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Preface

Chapter 1.Instattation and Setup

 Getting an Ant Distribution

 Getting the HSQLDB Database Engine

 Getting Hibernate

 Setting Up a Project Hierarchy

Chapter 2.Introduction to Mapping

 Writing a Mapping Document

 Generating Some Class

 Cooking Up a Schema

 Connecting Hibernate to MySQL

Chapter 3.Harnessing Hibernate

 Creating Persistent Objects

 Finding Persistent Objects

 Better Ways to Build Queries

Chapter 4.Corrections and Associations

 Mapping Collections

 Persisting Collections

 Retrieving Collections

 Using Bidirectional Associations

 Working with Simple Collections

Chapter 5.Richer Associations

 Using Lazy Associations

 Ordered Collections

 Augmenting Associations in Collection:

 Lifecycle Associations

 Reflexive Associations

Chapter 6.Persistent Enumerated Typ

 Defining a Persistent Enumerated Type

 Working with Persistent Enumerations

Chapter 7.Custom Value Types

 Defining a User Type

 Using a Custom Type Mapping

 Building a Composite User Type

Chapter 8.Criteria Queries

 Using Simple Criteria

 Compounding Criteria

 Applying Criteria to Associations

  Querying by Example

Chapter 9.A Look at HQL

 Writing HQL Queries

 Selecting Properties and Pieces

 Sorting

 Working with Aggregate Values

 Writing Native SQL Queries

Appendix A. Hibernate Types

Appendix B. Standard Criteria

Appendix C. Hibernate SQL Diatects