Like all object-oriented programing languages, Java supports the fundamental concepts of inheritance and composition. There is an important difference between both concepts. Inheritance enables you to model an is-a association between two classes by extending a superclass. Composition models a has-a association by referencing another class in an instance variable. You can use both concepts…
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 for a future Hibernate Tip, please leave a comment below. Question: JPA 2.2 didn’t add support for java.time.Duration. How can I map an attribute of that type with JPA?
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 for a future Hibernate Tip, please leave a comment below. Question: How do I create a CriteriaQuery which returns the selected entities in the ascending order of an attribute?
When people are new to JPA, Hibernate or EclipseLink, they are often confused about the difference between them and which one they should use in their project. If you’re one of them, don’t worry. It’s a lot easier than it seems. Let’s take a look at the JPA specification first.
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 for a future Hibernate Tip, please leave a comment below. Question: I need to map a one-to-one association in which the primary key value of one entity is also used…
