Description:

An excellent Java framework, the Hibernate project provides nearly transparent persistence for Java classes. It supports association, inheritance, polymorphism, composition, and the standard Java collection classes. Instead of invasive inheritance, manual interface implementation, code generation, or post-processing, Hibernate uses run-time reflection at system initialization to generate SQL and proxy implementations.

Usage Notes:

The API and query language (HQL) have the object-oriented feel of Versant, yet Hibernate supports blazing fast access to MySQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, DB2, and many other relational databases. Hibernate works well both inside and outside of application servers. Many programmers are beginning to consider Hibernate as a preferred alternative to CMP in J2EE environments.

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