Hibernate is an Object/Relational Mapper tool. It's very popular among Java applications and implements the Java Persistence API. Hibernate ORM enables developers to more easily write applications whose data outlives the application process. As an Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework, Hibernate is concerned with data persistence as it applies to relational databases (via JDBC).

Features

  • JPA Provider - In addition to its own "native" API, Hibernate is also an implementation of the Java Persistence API (JPA) specification. As such, it can be easily used in any environment supporting JPA including Java SE applications, Java EE application servers, Enterprise OSGi containers, etc.
  • Idiomatic persistence - Hibernate enables you to develop persistent classes following natural Object-oriented idioms including inheritance, polymorphism, association, composition, and the Java collections framework. Hibernate requires no interfaces or base classes for persistent classes and enables any class or data structure to be persistent.
  • Support Performance - Hibernate supports lazy initialization, numerous fetching strategies and optimistic locking with automatic versioning and time stamping. Hibernate requires no special database tables or fields and generates much of the SQL at system initialization time instead of at runtime. Hibernate consistently offers superior performance over straight JDBC code, both in terms of developer productivity and runtime performance.
  • Scalabile - Hibernate was designed to work in an application server cluster and deliver a highly scalable architecture. Hibernate scales well in any environment: Use it to drive your in-house Intranet that serves hundreds of users or for mission-critical applications that serve hundreds of thousands.
  • Reliable - Hibernate is well known for its excellent stability and quality, proven by the acceptance and use by tens of thousands of Java developers.
  • Extensibile - Hibernate is highly configurable and extensible.

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GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2), GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2), Apache License V2.0

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English

Intended Audience

Information Technology, Science/Research, Developers

Programming Language

Java

Database Environment

Project is a relational object mapper, Project is a database abstraction layer (API), HSQL, JDBC, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL (pgsql), IBM DB2, Sybase, SQL-based, Microsoft SQL Server

Related Categories

Java Database Software, Java Search Engines, Java Frameworks, Java Scientific Engineering, Java Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) Software

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2001-11-25

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