Beginning Hibernate:from Novice To Professional

Beginning Hibernate is ideal if you’re experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or “connected,” approach), but are new to open source lightweight Hibernate the most popular de facto object-relational mapping and database-oriented application development framework. This book packs in brand new information about the latest release of the Hibernate 3.2.x persistence layer and provides a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java.

Table of contents :
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Hibernate 3
Chapter 2: Integrating and Configuring Hibernate
Chapter 3: Building a Simple Application
Chapter 4: The Persistence of LifeCycle
Chapter 5: An Overview of Mapping
Chapter 6: Mapping with Annotations
Chapter 7: Creating Mappings with Hibernate XML Files
Chapter 8: Using the Session
Chapter 9: Searches and Queries
Chapter 10: Advanced Queries Using Criteria
Chapter 11: Filtering the Results of Searches

About Author :
Jeff Linwood has been involved in software programming since he had a 286 in high school. He got caught up with the Internet when he got access to a UNIX shell account, and it has been downhill ever since. Jeff has published articles on several Jakarta Apache open source projects in Dr. Dobb's Journal, CNET's Builder.com, and JavaWorld. Jeff has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently works for the Gossamer Group in Austin, Texas, on content management and web application syndication systems. He gets to play with all the latest open source projects there. Jeff also co-authored Professional Struts Applications, Building Portals with the Java Portlet API, and Pro Hibernate 3. He was a technical reviewer for Enterprise Java Development on a Budget and Extreme Programming with Ant.

Dave Minter has adored computers since he was small enough to play in the boxes they came in. He built his first PC from discarded, faulty, and obsolete components, and considers that to be the foundation of his career as an integration consultant. Dave is based in London, where he helps large and small companies build systems that "just work." He co-authored Building Portals with the Java Portlet API and Pro Hibernate 3.