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Software architects face an important technical problem when they must decide how to best interact with backend database systems. The decision often comes down to the Hibernate vs. JDBC debate, as the ...

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It’s good to understand the need for object/relational mapping (ORM) in Java applications, but you’re probably eager to see Hibernate in action. We’ll start by showing you a simple example that ...

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 ...