Java Persistence with Hibernate Book

foreword to t he revised edition xix
foreword to the first edition xxi
preface to the revised edition xxiii
preface to the first edition xxv
acknowledgments xxviii
about this book xxix
about the cover illustration xxxiii

Part 1 Getting started with Hibernate and EJB 3.0 1

Chapter 1 Understanding object/relational persistence 3

What is persistence? 5

The paradigm mismatch 10

Persistence layers and alternatives 20

Object/relational mapping 24

Summary 35

Chapter 2 Starting a project 37

Starting a Hibernate project 38

Starting a Java Persistence project 68

Reverse engineering a legacy database 88

Integration with Java EE services 96

Summary 104

Chapter 3 Domain models and metadata 105

The CaveatEmptor application 106

Implementing the domain model 110

Object/relational mapping metadata 123

Alternative entity representation 140

Summary 152

Part 2 Mapping concepts and strategies 155

Chapter 4 Mapping persistent classes 157

Understanding entities and value types 158

Mapping entities with identity 161

Class mapping options 171

Fine-grained models and mappings 177

Summary 189

Chapter 5 Inheritance and custom types 191

Mapping class inheritance 192

The Hibernate type system 212

Creating custom mapping types 220

Summary 239

Chapter 6 Mapping collections and entity associations 240

Sets, bags, lists, and maps of value types 241

Collections of components 251

Mapping collections with annotations 256

Mapping a parent/children relationship 260

Summary 275

Chapter 7 Advanced entity association mappings 277

Single-valued entity associations 278

Many-valued entity associations 290

Polymorphic associations 313

Summary 321

Chapter 8 Legacy databases and custom SQL 322

Integrating legacy databases 323

Customizing SQL 350

Improving schema DDL 364

Summary 378

Part 3 Conversational object processing 381

Chapter 9 Working with objects 383

The persistence lifecycle 384

Object identity and equality 391

The Hibernate interfaces 401

The Java Persistence API 417

Using Java Persistence in EJB components 426

Summary 431

Chapter 10 Transactions and concurrency 433

Transaction essentials 434

Controlling concurrent access 453

Nontransactional data access 469

Summary 474

Chapter 11 Implementing conversations 476

Propagating the Hibernate Session 477

Conversations with Hibernate 485

Conversations with JPA 497

Conversations with EJB 3.0 506

Summary 515

Chapter 12 Modifying objects efficiently 517

Transitive persistence 518

Bulk and batch operations 532

Data filtering and interception 540

Summary 558

Chaoter 13 Optimizing fetching and caching 559

Defining the global fetch plan 560

Selecting a fetch strategy 573

Caching fundamentals 592

Caching in practice 602

Summary 612

Chapter 14 Querying with HQL and JPA QL 614

Creating and running queries 615

Basic HQL and JPA QL queries 633

Joins, reporting queries, and subselects 643

Summary 662

Chapter 15 Advanced query options 663

Querying with criteria and example 664

Using native SQL queries 683

Filtering collections 688

Caching query results 691

Summary 695

Chapter 16 Creating and testing layered applications 697

Hibernate in a web application 698

Creating a persistence layer 708

Introducing the Command pattern 718

Designing applications with EJB 3.0 725

Testing 730

Summary 746

Chapter 17 Introducing JBoss Seam 747

The Java EE 5.0 programming model 748

Improving the application with Seam 765

Understanding contextual components 779

Validating user input 789

Simplifying persistence with Seam 803

Summary 816

appendix A SQL fundamentals 818
appendix B Mapping quick reference 822
references 824
index 825