Chapter 1. Introduction to Hibernate

• The Object/Relational Mapping Problem
• JDBC
• The Hibernate Alternative
• Hibernate Architecture and API

Chapter 2. Configuring Hibernate

• The Hibernate Distribution
• Required Libraries
• Configuration Files
• hibernate.properties
• hibernate.cfg.xml
• Programmatic Configuration

Chapter 3. Hibernate Persistence

• The SessionFactory Interface
• Object States
• The Session Interface
• Transactions
• Session Duration
• The Data Access Object Pattern

Chapter 4. Object/Relational Mapping

• O/R Mapping Issues
• The Mapping Vocabulary
• Primary Keys and Identity
• ID Generators
• Mapping Associations
• Unidirectional and Bidirectional Associations
• Managing Cardinality
• Strategies for Mapping Inheritance

Chapter 5. The Criteria Query API

• Criteria Queries
• The Criteria Interface
• Using Restrictions
• Windowing Results
• Sorting
• Traversing Associations
• Projections and Aggregates
• Grouping
• Query By Example (QBE)

Chapter 6. Hibernate Query Language

• Building HQL Queries
• The Select Clause
• The Where Clause
• Named and Entity Parameters
• Associations and Aggregates
• Bulk Updates and Deletes
• Named Queries
• Using Native SQL