diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate4/README.md b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate4/README.md
index f2553ad229..6f8d83aa9d 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate4/README.md
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-hibernate4/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 ### Relevant Articles: 
 - [Guide to Hibernate 4 with Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-4-spring)
-- [The DAO with Spring and Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/persistence-layer-with-spring-and-hibernate)
 - [Hibernate Pagination](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-pagination)
 - [Sorting with Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-sort)
 - [Stored Procedures with Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/stored-procedures-with-hibernate-tutorial)
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/README.md b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/README.md
index aabbb3c248..af4e4427c7 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/README.md
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 ### Relevant Articles: 
 - [A Guide to JPA with Spring](https://www.baeldung.com/the-persistence-layer-with-spring-and-jpa)
 - [Bootstrapping Hibernate 5 with Spring](http://www.baeldung.com/hibernate-5-spring)
+- [The DAO with Spring and Hibernate](http://www.baeldung.com/persistence-layer-with-spring-and-hibernate)
+
 
 
 ### Eclipse Config 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractDao.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a6c76a93a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package com.baeldung.persistence.dao.common;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+public abstract class AbstractDao<T extends Serializable> implements IOperations<T> {
+
+    protected Class<T> clazz;
+
+    protected final void setClazz(final Class<T> clazzToSet) {
+        clazz = Preconditions.checkNotNull(clazzToSet);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3ade67f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/AbstractHibernateDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.baeldung.persistence.dao.common;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+public abstract class AbstractHibernateDao<T extends Serializable> extends AbstractDao<T> implements IOperations<T> {
+
+    @Autowired
+    protected SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    // API
+
+    @Override
+    public T findOne(final long id) {
+        return (T) getCurrentSession().get(clazz, id);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<T> findAll() {
+        return getCurrentSession().createQuery("from " + clazz.getName()).list();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void create(final T entity) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(entity);
+        getCurrentSession().saveOrUpdate(entity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public T update(final T entity) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(entity);
+        return (T) getCurrentSession().merge(entity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void delete(final T entity) {
+        Preconditions.checkNotNull(entity);
+        getCurrentSession().delete(entity);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void deleteById(final long entityId) {
+        final T entity = findOne(entityId);
+        Preconditions.checkState(entity != null);
+        delete(entity);
+    }
+
+    protected Session getCurrentSession() {
+        return sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/IOperations.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/IOperations.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ef99221ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/common/IOperations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.persistence.dao.common;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public interface IOperations<T extends Serializable> {
+
+    T findOne(final long id);
+
+    List<T> findAll();
+
+    void create(final T entity);
+
+    T update(final T entity);
+
+    void delete(final T entity);
+
+    void deleteById(final long entityId);
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/impl/FooDao.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/impl/FooDao.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d940527e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/persistence/dao/impl/FooDao.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.persistence.dao.impl;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.dao.IFooDao;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import com.baeldung.persistence.dao.common.AbstractHibernateDao;
+
+@Repository
+public class FooDao extends AbstractHibernateDao<Foo> implements IFooDao {
+
+    public FooDao() {
+        super();
+
+        setClazz(Foo.class);
+    }
+
+    // API
+
+}
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceConfig.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c454ab3b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/PersistenceConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+package org.baeldung.config;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.dao.IFooDao;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaAuditing;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+import com.baeldung.persistence.dao.impl.FooDao;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = { "com.baeldung.persistence" }, transactionManagerRef = "jpaTransactionManager")
+@EnableJpaAuditing
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@ComponentScan({ "com.baeldung.persistence" })
+public class PersistenceConfig {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    public PersistenceConfig() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
+        final LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
+        sessionFactory.setDataSource(restDataSource());
+        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "com.baeldung.persistence.model" });
+        sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
+
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean entityManagerFactory() {
+        final LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean emf = new LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean();
+        emf.setDataSource(restDataSource());
+        emf.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "com.baeldung.persistence.model" });
+
+        final JpaVendorAdapter vendorAdapter = new HibernateJpaVendorAdapter();
+        emf.setJpaVendorAdapter(vendorAdapter);
+        emf.setJpaProperties(hibernateProperties());
+
+        return emf;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public DataSource restDataSource() {
+        final BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.driverClassName")));
+        dataSource.setUrl(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.url")));
+        dataSource.setUsername(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.user")));
+        dataSource.setPassword(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.pass")));
+
+        return dataSource;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PlatformTransactionManager hibernateTransactionManager() {
+        final HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
+        transactionManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+        return transactionManager;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PlatformTransactionManager jpaTransactionManager() {
+        final JpaTransactionManager transactionManager = new JpaTransactionManager();
+        transactionManager.setEntityManagerFactory(entityManagerFactory().getObject());
+        return transactionManager;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor exceptionTranslation() {
+        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public IFooDao fooHibernateDao() {
+        return new FooDao();
+    }
+
+    private final Properties hibernateProperties() {
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.show_sql", "true");
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.format_sql", "true");
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+
+        // Envers properties
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("org.hibernate.envers.audit_table_suffix", env.getProperty("envers.audit_table_suffix"));
+
+        return hibernateProperties;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
index 5294860311..30635e9ef2 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/Foo.java
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
 package org.baeldung.persistence.model;
 
-import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
-
-import javax.persistence.*;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
+import javax.persistence.Cacheable;
+import javax.persistence.Column;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.FetchType;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.JoinColumn;
+import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
+import javax.persistence.NamedNativeQueries;
+import javax.persistence.NamedNativeQuery;
+
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
+
 @Entity
 @Cacheable
 @org.hibernate.annotations.Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.READ_WRITE)
+@NamedNativeQueries({ @NamedNativeQuery(name = "callGetAllFoos", query = "CALL GetAllFoos()", resultClass = Foo.class), @NamedNativeQuery(name = "callGetFoosByName", query = "CALL GetFoosByName(:fooName)", resultClass = Foo.class) })
 public class Foo implements Serializable {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/resources/stored_procedure.sql b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/resources/stored_procedure.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cedb75c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/main/resources/stored_procedure.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DELIMITER //
+    CREATE PROCEDURE GetFoosByName(IN fooName VARCHAR(255))
+        LANGUAGE SQL
+        DETERMINISTIC
+        SQL SECURITY DEFINER
+        BEGIN
+            SELECT * FROM foo WHERE name = fooName;
+        END //
+DELIMITER ;
+
+
+DELIMITER //
+    CREATE PROCEDURE GetAllFoos()
+        LANGUAGE SQL
+        DETERMINISTIC
+        SQL SECURITY DEFINER
+        BEGIN
+            SELECT * FROM foo;
+        END //
+DELIMITER ;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooStoredProceduresLiveTest.java b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooStoredProceduresLiveTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ded32e362e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/FooStoredProceduresLiveTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
+
+import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.baeldung.config.PersistenceConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.exception.SQLGrammarException;
+import org.hibernate.query.NativeQuery;
+import org.hibernate.query.Query;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assume;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PersistenceConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class FooStoredProceduresLiveTest {
+
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(FooStoredProceduresLiveTest.class);
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private FooService fooService;
+
+    private Session session;
+
+    @Before
+    public final void before() {
+        session = sessionFactory.openSession();
+        Assume.assumeTrue(getAllFoosExists());
+        Assume.assumeTrue(getFoosByNameExists());
+    }
+
+    private boolean getFoosByNameExists() {
+        try {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            NativeQuery<Foo> sqlQuery = session.createSQLQuery("CALL GetAllFoos()").addEntity(Foo.class);
+            sqlQuery.list();
+            return true;
+        } catch (SQLGrammarException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("WARNING : GetFoosByName() Procedure is may be missing ", e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private boolean getAllFoosExists() {
+        try {
+            @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+            NativeQuery<Foo> sqlQuery = session.createSQLQuery("CALL GetAllFoos()").addEntity(Foo.class);
+            sqlQuery.list();
+            return true;
+        } catch (SQLGrammarException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("WARNING : GetAllFoos() Procedure is may be missing ", e);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public final void after() {
+        session.close();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void getAllFoosUsingStoredProcedures() {
+
+        fooService.create(new Foo(randomAlphabetic(6)));
+
+        // Stored procedure getAllFoos using createSQLQuery
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        NativeQuery<Foo> sqlQuery = session.createSQLQuery("CALL GetAllFoos()").addEntity(Foo.class);
+        List<Foo> allFoos = sqlQuery.list();
+        for (Foo foo : allFoos) {
+            LOGGER.info("getAllFoos() SQL Query result : {}", foo.getName());
+        }
+        assertEquals(allFoos.size(), fooService.findAll().size());
+
+        // Stored procedure getAllFoos using a Named Query
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Query<Foo> namedQuery = session.getNamedQuery("callGetAllFoos");
+        List<Foo> allFoos2 = namedQuery.list();
+        for (Foo foo : allFoos2) {
+            LOGGER.info("getAllFoos() NamedQuery result : {}", foo.getName());
+        }
+        assertEquals(allFoos2.size(), fooService.findAll().size());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public final void getFoosByNameUsingStoredProcedures() {
+
+        fooService.create(new Foo("NewFooName"));
+
+        // Stored procedure getFoosByName using createSQLQuery()
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Query<Foo> sqlQuery = session.createSQLQuery("CALL GetFoosByName(:fooName)").addEntity(Foo.class).setParameter("fooName", "NewFooName");
+        List<Foo> allFoosByName = sqlQuery.list();
+        for (Foo foo : allFoosByName) {
+            LOGGER.info("getFoosByName() using SQL Query : found => {}", foo.toString());
+        }
+
+        // Stored procedure getFoosByName using getNamedQuery()
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        Query<Foo> namedQuery = session.getNamedQuery("callGetFoosByName").setParameter("fooName", "NewFooName");
+        List<Foo> allFoosByName2 = namedQuery.list();
+        for (Foo foo : allFoosByName2) {
+            LOGGER.info("getFoosByName() using Native Query : found => {}", foo.toString());
+        }
+
+    }
+}