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 and Hibernate FetchType EAGER is a code smell
Introduction Hibernate fetching strategies can really make a difference between an application that barely crawls and a highly responsive one. In this post, I’ll explain why you should prefer query-based fetching instead of global fetch plans. Fetching 101 Hibernate defines four association retrieving strategies: Fetching Strategy Description Join The association is OUTER JOINED in the original SELECT statement Select An additional SELECT statement is used to retrieve the associated entity(entities) Subselect An additional SELECT statement is used to retrieve the whole associated collection. This mode is meant for to-many associations Batch An… Read More
