Hibernate: A Practical Guide

Master Hibernate, the powerful ORM framework, and build robust data-driven Java applications with this comprehensive guide.

Introduction to ORM and Hibernate

Unit 1: ORM Fundamentals

Unit 2: Hibernate Core Concepts

Unit 3: Hibernate vs. Other Technologies

Unit 4: Setting Up Your Development Environment

Hibernate Configuration

Unit 1: XML Configuration

Unit 2: Annotation-Based Configuration

Unit 3: Java-Based Configuration

Unit 4: Database Connections and Connection Pools

Unit 5: Hibernate Properties and Logging

Mapping Java Classes to Database Tables

Unit 1: Basic Entity Mapping

Unit 2: Defining Primary Keys and Constraints

Unit 3: One-to-One Relationships

Unit 4: One-to-Many and Many-to-One Relationships

Unit 5: Many-to-Many Relationships

Unit 6: Composite Keys and Custom Data Types

Performing CRUD Operations

Unit 1: Creating Data

Unit 2: Reading Data

Unit 3: Updating Data

Unit 4: Deleting Data

Unit 5: Session and Transaction Management

Hibernate Query Language (HQL)

Unit 1: Basic HQL Queries

Unit 2: Advanced HQL Queries

Unit 3: HQL vs. SQL

Unit 4: Optimizing HQL Queries

Criteria API

Unit 1: Building Basic Criteria Queries

Unit 2: Advanced Criteria Queries

Unit 3: Combining Criteria API and HQL

Unit 4: Pagination and Sorting

Hibernate Caching

Unit 1: Levels of Caching

Unit 2: Second-Level Cache Configuration

Unit 3: Using Ehcache

Unit 4: Cache Concurrency and Invalidation

Transactions and Concurrency Control

Unit 1: Transaction Management

Unit 2: Transaction Isolation Levels

Unit 3: Optimistic Locking

Unit 4: Pessimistic Locking

Unit 5: Managing Concurrent Access

Associations and Relationships

Unit 1: One-to-One Relationships Revisited

Unit 2: One-to-Many and Many-to-One Relationships Revisited

Unit 3: Many-to-Many Relationships Revisited

Unit 4: Lazy Loading and Eager Loading

Unit 5: Resolving the N+1 Problem

Integrating Hibernate with Spring

Unit 1: Spring and Hibernate Integration

Unit 2: Spring Transaction Management

Unit 3: Configuring Hibernate as a Spring Bean

Unit 4: Building a Complete Application

Best Practices and Performance Optimization

Unit 1: Coding Best Practices

Unit 2: Configuration Best Practices

Unit 3: Identifying Performance Bottlenecks

Unit 4: Schema Generation and Reverse Engineering

Unit 5: Monitoring and Tuning Performance

Advanced Hibernate Features

Unit 1: Hibernate Interceptors

Unit 2: Hibernate Listeners

Unit 3: Custom Data Types and User-Defined Functions

Unit 4: Hibernate Spatial Extensions

Hibernate and Jakarta Persistence API (JPA)

Unit 1: Hibernate as a JPA Provider

Unit 2: JPA Annotations with Hibernate

Unit 3: EntityManager API

Unit 4: Migrating to JPA

Emerging Trends

Unit 1: Reactive Programming with Hibernate

Unit 2: Hibernate and Cloud-Native Architectures

Unit 3: Hibernate in Microservices Environments

Real-World Project Implementation

Unit 1: Project Planning and Design

Unit 2: Implementing Data Access Layer

Unit 3: Implementing Business Logic Layer

Unit 4: Implementing User Interface

Unit 5: Deployment and Testing