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Learn JPA & Hibernate

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Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) is the process of converting Java

objects to database tables. In other words, this allows us to interact
with a relational database without any SQL. The Java Persistence
API (JPA) is a speci cation that de nes how to persist data in Java
applications. The primary focus of JPA is the ORM layer.

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Hibernate is one of the most popular Java ORM frameworks in use

today. Its rst release was almost twenty years ago, and still has
excellent community support and regular releases. Additionally,
Hibernate is a standard implementation of the JPA speci cation,
with a few additional features that are speci c to Hibernate. Let's
take a look at some core features of JPA and Hibernate.

De ning Entities
 De ning JPA Entities(/jpa-entities)
 Hibernate Entity Lifecycle(/hibernate-entity-lifecycle)
 JPA Entity Lifecycle Events(/jpa-entity-lifecycle-events)
 Default Column Values in JPA(/jpa-default-column-values)
 JPA @Basic Annotation(/jpa-basic-annotation)
 Mapping Entity Class Names to SQL Table Names (/jpa-entity-table-
with JPA names)
 Di erence Between @Size, @Length, and (/jpa-size-length-column-
@Column(length=value) di erences)
 JPA Entity Equality(/jpa-entity-equality)
 JPA @Embedded And @Embeddable(/jpa-embedded-embeddable)
 JPA Attribute Converters(/jpa-attribute-converters)
 Hibernate @NotNull vs @Column(nullable = (/hibernate-notnull-vs-
false) nullable)

Entity Relationships
 One-to-One Relationship in JPA(/jpa-one-to-one)
 Many-To-Many Relationship in JPA(/jpa-many-to-many)
 @JoinColumn Annotation Explained(/jpa-join-column)
 Di erence Between @JoinColumn and
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 Di erence Between @JoinColumn and (/jpa-joincolumn-vs-
mappedBy mappedby)

 Mapping a Single Entity to Multiple (/jpa-mapping-single-entity-to-

Tables in JPA multiple-tables)
 Overview of JPA/Hibernate Cascade Types(/jpa-cascade-types)
 Hibernate @WhereJoinTable Annotation(/hibernate-wherejointable)
 Hibernate Inheritance Mapping(/hibernate-inheritance)
 Hibernate One to Many Annotation Tutorial(/hibernate-one-to-many)

Identi ers
 An Overview of Identi ers in Hibernate/JPA(/hibernate-identi ers)
 Composite Primary Keys in JPA(/jpa-many-to-many)
 When Does JPA Set the Primary (/jpa-strategies-when-set-primary-
Key key)

Read Operations
 Types of JPA Queries(/jpa-queries)
 JPA Query Parameters Usage(/jpa-composite-primary-keys)
 Constructing a JPA Query Between Unrelated (/jpa-query-
Entities parameters)
 Working with Lazy Element Collections in (/java-jpa-lazy-
JPA collections)
 JPA Join Types(/jpa-join-types)
 FetchMode in Hibernate(/hibernate-fetchmode)
 Hibernate Named Query(/hibernate-named-query)

Query Criteria
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 Combining JPA And/Or Criteria (/jpa-and-or-criteria-

Predicates predicates)
 Criteria API – An Example of IN (/jpa-criteria-api-in-
Expressions expressions)
 JPA Criteria Queries(/hibernate-criteria-queries)

Pagination and Sorting

 Sorting with JPA(/jpa-sort)
 JPA Pagination(/jpa-pagination)
 Hibernate Pagination(/hibernate-pagination)
 JPA Criteria Queries(/hibernate-criteria-queries)

Query Results
 A Guide to SqlResultSetMapping(/jpa-sql-resultset-mapping)
 Customizing the Result of JPA Queries (/jpa-queries-custom-result-
with Aggregation Functions with-aggregation-functions)

Write Operations
 INSERT Statement in JPA(/jpa-insert)
 Batch Insert/Update with (/jpa-hibernate-batch-insert-
Hibernate/JPA update)
 Deleting Objects with Hibernate(/delete-with-hibernate)
 Hibernate: save, persist, update, (/hibernate-save-persist-update-
merge, saveOrUpdate merge-saveorupdate)

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