This hibernate tutorial provides in-depth concepts of Hibernate
Framework with simplified examples. It was started in 2001 by Gavin King
as an alternative to EJB2 style entity bean. The stable release of
Hibernate till Aug 28, 2013, is hibernate 2.2.5. It is helpful for
beginners and experienced persons.
An ORM tool simplifies the data creation, data manipulation and data access. It is a programming technique that maps the object to the data stored in the database.
The ORM tool internally uses the JDBC API to interact with the database.
Hibernate Framework
Hibernate framework simplifies the development of java application to interact with the database. Hibernate is an open source, lightweight, ORM (Object Relational Mapping) tool.An ORM tool simplifies the data creation, data manipulation and data access. It is a programming technique that maps the object to the data stored in the database.
The ORM tool internally uses the JDBC API to interact with the database.