What We're Covering

Outline

Here's a summary of the topics we'll be covering:

• Introduction to ORM
• Introduction to Hibernate
• Configuring ORM
• Working with Objects
  • Creating an Object
  • Retrieving an Object / Lists of Objects
  • Updating an Object
  • Deleting an Object
  • Arrays of Objects vs. Queries
• Mapping Objects
  • Ids and Properties
  • Many-to-One Relationships
  • One-to-Many Relationships
  • Many-to-Many Relationships
  • Formulas
  • Collection Mapping
  • Inheritance
  • Cascade Options
• Hibernate Internals
  • Hibernate Sessions
  • Session Flushing
    • How It Works
    • How to Control It
  • Working with Transactions
  • Hibernate Object State
    • Transient, Persistent and Detached
    • How Objects Move between States
• Lazy Loading
  • Overview
  • How it Affects SQL
  • Dealing with Detached Objects
• Concurrency
• HQL
  • What is HQL?
  • Basic Queries
  • Criteria / Parameters
  • Joins
  • Pagination
  • Bulk Updates
• Application Architecture
  • Using a Service Layer with ORM
  • Using an Abstract Service
• Caching
• Event Handling
• DDL (Database) Generation