what is hibernate?

ttsdinesh · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:13 pm **Posts:** 3

I am new to hibernate. what is it? i am currently pursuing core java. i planned to do a project in hibernate. somebody help me in starting hibernate.

NikhilKumar · **Joined:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:56 am **Posts:** 4

Hibernate is a framework,
Its an Object/Relational Mapping tool for Java environments. The term Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) refers to the technique of mapping a data representation from an object model to a relational data model with a SQL-based schema.

http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/core/reference/en/html_single/#sp_query

Cameron McKenzie · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:41 am

It's simply an object-relational mapping framework that makes it easy to write Java code using Java classes and objects, and have those objects be easily persisted to a relational database. Historically, going from the data in an application, to the data in a database, has been difficult. Hibernate greatly simplifies this process.

ttsdinesh · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:13 pm **Posts:** 3

Then how is hibernate different from JDBC?

Cameron McKenzie · **Posted:** Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:57 pm

Under the covers, Hibernate issues SQL statements that leverage JDBC. It's a framework that shields the developer from such low-level tasks such as writing SQL. It is an object-oriented approach to data persistence.

ttsdinesh · **Joined:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:13 pm **Posts:** 3

Ok. Thank u for ur help.