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In this tutorial, we will learn how to implement step-by-step one-to-many entity unidirectional and bidirectional mapping using JPA, Hibernate, and the MySQL database.

One-to-many mapping means that one row in a table is mapped to multiple rows in another table.

Overview

There are two types of one-to-many associations -

Unidirectional → In this type of association, only the source entity has a relationship field that refers to the target entity. We can navigate this type of association from one side.

Bidirectional → In this type of association, each entity (i.e. source and target) has a relationship field that refers to each other. We can navigate this type of association from both sides.

In this tutorial, we will implement both unidirectional and bidirectional entity mapping using @OneToMany and @ManyToOne JPA annotation.

Let's first implement one-to-many unidirectional mapping and later we will implement bidirectional entity mapping.

Hibernate One to Many Unidirectional Mapping Example

Consider the following domain model and relational model diagrams of one-to-many unidirectional association.

1. Create a Simple Maven Project

Use the How to Create a Simple Maven Project in Eclipse article to create a simple Maven project in Eclipse IDE.

2. Project Directory Structure

Let's create a packaging structure for the above created simple maven project. Refer below screenshot for your reference.

3. POM Dependencies

We are using MySQL database so add MySQL dependency to pom.xml:

<project
    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>net.javaguides.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-tutorial</artifactId>
        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
    <artifactId>hibernate-one-to-many-example</artifactId>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>8.0.32</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
            <version>6.1.7.Final</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>17</source>
                    <target>17</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

4. Creating the JPA Entities(Persistent classes)

Let's create JPA entities which we map with database tables. The @OneToMany JPA annotation is used to link one-to-many unidirectional entity mapping.

Instructor JPA Entity - Instructor.java

package net.javaguides.hibernate.entity;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import jakarta.persistence.*;

@Entity
@Table(name = "instructor")
public class Instructor {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name = "id")
    private int id;

    @Column(name = "first_name")
    private String firstName;

    @Column(name = "last_name")
    private String lastName;

    @Column(name = "email")
    private String email;

    @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    private List < Course > courses = new ArrayList < Course > ();

    public Instructor() {

    }

    public Instructor(String firstName, String lastName, String email) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
        this.lastName = lastName;
        this.email = email;
    }
    // getter and setter methods
}

The @Entity annotation indicates that this class is an entity that should be persisted in a database table.

The @Table annotation specifies the name of the table in the database that this entity should be mapped to.

The @Id annotation indicates that it is the primary key for the table.

The @GeneratedValue annotation specifies that the value of the primary key should be generated automatically by the database when a new row is inserted into the table.

The @OneToMany annotation is used to define a one-to-many mapping between two JPA entities.

Course JPA Entity - Course.java

package net.javaguides.hibernate.entity;

import jakarta.persistence.*;

@Entity
@Table(name = "course")
public class Course {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name = "id")
    private int id;

    @Column(name = "title")
    private String title;

    public Course() {

    }
    // getter and setter methods
}

5. Create Hibernate DAO Classes

InstructorDao.java

Let's create InstructorDao class and add the following Hibernate DAO operations for the Instructor entity:

package net.javaguides.hibernate.dao;

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

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.util.HibernateUtil;

public class InstructorDao {
    public void saveInstructor(Instructor instructor) {
        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // save the student object
            session.save(instructor);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void updateInstructor(Instructor instructor) {
        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // save the student object
            session.update(instructor);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void deleteInstructor(int id) {

        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();

            // Delete a instructor object
            Instructor instructor = session.get(Instructor.class, id);
            if (instructor != null) {
                session.delete(instructor);
                System.out.println("instructor is deleted");
            }

            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Instructor getInstructor(int id) {

        Transaction transaction = null;
        Instructor instructor = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // get an instructor object
            instructor = session.get(Instructor.class, id);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return instructor;
    }
}

CourseDao.java

Let's create CourseDao class and add the following Hibernate DAO operations for the Course entity:

package net.javaguides.hibernate.dao;

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

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.util.HibernateUtil;

public class CourseDao {
    public void saveCourse(Course course) {
        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // save the student object
            session.save(course);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void updateCourse(Course course) {
        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // save the student object
            session.update(course);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public void deleteCourse(int id) {

        Transaction transaction = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();

            // Delete a course object
            Course course = session.get(Course.class, id);
            if (course != null) {
                session.delete(course);
                System.out.println("course is deleted");
            }

            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public Course getCourse(int id) {

        Transaction transaction = null;
        Course course = null;
        try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
            // start a transaction
            transaction = session.beginTransaction();
            // get an course object
            course = session.get(Course.class, id);
            // commit transaction
            transaction.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            if (transaction != null) {
                transaction.rollback();
            }
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return course;
    }
}

6. Hibernate Utility File(Java Configuration)

Create a helper class HibernateUtil to bootstrap hibernate.

Map the Instructor and Course entities using the MetadataSources.addAnnotatedClass() method.

package net.javaguides.hibernate.util;

import java.util.Properties;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;

/**
 * Java based configuration
 * @author ramesh Fadatare
 *
 */
public class HibernateUtil {
    private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
        if (sessionFactory == null) {
            try {
                Configuration configuration = new Configuration();

                // Hibernate settings equivalent to hibernate.cfg.xml's properties
                Properties settings = new Properties();
                settings.put(Environment.DRIVER, "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
                settings.put(Environment.URL, "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hibernate_db?useSSL=false");
                settings.put(Environment.USER, "root");
                settings.put(Environment.PASS, "root");
                settings.put(Environment.DIALECT, "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect");

                settings.put(Environment.SHOW_SQL, "true");

                settings.put(Environment.CURRENT_SESSION_CONTEXT_CLASS, "thread");

                settings.put(Environment.HBM2DDL_AUTO, "create-drop");

                configuration.setProperties(settings);
                configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Instructor.class);
                configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Course.class);

                ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
                    .applySettings(configuration.getProperties()).build();
                System.out.println("Hibernate Java Config serviceRegistry created");
                sessionFactory = configuration.buildSessionFactory(serviceRegistry);
                return sessionFactory;

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
        return sessionFactory;
    }
}

7. Create the Main class and Run an Application

package net.javaguides.hibernate;

import net.javaguides.hibernate.dao.InstructorDao;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;

public class ManApp {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        InstructorDao instructorDao = new InstructorDao();

        Instructor instructor = new Instructor("Ramesh", "Fadatare", "ramesh@javaguides.com");
        instructorDao.saveInstructor(instructor);

        // create some courses
        Course tempCourse1 = new Course("Learn Spring Boot");
        instructor.getCourses().add(tempCourse1);

        Course tempCourse2 = new Course("Learn hibernate");
        instructor.getCourses().add(tempCourse2);

        instructorDao.saveInstructor(instructor);
    }
}

Output

Hibernate One to Many Bidirectional Mapping Example

In this example, we implement step-by-step one-to-many bidirectional entity mapping using JPA and Hibernate, and MySQL databases.

The below ER diagram shows one Instructor can have many Courses and many Courses belong to one Instructor only.

1. Create a Simple Maven Project

Use the How to Create a Simple Maven Project in Eclipse article to create a simple Maven project in Eclipse IDE.

2. Project Directory Structure

Let's create a packaging structure for the above-created simple maven project. Refer to the below screenshot for your reference.

2. POM Dependencies

We are using MySQL database so add MySQL dependency to pom.xml:

<project
    xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>net.javaguides.hibernate</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-tutorial</artifactId>
        <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>
    <artifactId>hibernate-one-to-many-bi-example</artifactId>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/mysql/mysql-connector-java -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>mysql</groupId>
            <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
            <version>8.0.32</version>
        </dependency>
        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.hibernate/hibernate-core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
            <version>6.1.7.Final</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
    <build>
        <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.5.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>17</source>
                    <target>17</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>
</project>

3. Creating the JPA Entities(Persistent classes)

The @OneToMany and @ManyToOne JPA annotations are used to link one-to-many bidirectional entity mapping.

Instructor JPA Entity

package net.javaguides.hibernate.entity;

import java.util.List;

import jakarta.persistence.*;

@Entity
@Table(name = "instructor")
public class Instructor {

     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
     @Column(name = "id")
     private int id;

    @Column(name = "first_name")
    private String firstName;

    @Column(name = "last_name")
    private String lastName;

    @Column(name = "email")
    private String email;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "instructor", cascade = { CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.MERGE, CascadeType.DETACH,
      CascadeType.REFRESH })
    private List<Course> courses;

    public Instructor() {

    }

    public Instructor(String firstName, String lastName, String email) {
        this.firstName = firstName;
        this.lastName = lastName;
        this.email = email;
    }

    public int getId() {
         return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getFirstName() {
        return firstName;
    }

    public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
         this.firstName = firstName;
    }

    public String getLastName() {
        return lastName;
    }

    public void setLastName(String lastName) {
        this.lastName = lastName;
    }

    public String getEmail() {
         return email;
    }

    public void setEmail(String email) {
        this.email = email;
    }

    public List<Course> getCourses() {
        return courses;
    }

    public void setCourses(List<Course> courses) {
        this.courses = courses;
    }
}

Course JPA Entity

package net.javaguides.hibernate.entity;

import jakarta.persistence.*;

@Entity
@Table(name = "course")
public class Course {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name = "id")
    private int id;

    @Column(name = "title")
    private String title;

    @ManyToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    @JoinColumn(name = "instructor_id")
    private Instructor instructor;

    public Course() {

    }

    public Course(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    public int getId() {
         return id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    public Instructor getInstructor() {
        return instructor;
    }

    public void setInstructor(Instructor instructor) {
        this.instructor = instructor;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "Course [id=" + id + ", title=" + title + "]";
    }
}

@Table maps the entity with the table. If no @Table is defined, the default value is used: the class name of the entity.
@Id declares the identifier property of the entity.
@Column maps the entity's field with the table's column. If @Column is omitted, the default value is used: the field name of the entity.
@OneToMany and @ManyToOne defines a one-to-many and many-to-one relationship between 2 entities.
@JoinColumn indicates the entity is the owner of the relationship: the corresponding table has a column with a foreign key to the referenced table. mappedBy indicates the entity is the inverse of the relationship.

4. Create Hibernate DAO Classes

InstructorDao.java

The InstructorDao class provides the following DAO methods for the Instructor entity:

void saveInstructor(Instructor instructor);

void updateInstructor(Instructor instructor);

void deleteInstructor(int id);

Instructor getInstructor(int id);

package net.javaguides.hibernate.dao;

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

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.util.HibernateUtil;

public class InstructorDao {
 public void saveInstructor(Instructor instructor) {
  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // save the student object
   session.save(instructor);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public void updateInstructor(Instructor instructor) {
  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // save the student object
   session.update(instructor);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public void deleteInstructor(int id) {

  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();

   // Delete a instructor object
   Instructor instructor = session.get(Instructor.class, id);
   if (instructor != null) {
    session.delete(instructor);
    System.out.println("instructor is deleted");
   }

   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public Instructor getInstructor(int id) {

  Transaction transaction = null;
  Instructor instructor = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // get an instructor object
   instructor = session.get(Instructor.class, id);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  return instructor;
 }
}

CourseDao.java

The CourseDao class provides the following DAO methods for Course entity:

void saveCourse(Course course);

void updateCourse(Course course);

void deleteCourse(int id);

Course getCourse(int id);

package net.javaguides.hibernate.dao;

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

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.util.HibernateUtil;

public class CourseDao {
 public void saveCourse(Course course) {
  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // save the student object
   session.save(course);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public void updateCourse(Course course) {
  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // save the student object
   session.update(course);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public void deleteCourse(int id) {

  Transaction transaction = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();

   // Delete a course object
   Course course = session.get(Course.class, id);
   if (course != null) {
    session.delete(course);
    System.out.println("course is deleted");
   }

   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
 }

 public Course getCourse(int id) {

  Transaction transaction = null;
  Course course = null;
  try (Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession()) {
   // start a transaction
   transaction = session.beginTransaction();
   // get an course object
   course = session.get(Course.class, id);
   // commit transaction
   transaction.commit();
  } catch (Exception e) {
   if (transaction != null) {
    transaction.rollback();
   }
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  return course;
 }
}

5. Create a Hibernate configuration file - HibernateUtil.java (Java Configuration)

The HibernateUtil Java configuration file contains information about the database and mapping file. Let's create a HibernateUtil file and write the following code in it.

package net.javaguides.hibernate.util;

import java.util.Properties;

import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.cfg.Environment;
import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;

import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;

/**
 * Java based configuration
 * @author ramesh Fadatare
 *
 */
public class HibernateUtil {
 private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;

 public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() {
  if (sessionFactory == null) {
   try {
    Configuration configuration = new Configuration();

    // Hibernate settings equivalent to hibernate.cfg.xml's properties
    Properties settings = new Properties();
    settings.put(Environment.DRIVER, "com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver");
    settings.put(Environment.URL, "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/hibernate_db?useSSL=false");
    settings.put(Environment.USER, "root");
    settings.put(Environment.PASS, "root");
    settings.put(Environment.DIALECT, "org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5InnoDBDialect");

    settings.put(Environment.SHOW_SQL, "true");

    settings.put(Environment.CURRENT_SESSION_CONTEXT_CLASS, "thread");

    settings.put(Environment.HBM2DDL_AUTO, "create-drop");

    configuration.setProperties(settings);
    configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Instructor.class);
    configuration.addAnnotatedClass(Course.class);

    ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder()
      .applySettings(configuration.getProperties()).build();
    System.out.println("Hibernate Java Config serviceRegistry created");
    sessionFactory = configuration.buildSessionFactory(serviceRegistry);
    return sessionFactory;

   } catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
   }
  }
  return sessionFactory;
 }
}

6. Create the Main class and Run an Application

Let's test a Hibernate application to connect to the MySQL database.

package net.javaguides.hibernate;

import net.javaguides.hibernate.dao.CourseDao;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.dao.InstructorDao;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Course;
import net.javaguides.hibernate.entity.Instructor;

public class ManApp {
 public static void main(String[] args) {

  InstructorDao instructorDao = new InstructorDao();
  CourseDao courseDao = new CourseDao();
  
  Instructor instructor = new Instructor("Ramesh", "Fadatare", "ramesh@javaguides.com");
  instructorDao.saveInstructor(instructor);
  
  // create some courses
  Course tempCourse1 = new Course("Air Guitar - The Ultimate Guide");
  tempCourse1.setInstructor(instructor);
  courseDao.saveCourse(tempCourse1);  
  
  Course tempCourse2 = new Course("The Pinball Masterclass");
  tempCourse2.setInstructor(instructor);
  courseDao.saveCourse(tempCourse2);
 }
}

7. Output

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we successfully built a project from scratch and learned how to map a one-to-many database relationship using Hibernate.

You might also be interested in checking out the following articles on JPA and Hibernate -

JPA/Hibernate One-to-One Mapping Annotation Example

JPA/Hibernate One-to-One Bidirectional Mapping Annotation Example

JPA Hibernate One to Many Unidirectional Mapping Example

JPA/Hibernate One to Many Bidirectional Mapping Example

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Hibernate One to Many Mapping Annotation Example

Overview

Hibernate One to Many Unidirectional Mapping Example

1. Create a Simple Maven Project

2. Project Directory Structure

3. POM Dependencies

4. Creating the JPA Entities(Persistent classes)

Instructor JPA Entity - Instructor.java

Course JPA Entity - Course.java

5. Create Hibernate DAO Classes

InstructorDao.java

CourseDao.java

6. Hibernate Utility File(Java Configuration)

7. Create the Main class and Run an Application

Output

Hibernate One to Many Bidirectional Mapping Example

1. Create a Simple Maven Project

2. Project Directory Structure

2. POM Dependencies

3. Creating the JPA Entities(Persistent classes)

Instructor JPA Entity

Course JPA Entity

4. Create Hibernate DAO Classes

InstructorDao.java

CourseDao.java

5. Create a Hibernate configuration file - HibernateUtil.java (Java Configuration)

6. Create the Main class and Run an Application

7. Output

Conclusion

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