Hibernate ORM, popularly known as just Hibernate, is a framework that maps object-oriented domain models to databases in Java. Hibernate was first released in 2001, back when data persistence ...

I discovered Hibernate Validator, an open source project from JBoss. The framework impressed me with its simplicity and flexibility, so I am introducing it with this Java Tip.

With so many benefits and drawbacks to using either the Hibernate Session or the JPA EntityManager for performing object relational mapping, it is no wonder why enterprise architects have such a ...