JPA is the Java standard for data persistence, especially for relational systems. Here, we explore how Hibernate and JPA work together to make database processes easier.

JPA and Hibernate enum mapping The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will ...

JPA in Java 8 The Java Persistence API has evolved since this tutorial was published in 2008. Read on for a conceptual introduction to Java data persistence.

Oracle has released version 2.2 of the Java Persistence standard (JPA). This release updates Java EE 8 to use all the benefits of Java 8.

Until the publication of the Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 specification and the Java Persistence API, the only persistence technology officially part of the Java Enterprise Edition platform (Java EE ...