After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Configure Hibernate using both properties files and XML documents.
- Create mapping documents for Java classes.
- Define object relationships and build mapping documents to model them.
- Use components to model composition relationships in the object model.
- Work with one-to-one, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships.
- Evaluate the different approaches to modeling inheritance and polymorphism in database schema.
- Build Java applications that use Hibernate to create, retrieve, update, and delete objects.
- Use Hibernate's Criteria Query API to do searches and Query By Example.
- Work with Hibernate Query Language (HQL) to generate object-based SQL.
- Understand Hibernate sessions and transactions and their impact on performance.
Java Training Course duration
2 Days
Java Training Course outline
1 . Introduction to Hibernate
- The Object/Relational Mapping Problem
- JDBC
- The Hibernate Alternative
- Hibernate Architecture and API
2 . Configuring Hibernate
- The Hibernate Distribution
- Required Libraries
- Configuration Files
- hibernate.properties
- hibernate.cfg.xml
- Programmatic Configuration
3 . Hibernate Persistence
- The SessionFactory Interface
- Object States
- The Session Interface
- Transactions
- Session Duration
- The Data Access Object Pattern
4 . Object/Relational Mapping
- O/R Mapping Issues
- The Mapping Vocabulary
- Primary Keys and Identity
- ID Generators
- Mapping Associations
- Unidirectional and Bidirectional Associations
- Managing Cardinality
- Strategies for Mapping Inheritance
5 . The Criteria Query API
- Criteria Queries
- The Criteria Interface
- Using Restrictions
- Windowing Results
- Sorting
- Traversing Associations
- Projections and Aggregates
- Grouping
- Query By Example (QBE)
6 . Hibernate Query Language (HQL)
- Building HQL Queries
- The Select Clause
- The Where Clause
- Named and Entity Parameters
- Associations and Aggregates
- Bulk Updates and Deletes
- Named Queries
- Using Native SQL
Appendix A.Learning
Resources
System Requirements
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- 500 MHz, 256 meg RAM, 500 meg disk space
Minimum Software Requirements
- All free downloadable tools.
Hardware – recommended
- 1.5 GHz, 512 meg RAM, 1 gig disk space.
Operating system
- Tested on Windows XP Professional. Course software should be viable on all systems which support a J2SE 5.0 JDK..
