Hibernate : Java Glossary

Hibernate

Hibernate (capital H) refers to an object/relational persistence and query service for Java. Hibernate is free released under LGPL (Lesser General Public License) open source. Hibernate lets you develop persistent classes following the common Java idioms including association, inheritance, polymorphism, composition and the Java collections framework. The Hibernate Query Language is an object-oriented extension to SQL (Standard Query Language) to provide a bridge between the object and relational worlds. You had best learn SQL and JDBC (Java Data Base Connectivity) first, then learn this shortcut built on top of them. It is a peculiar name for a high-performance interface.

The basic idea is that your Java code works with POJO (Plain Old Java Object)s not SQL or JDBC. Each object represents one row of an SQL result set. Each column is one field in the object. Your program can modify these objects and when you are done you commit the hibernate transaction which figures out what has changed in the objects and composes the SQL commands to commit those changes to the database. Hibernate is a type of POD (Persistent Object Database).

Hibernate is a superset of JPA (Java Persistence Api), Java’s Persistence API (Application Programming Interface).

hibernate (lowercase h) refers to the ability of an OS (Operating System) or application to go into suspended animation in order to conserve resources or electric power, and to spring to life again more quickly than had it done a complete shutdown.

Books

recommend book⇒Java Persistence with Hibernate

by:

Christian Bauer and Gavin King

978-1-932394-88-7

paperback

publisher:

Manning Publications

published:

2006-11-24

Gavin King is the founder of the Hibernate project, so he ought to know what he is talking about. Covers Hibernate 3.2 in detail along with the EJB 3.0 and Java Persistence standard. Published by Manning press, a reputable Java publisher.

Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock

recommend book⇒Beginning Hibernate: From Novice to Professional

by:

Dave Minter and Jeff Linwood

978-1-59059-693-7

paperback

publisher:

Apress

published:

2006-08-25

This is book aimed at someone who knows about SQL but is completely new to Hibernate and persistence. It is written in an informal style. It covers Hibernate 3.2. review.

Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock

recommend book⇒Professional Hibernate (Programmer to Programmer)

by:

Eric Pugh and Joseph D. Gradecki

978-0-7645-7677-5

paperback

publisher:

Wrox

B000PY4UK2

kindle

published:

2004-10-08

This is book aimed at somene who knows about SQL and building server side apps but is completely new to Hibernate and persistence. It does not cover the latest and greatest in Hibernate.

Greyed out stores probably do not have the item in stock

EclipseLink
hibernation
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Object-Relational Bridge
OpenJPA
Persistence
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