How does Hibernate store second-level cache entries

Introduction The benefit of using a database access abstraction layer is that caching can be implemented transparently, without leaking into…

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SELECT statements batch fetching with JDBC and Hibernate

Introduction Now that I covered Hibernate batch support for INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements, it’s time to analyze SELECT statements…

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Hibernate Tutorial – The ULTIMATE Guide (PDF Download)

EDITORIAL NOTE: In this post, we feature a comprehensive Hibernate Tutorial. Hibernate ORM (Hibernate in short) is an object-relational mapping…

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How to batch DELETE statements with Hibernate

Introduction In my previous post, I explained the Hibernate configurations required for batching INSERT and UPDATE statements. This post will…

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jOOQ vs. Hibernate: When to Choose Which

Hibernate has become a de-facto standard in the Java ecosystem, and after the fact, also an actual JavaEE standard implementation…

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How to batch INSERT and UPDATE statements with Hibernate

Introduction JDBC has long been offering support for DML statement batching. By default, all statements are sent one after the…

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Hibernate CascadeType.LOCK gotchas

Introduction Having introduced Hibernate explicit locking support, as well as Cascade Types, it’s time to analyze the CascadeType.LOCK behavior. A…

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A beginner’s guide to JPA and Hibernate Cascade Types

Introduction JPA translates entity state transitions to database DML statements. Because it’s common to operate on entity graphs, JPA allows…

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Hibernate Locking Patterns – How does PESSIMISTIC_READ and PESSIMISTIC_WRITE work

Introduction Java Persistence API comes with a thorough concurrency control mechanism, supporting both implicit and explicit locking. The implicit locking…

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