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Java persistence with JPA and Hibernate: Persisting data to a database

You’ll also get started with JPA Query Language (JPQL) and use it to execute a few simple database operations on the example application. The complete source code for the example application can be ...
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JPA and Hibernate enum mapping with annotations and the hbm.xml file

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any ...
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Composite keys in JPA and Hibernate

Every JPA entity has a primary key, but some entities have more than one value as their primary key. In this case, you need to use a composite key. This Java tip introduces you to using composite keys ...
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Spring Ehcache integration (Second-level caching in Hibernate)

Integrating Ehcache with Spring-based applications is actually fairly easy. Let's look at this integration with a sample BuddyManagement application. We have a BuddyManagementSample application. The ...