about this book

We had three goals when writing this book, so you can read it as

  • A tutorial for Hibernate, Java Persistence, and EJB 3.0 that guides you through your first steps with these solutions

  • A guide for learning all basic and advanced Hibernate features for object/relational mapping, object processing, querying, performance optimization, and application design

  • A reference for whenever you need a complete and technically accurate definition of Hibernate and Java Persistence functionality

Usually, books are either tutorials or reference guides, so this stretch comes at a price. If you're new to Hibernate, we suggest that you start reading the book from the start, with the tutorials in chapters 1 and 2. If you have used an older version of ...

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