Complete Hibernate 3.0 Tutorial

This tutorial provide step by step instructions on using Hibernate 3.0. Hibernate is popular open source object relational mapping tool for Java platform. It provides powerful, ultra-high performance object/relational persistence and query service for Java. Hibernate lets you develop persistent classes following common Java idiom - including association, inheritance, polymorphism, composition and the Java collections framework. The Hibernate Query Language, designed as a "minimal" object-oriented extension to SQL, provides an elegant bridge between the object and relational worlds. Hibernate also allows you to express queries using native SQL or Java-based Criteria and Example queries. Hibernate is now the most popular object/relational mapping solution for Java.

1. What is Hibernate?
2. Hibernate Architecture
3. Writing First Hibernate Code
4. Understanding Hibernate O/R Mapping
5. Understanding Hibernate element
6. Using Hibernate to generate id incrementally
7. Hibernate Query Language
8. Preparing table for HQL Examples
9. Writing ORM for Insurance table
10. HQL from clause Example
11. Hibernate Select Clause
12. HQL Where Clause Example
13. HQL Group By Clause Example
14. HQL Order By Example
15. Hibernate Criteria Query Example
16. Criteria Query Examples
17. Hibernate Native SQL Example