Hibernate is an object/relational mapping (ORM) tool that also provides data querying and retrieval functions in a Java environment.
Whether you are using simple objects or collections, Hibernate reduces your development time by handling most
of the common data persistence tasks. This code-intensive text will take you through Hibernate's major components
and show you exactly how to use it to enhance your current development practices and toolsets.
You will learn how to install Hibernate, build the development environment, and configure Hibernate for a variety of databases, including DB2, HypersonicSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
Then you'll learn the details of connecting to databases using Hibernate, creating persistent classes and objects, working with SQL and HQL (the Hibernate Query Language), and managing transactions. Finally, you will take that basic knowledge into your real-world applications, learning to use Hibernate with other tools such as Eclipse, Tomcat, Maven, Struts, and Xdoclet.
Chapter 1 Introduction to mapping objects to relational
databases
Chapter 2 Introduction to Hibernate
Chapter 3 Hibernate development environment
Chapter 4 Database connecting and schema generation
Chapter 5 Creating persistent classes
Chapter 6 Working with collections
Chapter 7 Using persistent objects
Chapter 8 Hibernate query language
Chapter 9 Hibernate caching
Chapter10 Hibernate transactions and locking
etc.