How do you get the primary key values in your application? Do you use natural keys or do you generate technical IDs? I prefer to generate simple, numerical, technical IDs like you can see in the following code snippet instead of using natural keys which often require the combination of multiple attributes. @Id private Long…
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: How can I map a read-only database view with Hibernate?
Do JPA and Hibernate really fit the project you’re about to start? This important question gets not asked often enough! And if you don’t think about it in the beginning, it will be difficult to change your mind after the project starts. Most often, the persistence framework gets selected based on personal preferences. And while…
Hibernate Tips is a new 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 does not use the first- and second-level for queries. Is there any way to cache the result…
Hibernate Tips is a new 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: How do you configure Hibernate so that it writes the executed SQL statements and used bind parameters to…