Beginning Hibernate - Joseph Ottinger, Jeff Linwood, Dave Minter

Beginning Hibernate, Third Edition is ideal if you’re experienced in Java with databases (the traditional, or "connected," approach), but new to open-source, lightweight Hibernate, a leading object-relational mapping and database-oriented application development framework. And since the book keeps its focus on Hibernate without wasting time on nonessential third-party tools, you’ll be able to immediately sta This book packs in information about the release of the Hibernate 4.x persistence layer and provides a clear introduction to the current standard for object-relational persistence in Java.