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Modularizing the Hibernate SessionFactory with the Spring framework

In this article, we describe our modularization and transaction management approach with Spring and Hibernate. Similar to the OSGi JPA Service Specification and JDBC, it allows each persistent module ...
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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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How JPA EntityManager handles Hibernate transaction management

The key to successful Hibernate transaction management is the JPA EntityManager. It's the only JPA component that can start transactions, commit transactions and hook into Hibernate transactions that ...
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Inheritance relationships in JPA and Hibernate

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.