Hibernate and Spring IntegrationWe can simply integrate hibernate application with spring application. In hibernate framework, we provide all the database information hibernate.cfg.xml file. But if we are going to integrate the hibernate application with spring, we don't need to create the hibernate.cfg.xml file. We can provide all the information in the applicationContext.xml file. Advantage of Spring framework with hibernateThe Spring framework provides HibernateTemplate class, so you don't need to follow so many steps like create Configuration, BuildSessionFactory, Session, beginning and committing transaction etc. So it saves a lot of code. Understanding problem without using spring: Let's understand it by the code of hibernate given below: As you can see in the code of sole hibernate, you have to follow so many steps. Solution by using HibernateTemplate class of Spring Framework: Now, you don't need to follow so many steps. You can simply write this: Methods of HibernateTemplate classLet's see a list of commonly used methods of HibernateTemplate class.
StepsLet's see what are the simple steps for hibernate and spring integration:
Example of Hibernate and spring integrationIn this example, we are going to integrate the hibernate application with spring. Let's see the directory structure of spring and hibernate example. 1) create the table in the database In this example, we are using the Oracle as the database, but you may use any database. Let's create the table in the oracle database 2) Employee.java It is a simple POJO class. Here it works as the persistent class for hibernate. 3) employee.hbm.xml This mapping file contains all the information of the persistent class. 4) EmployeeDao.java It is a java class that uses the HibernateTemplate class method to persist the object of Employee class. 5) applicationContext.xml In this file, we are providing all the informations of the database in the BasicDataSource object. This object is used in the LocalSessionFactoryBean class object, containing some other informations such as mappingResources and hibernateProperties. The object of LocalSessionFactoryBean class is used in the HibernateTemplate class. Let's see the code of applicationContext.xml file. File: applicationContext.xml 6) InsertTest.java This class uses the EmployeeDao class object and calls its saveEmployee method by passing the object of Employee class. Now, if you see the table in the oracle database, record is inserted successfully. Enabling automatic table creation, showing sql queries etc.You can enable many hibernate properties like automatic table creation by hbm2ddl.auto etc. in applicationContext.xml file. Let's see the code: If you write this code, you don't need to create table because table will be created automatically. Next TopicSpring and jpa integration |