Beginning Hibernate 6: Java Persistence from Beginner to Pro

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7. JPA Integration and Lifecycle Events

Joseph B. Ottinger¹  , Jeff Linwood² and Dave Minter³

(1)

Youngsville, NC, USA

(2)

Austin, TX, USA

(3)

London, UK

 

Hibernate provides a number of capabilities beyond the simple “native Hibernate API.” In this chapter, we are going to discuss using the standard JPA configuration resource, Hibernate’s object validation facilities, and object lifecycle events – along with a few other tricks.

The Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API , or JPA, is a standard approved by the Java Community Process, with input from representatives of a number ...