Hibernate SQM – Semantic Query Model

Introduction In this article, I’m going to explain what is the Hibernate SQM or Semantic Query Model so that you have a better picture of how JPQL or Criteria API queries are executed by Hibernate.

JPA Bulk Update and Delete with Blaze Persistence

Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you how to write JPA Bulk Update and Delete queries using the amazing Blaze Persistence framework. Blaze Persistence is a JPA framework that allows you to build Criteria queries that are much more powerful than the standard JPA Criteria API. More, it also provides support for Keyset Pagination, which is very useful when having to navigate over large result sets.

Blaze Persistence – The Best Way to Write JPA Criteria Queries

Introduction In this article, I’m going to explain why the Blaze Persistence framework provides the best API to write JPA Criteria queries. Blaze Persistence is a very advanced data access framework maintained by Christian Beikov, who’s also a Hibernate ORM project contributor. I first heard of Blaze Persistence during an interview Christian gave us for the Hibernate forum, and if you are using JPA and Hibernate, you should definitely use Blaze Persistence as well.

How to get the SQL query from JPQL or JPA Criteria

Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you how you can get the auto-generated SQL query from a JPQL or JPA Criteria API entity query.

JPA Criteria Metamodel Generation and Usage Guide

Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you how to generate the JPA Metamodel using Hibernate, and how you can use it to write typesafe Criteria API queries.

Bulk update optimistic locking with JPA and Hibernate

Introduction In this article, we are going to see how we can adjust a bulk update statement so that it takes optimistic locking into consideration. While Hibernate has been supporting versioned HQL queries for a very long time, it’s actually very easy to achieve this goal even with standard JPQL or JPA Criteria API.

How to write JPA Criteria API queries using Codota

Introduction Writing JPA Criteria API queries is not very easy. The Codota IDE plugin can guide you on how to write such queries, which greatly simplifies the process. In this article, we are going to see how Codota works and how it can help you discover a given API.

How to query by entity type using JPA Criteria API

Introduction Inspired by this Hibernate forum post, I decided to write an article to explain how you can filter by the entity type using Criteria API.

How to map an immutable entity with JPA and Hibernate

Introduction In this article, you are going to find out how to map an immutable entity when using JPA and Hibernate. If your Domain Model requires that a given entity should not be modified by the data access logic, Hibernate can enforce this requirement if the entity is marked with the @Immutable annotation.

JPA Criteria API Bulk Update and Delete

Introduction JPA Criteria API bulk update delete is a great feature that allows you to build bulk update and delete queries using the JPA 2.1 Criteria API support via CriteriaUpdate and CriteriaDelete. Because one of our community members asked me on the Hibernate forum about this topic, I decided it is a good opportunity to write about this lesser-known JPA Criteria API feature.