What is a Hibernate?

·         Hibernate is the open source ORM (Object Relation Mapping) tool available in the market.

·         Hibernate 3.0, the latest Open Source persistence technology at the heart of J2EE is available for download from Hibernet.org

·         Hibernate maps the Java classes to the database tables. It also provides the data query and retrieval facilities that significantly reduces the development time.

·         Hibernate is not the best solutions for data centric applications that only uses the stored-procedures to implement the business logic in database. It is most useful with object-oriented domain modes and business logic in the Java-based middle-tier.

·         Hibernate allows transparent persistence that enables the applications to switch any database.

·         Hibernate can be used in Java Swing applications, Java Servlet-based applications, or J2EE applications using EJB session beans.