diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernateUtil.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernateUtil.java
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+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernateUtil.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
+import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Article;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Author;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Book;
+
+public class HibernateUtil {
+    private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
+        if (sessionFactory == null) {
+            try {
+                Configuration configuration = new Configuration();
+                Properties settings = new Properties();
+
+                settings.put(Environment.DRIVER, "org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
+                settings.put(Environment.URL, "jdbc:hsqldb:mem:userrole");
+                settings.put(Environment.USER, "sa");
+                settings.put(Environment.PASS, "");
+                settings.put(Environment.DIALECT, "org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect");
+                settings.put(Environment.SHOW_SQL, "true");
+                settings.put(Environment.HBM2DDL_AUTO, "update");
+                settings.put(Environment.CHECK_NULLABILITY, "true");
+
+                configuration.setProperties(settings);
+                configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Book.class);
+                configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Author.class);
+                configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Article.class);
+
+                ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
+                        .applySettings(configuration.getProperties()).build();
+                sessionFactory = configuration.buildSessionFactory(serviceRegistry);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                e.printStackTrace();
+            }
+        }
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Article.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Article.java
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index 0000000000..3c9c7c5b31
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+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Article.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+
+@Entity
+public class Article {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    private long id;
+
+    private String title;
+
+    @ManyToOne(optional = false)
+    private Author author;
+
+    public Article(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public void setAuthor(Author author) {
+        this.author = author;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Author.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Author.java
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index 0000000000..fa6aaa9abe
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+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Author.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType;
+
+@Entity
+public class Author {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
+    private long id;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    @OneToMany
+    @Cascade(CascadeType.ALL)
+    private List<Article> articles;
+
+    public Author(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Author() {
+    }
+
+    public List<Article> getArticles() {
+        return articles;
+    }
+
+    public void setArticles(List<Article> articles) {
+        this.articles = articles;
+    }
+
+    public void addArticles(List<Article> articles) {
+        this.articles = articles;
+        articles.forEach(article -> article.setAuthor(this));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Book.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Book.java
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+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/entity/Book.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity;
+
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
+
+@Entity
+public class Book {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+    private Long id;
+
+    @Column(nullable = false)
+    private String title;
+
+    public Book(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+
+    public Book() {
+    }
+
+    public String getTitle() {
+        return title;
+    }
+
+    public void setTitle(String title) {
+        this.title = title;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernatePersistentObjectUnitTest.java b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernatePersistentObjectUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..09f11b07a2
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+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-exceptions/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/exception/persistentobject/HibernatePersistentObjectUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject;
+
+import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
+
+import org.hibernate.PropertyValueException;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Article;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Author;
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.exception.persistentobject.entity.Book;
+
+public class HibernatePersistentObjectUnitTest {
+
+    private static Session session;
+
+    @Before
+    public void beforeAll() {
+        session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory()
+            .openSession();
+        session.beginTransaction();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void afterAll() {
+        session.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSavingEntityWithNullMandatoryField_thenThrowPropertyValueException() {
+        Book book = new Book();
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> session.save(book)).isInstanceOf(PropertyValueException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("not-null property references a null or transient value");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSavingEntityWithAllMandatoryField_thenDoNotThrowException() {
+        Book book = new Book();
+        book.setTitle("Clean Code");
+
+        session.save(book);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSavingBidirectionalEntitiesWithoutSettingParent_thenThrowPropertyValueException() {
+        Author author = new Author("John Doe");
+        author.setArticles(asList(new Article("Java Tutorial"), new Article("What's New in JUnit5")));
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> session.save(author)).isInstanceOf(PropertyValueException.class)
+            .hasMessageContaining("not-null property references a null or transient value");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenSavingBidirectionalEntitiesWithCorrectParent_thenDoNotThrowException() {
+        Author author = new Author("John Doe");
+        author.addArticles(asList(new Article("Java tutorial"), new Article("What's new in JUnit5")));
+
+        session.save(author);
+    }
+
+}
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