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Hibernate substantially reduced the tedium and frequent errors Java developers and programmers encounter in matching object-oriented code to relational data bases. Bauer (member of the core development team) and King (founder and principal developer) first describe object/relational persistence, and how it relates to Hibernate. They then give practical advice on introducing and integrating Hibernate, including mapping persistent classes and working with persistent objects; conducting transactions, concurrency and caching; retrieving objects efficiently, writing applications; and using the toolset. Topics of appendices include SQL fundamentals, ORM implementation strategies, and a troubleshooting section. Distributed in the US by Independent Publishers Group.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Book Description
Hibernate practically exploded on the Java scene. Why is this open-source tool so popular? Because it automates a tedious task: persisting your Java objects to a relational database. The inevitable mismatch between your object-oriented code and the relational database requires you to write code that maps one to the other. This code is often complex, tedious and costly to develop. Hibernate does the mapping for you.

Not only that, Hibernate makes it easy. Positioned as a layer between your application and your database, Hibernate takes care of loading and saving of objects. Hibernate applications are cheaper, more portable, and more resilient to change. And they perform better than anything you are likely to develop yourself.

Hibernate in Action carefully explains the concepts you need, then gets you going. It builds on a single example to show you how to use Hibernate in practice, how to deal with concurrency and transactions, how to efficiently retrieve objects and use caching.

The authors created Hibernate and they field questions from the Hibernate community every day–they know how to make Hibernate sing. Knowledge and insight seep out of every pore of this book.

What's Inside
- ORM concepts
- Getting started
- Many real-world tasks
- The Hibernate application development process


About the Author
A member of the core Hibernate developer team, Christian Bauer maintains the Hibernate documentation and website. He is a senior software engineer in Frankfurt, Germany. Gavin King is the Hibernate founder and principal developer. He is a J2EE consultant based in Melbourne, Australia.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
Java objects and relational databases have never matched up well: Ask any programmer who￯﾿ﾽs had to bridge them. Hibernate handles those bridging tasks seamlessly, so you can build better enterprise database applications, with far less hassle. Now Hibernate￯﾿ﾽs founder and a member of the core development team give you an insider￯﾿ﾽs tour -- complete with a start-to-finish case study.

Christian Bauer and Gavin King thoroughly explain Hibernate￯﾿ﾽs ￯﾿ﾽobject/relational mapping￯﾿ﾽ approach. You￯﾿ﾽll learn to map persistent classes; work with persistent objects; use transactions, concurrency, and caching. You￯﾿ﾽll find best practices for Hibernate design and development; even coverage of advanced tools like Middlegen -- indispensable for working with ￯﾿ﾽuntouchable￯﾿ﾽ legacy database schema. Hibernate￯﾿ﾽs the most useful enterprise Java technology to arrive in years. With this book, you￯﾿ﾽll own it. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

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Hibernate practically exploded on the Java scene. Why is this open-source tool so popular? Because it automates a tedious task: persisting your Java objects to a relational database. The inevitable mismatch between your object-oriented code and the relational database requires you to write code that maps one to the other. This code is often complex, tedious and costly to develop. Hibernate does the mapping for you.

Not only that, Hibernate makes it easy. Positioned as a layer between your application and your database, Hibernate takes care of loading and saving of objects. Hibernate applications are cheaper, more portable, and more resilient to change. And they perform better than anything you are likely to develop yourself.

Hibernate in Action carefully explains the concepts you need, then gets you going. It builds on a single example to show you how to use Hibernate in practice, how to deal with concurrency and transactions, how to efficiently retrieve objects and use caching.

The authors created Hibernate and they field questions from the Hibernate community every day–they know how to make Hibernate sing. Knowledge and insight seep out of every pore of this book.

What¹s Inside
- ORM concepts
- Getting started
- Many real-world tasks
- The Hibernate application development process

About the Author:
A member of the core Hibernate developer team, Christian Bauer maintains the Hibernate documentation and website. He is a senior software engineer in Frankfurt, Germany. Gavin King is the Hibernate founder and principal developer. He is a J2EE consultant based in Melbourne, Australia.

SYNOPSIS

Hibernate substantially reduced the tedium and frequent errors Java developers and programmers encounter in matching object-oriented code to relational data bases. Bauer (member of the core development team) and King (founder and principal developer) first describe object/relational persistence, and how it relates to Hibernate. They then give practical advice on introducing and integrating Hibernate, including mapping persistent classes and working with persistent objects; conducting transactions, concurrency and caching; retrieving objects efficiently, writing applications; and using the toolset. Topics of appendices include SQL fundamentals, ORM implementation strategies, and a troubleshooting section. Distributed in the US by Independent Publishers Group. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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