EAGER fetching is a code smell

Introduction Hibernate fetching strategies can really make a difference between an application that barely crawls and a highly responsive one.…

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5 ways to initialize lazy relations and when to use them

Lazy loading of relations between entities is a well established best practice in JPA. Its main goal is to retrieve…

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JPA Entity Graphs

One of the latest features in JPA 2.1 is the ability to specify fetch plans using Entity Graphs. This is…

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EasyCriteria has evolved to uaiCriteria. New name and more features

Hello, how are you? I am very happy to announce the release of the uaiCriteria, the EasyCriteria evolution. Was it…

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JPA Tutorial: Mapping Entities – Part 3

In my last article I showed two different ways to read/write persistent entity state – field and property. When field access mode is…

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JPA Tutorial: Mapping Entities – Part 2

In my last post I showed a simple way of persisting an entity. I explained the default approach that JPA…

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Preventing lost updates in long conversations

Introduction All database statements are executed within the context of a physical transaction, even when we don’t explicitly declare transaction…

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JPA tutorial: Mapping Entities – Part 1

In this article I will discuss about the entity mapping procedure in JPA. As for my examples I will use…

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JPA Hibernate Alternatives. What can I use if JPA or Hibernate is not good enough for my project?

Hello, how are you? Today we will talk about situations that the use of the JPA/Hibernate is not recommended. Which…

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