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Hibernate is an open-source persistence framework for Java. Its ORM module provides interfaces for translating data between a tabular and an object-relational representation. This shifts the focus of development from executing the SQL statements as is the case when using pure JDBC for handling transitions of an entity between its different states of persistence.

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