Basics of Hibernate (architecture + example)

Hibernate is a Java framework that maps Java classes and types into the relational databases, which solves problems of "paradigm mismatches" between how data is represented in application objects versus relational databases. This article explains the basics of Hibernate and provides a simple example with the MySQL database.

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OverviewArchitecture of HibernateMapping datatypesExample of Hibernate 6 with MySQL databaseInstallationConfigurationAnnotated classesDatabase tabl...