OK, first of all, I’m sorry about the distinction between ordering and sorting. My English teacher would probably be mad at me if she would read this. But I didn’t come up with the names. That’s how the features are called in Hibernate. And yes, that are 2 different features. Both allow you to define…
Hibernate Tips is a series of posts in which I describe a quick and easy solution for common Hibernate questions. If you have a question you like me to answer, please leave a comment below. Question: Hibernate always updates all database columns mapped by my entity, even the ones that I didn’t change. How can…
The java.util.List<SomeEntityClass> is the most common representation of a to-many association with JPA and Hibernate. But is it also the one that you want to use in your domain model? Does it fit your use cases or do you need smarter access to the associated elements? Let’s be honest, a simple java.util.List is good enough…
Why I publish the Thoughts on Java Report When I announced that I had quit my day job to work full-time on Thoughts on Java, I got a lot of great feedback and questions about my plans for the site. If you’re interested in these kinds of posts, I’m happy to give you a look…
Association mappings are one of the key features of JPA and Hibernate. They model the relationship between two database tables as attributes in your domain model. That allows you to easily navigate the associations in your domain model and JPQL or Criteria queries. JPA and Hibernate support the same associations as you know from your…