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<title>HIBERNATE - Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java</title>
<subtitle>Hibernate Reference Documentation</subtitle>
<releaseinfo>3.0.5</releaseinfo>
</bookinfo>
<toc/>
<preface id="preface" revision="2">
<title>Preface</title>
<para>
Working with object-oriented software and a relational database can be cumbersome
and time consuming in today's enterprise environments. Hibernate is an object/relational
mapping tool for Java environments. The term object/relational mapping (ORM) refers to
the technique of mapping a data representation from an object model to a relational
data model with a SQL-based schema.
</para>
<para>
Hibernate not only takes care of the mapping from Java classes to
database tables (and from Java data types to SQL data types), but also provides data
query and retrieval facilities and can significantly reduce development time otherwise
spent with manual data handling in SQL and JDBC.
</para>
<para>
Hibernates goal is to relieve the developer from 95 percent of common data persistence
related programming tasks. Hibernate may not be the best solution for data-centric
applications that only use stored-procedures to implement the business logic in the
database, it is most useful with object-oriented domain models and business logic in
the Java-based middle-tier. However, Hibernate can certainly help you to remove or
encapsulate vendor-specific SQL code and will help with the common task of result set
translation from a tabular representation to a graph of objects.
</para>
<para>
If you are new to Hibernate and Object/Relational Mapping or even Java,
please follow these steps:
</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Read <xref linkend="quickstart"/> for a 30 minute quickstart, using Tomcat.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Read <xref linkend="tutorial"/> for a longer tutorial with more step-by-step
instructions.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Read <xref linkend="architecture"/> to understand the environments where
Hibernate can be used.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Have a look at the <literal>eg/</literal> directory in the Hibernate
distribution, it contains a simple standalone application. Copy your
JDBC driver to the <literal>lib/</literal> directory and edit
<literal>etc/hibernate.properties</literal>, specifying correct values for
your database. From a command prompt in the distribution directory,
type <literal>ant eg</literal> (using Ant), or under Windows, type
<literal>build eg</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Use this reference documentation as your primary source of information.
Consider reading <emphasis>Hibernate in Action</emphasis>
(http://www.manning.com/bauer) if you need more help with application
design or if you prefer a step-by-step tutorial. Also visit
http://caveatemptor.hibernate.org and download the example application
for Hibernate in Action.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
FAQs are answered on the Hibernate website.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Third party demos, examples, and tutorials are linked on the Hibernate
website.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The Community Area on the Hibernate website is a good resource for
design patterns and various integration solutions (Tomcat, JBoss AS,
Struts, EJB, etc.).
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
<para>
If you have questions, use the user forum linked on the Hibernate website. We also
provide a JIRA issue trackings system for bug reports and feature requests. If you
are interested in the development of Hibernate, join the developer mailing list. If
you are interested in translating this documentation into your language, contact us
on the developer mailing list.
</para>
<para>
Commercial development support, production support, and training for Hibernate is
available through JBoss Inc. (see http://www.hibernate.org/SupportTraining/).
Hibernate is a Professional Open Source project and a critical component of the
JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) suite of products.
</para>
</preface>
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