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CRUD Operations using Hibernate

Hibernate is a Java framework that implements ORM(Object Relational
Mapping) design pattern. It is used to map java objects into a relational
database. It internally uses JDBC(Java Database Connectivity), JTA(Java
Transaction API), and JNDI(Java Naming and Directory Interface). It helps to
make java objects persist in the database without losing their state, thus,
named Hibernate. It can be used to perform all the CRUD operations without
having to write SQL queries. CRUD refers to database operations:

C -> Create/Insert
R -> Retrieve
U -> Update
D -> Delete

Given below are the examples that illustrate the use of Hibernate to perform
CRUD operations. All the examples use MySQL for database management and
‘student_info’ as a sample database.

Example Project

SessionFactoryProvider.java:

It is used to create and return a SessionFactory object:

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Java

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;

public class SessionFactoryProvider {

public static SessionFactory provideSessionFactory()
{
Configuration config=new Configuration();
config.configure();
return config.buildSessionFactory();
}
}

Student.java:

It is a POJO class that represents the object persistent in the database.

Java

import javax.persistence.*;
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@Entity
public class Student {
@Id
private int id;
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public Student() {
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public Student(int id, String name, int std) {

this.id = id;
this.name = name;
this.std = std;
}
public int getId() {
return id;
}
public void setId(int id) {
this.id = id;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
public int getStd() {
return std;
}
public void setStd(int std) {
this.std = std;
}
}

hibernate.cfg.xml:

It is a configuration file used to provide database details, mapping resources,

etc.. ‘hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto’ property in the configuration file is set to ‘create’
for creating tables in the database automatically. If the table already exists in
the database ‘hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto’ is set to ‘update’. For creating tables
automatically:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC ×
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">create</property>
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<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</
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<property name="hibernate.connection.password">root</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/stud
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>

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<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect</pr
<mapping class="beans.Student"></mapping>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

For inserting, retrieving, updating, or deleting records from an existing table in

the database:

hibernate.cfg.xml:

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">root</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/stud
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">root</property>
<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect</pr
<mapping class="beans.Student"></mapping>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

Creating a table in the database and inserting a new record:

The following method of ‘org.hibernate.Session’ is used to persist the object in

the database:

Serializable save(Object object) ×

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Create.java:

Java

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;
import utilities.SessionFactoryProvider;

public class Create {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
SessionFactory sessionFactory=SessionFactoryProvider.provideSessionFactory
Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction t=session.beginTransaction();

Student s=new Student(101,"John",10);

session.save(s);
t.commit();

sessionFactory.close();
}
} ×

The following details will be added to the database:

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Retrieving data from the database:

The following two methods are used to retrieve the data from the database:

<T> T get(Class<T> entityType, Serializable id)

<T> T load(Class<T> theClass, Serializable id)

Difference between get() and load():

get() load()

It returns null if the object It throws ObjectNotFoundException if the

doesn’t exist in the database or object doesn’t exist in the database or session
session cache. cache.

It returns fully initialized objects

It returns a proxy object and initializes the
which may require multiple
object only if any method is called on the
database classes. Therefore it
object(other than getId()). Therefore it results
affects the performance of the
in better performance.
application. ×

get() is used to fetch an object

load() is used to fetch an object if it is sure that
when it is not sure whether the
object exists.
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Retrieve.java:

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Java

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import utilities.SessionFactoryProvider;

public class Retrieve {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
SessionFactory sessionFactory=SessionFactoryProvider.provideSessionFactory
Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();

Student s=session.get(Student.class, 101);

System.out.println("Id : "+s.getId());
System.out.println("Name : "+s.getName());
System.out.println("Class : "+s.getStd());

sessionFactory.close();
}

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If an object doesn’t exist in database, get() returns null whereas load() throws
ObjectNotFoundexception.

Retrieve.java:

Java
×
package crudOperations;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import beans.Student;
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public class Retrieve {

public static void main(String[] args)

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{
SessionFactory sessionFactory=SessionFactoryProvider.provideSessionFactory
Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();

System.out.println("Fetching object using get:");

Student s1=session.get(Student.class, 102);
System.out.println(s1);
System.out.println("Fetching object using load:");
Student s2=session.load(Student.class,102);
System.out.println(s2);

sessionFactory.close();
}
}

Output:

Updating a record in the database:

Update.java:

Java

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;
import utilities.SessionFactoryProvider;

public class Update {

public static void main(String[] args)
{
SessionFactory sessionFactory=SessionFactoryProvider.provideSessionFactory
Session session=sessionFactory.openSession(); ×
Transaction t=session.beginTransaction();

Student s=session.get(Student.class, 101);

s.setStd(11);
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sessionFactory.close();
}

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The following record will be updated:

Deleting a record from the database:

The following method of ‘org.hibernate.Session’ is used to delete an object:

void delete(Object object)

Delete.java:

Java

package crudOperations;

import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;

import beans.Student;
import utilities.SessionFactoryProvider;

public class Delete {

public static void main(String[] args)
{ ×
SessionFactory sessionFactory=SessionFactoryProvider.provideSessionFactory
Session session=sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction t=session.beginTransaction();

Student s=session.get(Student.class, 101);

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t.commit();

sessionFactory.close();

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}
}

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