JPA specification, albeit the one with which Java developers tend to be the most familiar. The JPA or Hibernate question The fact of the matter ...

This Java tip introduces you to using composite keys in JPA and Hibernate. Note that I assume you’ve been introduced to Java persistence with JPA and Hibernate, including how to model entities ...

Inheritance is a common pattern in object-oriented programming, but it’s not easily replicated in a database. This Java tip shows you how to model inheritance relationships in JPA with Hibernate.