Hibernate: A Developer s Notebook

Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook showsyou how to use Hibernate to automate persistence: you writenatural Java objects and some simple configuration files,and Hibernate automates all the interaction between yourobjects and the database. You don't even need to know thedatabase is there, and you can change from one database toanother simply by changing a few statements in aconfiguration file. If you've needed to add a databasebackend to your application, don't put it off. It's muchmore fun than it used to be, and Hibernate: ADeveloper's Notebook shows you why.

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Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook
By James  Elliott
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: May 2004
ISBN	: 0-596-00696-9
Pages	: 190
	Copyright
		Preface
			How to Use This Book
			Font Conventions
			On the Web Site
			How to Contact Us
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.   Installation and Setup
			Section 1.1.   Getting an Ant Distribution
			Section 1.2.   Getting the HSQLDB Database Engine
			Section 1.3.   Getting Hibernate
			Section 1.4.   Setting Up a Project Hierarchy
		Chapter 2.   Introduction to Mapping
			Section 2.1.   Writing a Mapping Document
			Section 2.2.   Generating Some Class
			Section 2.3.   Cooking Up a Schema
			Section 2.4.   Connecting Hibernate to MySQL
		Chapter 3.   Harnessing Hibernate
			Section 3.1.   Creating Persistent Objects
			Section 3.2.   Finding Persistent Objects
			Section 3.3.   Better Ways to Build Queries
		Chapter 4.   Collections and Associations
			Section 4.1.   Mapping Collections
			Section 4.2.   Persisting Collections
			Section 4.3.   Retrieving Collections
			Section 4.4.   Using Bidirectional Associations
			Section 4.5.   Working with Simple Collections
		Chapter 5.   Richer Associations
			Section 5.1.   Using Lazy Associations
			Section 5.2.   Ordered Collections
			Section 5.3.   Augmenting Associations in Collections
			Section 5.4.   Lifecycle Associations
			Section 5.5.   Reflexive Associations
		Chapter 6.   Persistent Enumerated Types
			Section 6.1.   Defining a Persistent Enumerated Type
			Section 6.2.   Working with Persistent Enumerations
		Chapter 7.   Custom Value Types
			Section 7.1.   Defining a User Type
			Section 7.2.   Using a Custom Type Mapping
			Section 7.3.   Building a Composite User Type
		Chapter 8.   Criteria Queries
			Section 8.1.   Using Simple Criteria
			Section 8.2.   Compounding Criteria
			Section 8.3.   Applying Criteria to Associations
			Section 8.4.   Querying by Example
		Chapter 9.   A Look at HQL
			Section 9.1.   Writing HQL Queries
			Section 9.2.   Selecting Properties and Pieces
			Section 9.3.   Sorting
			Section 9.4.   Working with Aggregate Values
			Section 9.5.   Writing Native SQL Queries
		Appendix A.   Hibernate Types
			Section A.1.   Basic Types
			Section A.2.   Persistent Enumerated Types
			Section A.3.   Custom Value Types
			Section A.4.   'Any' Type Mappings
			Section A.5.   All Types
		Appendix B.   Standard Criteria
			Section B.1.   The Expression Factory
		Appendix C.   Hibernate SQL Dialects
			Section C.1.   Getting Fluent in the Local SQL
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