Beginning Hibernate, Second Edition is ideal if youre experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or connected, approach), but new to open-source, lightweight Hibernatethe de facto object-relational mapping and database-oriented application development framework.

This book packs in information about the release of the Hibernate 3.5 persistence layer and provides a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java. And since the book keeps its focus on Hibernate without wasting time on nonessential third-party tools, youll be able to immediately start building transaction-based engines and applications.

Experienced authorsDave Minter andJeff Linwood provide more in-depth examples than any other book for Hibernate beginners. The authors also present material in a lively, example-based mannernot a dry, theoretical, hard-to-read fashion.

Jeff Linwood has been involved in software programming since he had a 286 in high school. He got caught up with the Internet when he got access to a UNIX shell account, and it has been downhill ever since. Jeff has published articles on several Jakarta Apache open source projects in Dr. Dobb's Journal, CNET's Builder.com, and JavaWorld. Jeff has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. He currently works for the Gossamer Group in Austin, Texas, on content management and web application syndication systems. He gets to play with all the latest open source projects there. Jeff also co-authored Professional Struts Applications, Building Portals with the Java Portlet API, and Pro Hibernate 3. He was a technical reviewer for Enterprise Java Development on a Budget and Extreme Programming with Ant.

Chapter 1. An Introduction to Hibernate 3 - light changes neededChapter 2. Integrating and Configuring Hibernate - medium changesChapter 3. Building a Simple application - either medium or heavy changesChapter 4. The Persistence Lifecycle - light changesChapter 5. An Overview of Mapping - light changesChapter 6. Mapping with Annotations - heavy changesChapter 7. Creating Mapping with Hibernate XML Files - heavy changesChapter 8. Using the Session - light changesChapter 9. Searches and Queries - light changesChapter 10. Advanced Queries using Criteria - light changesChapter 11. Filtering the Results of Searches - light changesChapter 12. Hibernate as a Service OR Other Case Study Chapter - new chapter Appendix A: More Advanced Features - medium changesAppendix B: Hibernate Tools - heavy changes Appendix C: Hibernate with Spring - medium