Example: Insertion of a record into employee table of oracle database using java

hibernate application

1. hibernate3.jar [available in hibernate-home directory]

2. Dependent jar files of hibernate3.jar [available in hibernate-home\lib
folder]
1. dom4j-version.jar 2. cglib-version.jar 3. commons-collections-
version.jar 4. commons-logging-version.jar 5. jta.jar 6. asm.jar 7. antlr-
version.jar
3. classes12.jar [to support oracle type 4 driver for oracle9i] (available in
oraclehome\ora92\jdbc\lib\)
or
ojdbc driver 6 or 7 depending up on version.

Files to be created:

1. hibernate.cfg.xml [Hibernate configuration file]

2. Employee.java [persistent class/POJO] (All gets and sets will be written or

added here)

3. Employee.hbm.xml [Hibernate Mapping file]

4. Client.java [Java application using hibernate API & setup to interact with
Database software.]

Step1: Create table in oracle database software as follows:

create table employee ( eid number primary key, firstname varchar2(20),

lastname varchar2(20), email varchar2(20) );
Step2: Create hibernate configuration file as follows:[Note: For reference open
file from Hibernatehome\etc\hibernate.cfg.xml

hibernate.cfg.xml <!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC "-

//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration> <session-factory> <property
name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver</pr
operty> <property
name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl</prop
erty> <property name="hibernate.connection.username">scott</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">tiger</property> <property
name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle9Dialect</property>
<property name="show_sql">true</property> <mapping
resource="Employee.hbm.xml"/> </session-factory> </hibernate-
configuration>

Step3: Develop POJO class/persistent class

//Employee.java public class Employee implements java.io.Serializable { int no;

String fname, lname, email; public void setNo(int no) { this.no = no; } public int
getNo() { return no; } public void setFname(String fname) { this.fname = fname; }
public String getFname() { return fname; } public void setLname(String lname) {
this.lname = lname; } public String getLname(){ return lname; } public void
setEmail(String email){ this.email = email; } public String getEmail(){ return
email; } }//class
Step 4: Develop Hibernate Mapping file (Employee.hbm.xml) Note: Take
reference file from Hibernate-home\eg\*.hbm.xml Employee.hbm.xml <?xml
version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-
//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd"> <hibernate-
mapping> <class name="Employee" table="employee"> <id name="no" column
= "eid"/> <!-- Singular primary key field --> <property name="fname"
column="firstname"/> <property name="lname" column = "lastname"/>
<property name = "email" column = "email"/> </class> </hibernate-mapping>

Note: To see these SQL queries as log messages use hibernate.show_sql

property in hibernate configuration file as shown below.

<property name = hibernate.show_sql>true</property>

Step 5: Develop hibernate based java application with persistence logic

operations. [Insertion of record] Client.java import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory; import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.Transaction; public class TestClient { public static void
main(String[] args) throws Exception { //locate and read configuration file
Configuration conf = new Configuration(); conf = conf.configure(); //if we name
configuration file differently then we need to specify it as a argument //conf =
conf.configure(oracle.cfg.xml); //creation of session factory object based on
configuration file details SessionFactory factory = conf.buildSessionFactory();

//get session object Session ses = factory.openSession(); Transaction tx =

ses.beginTransaction(); //object creation with data Employee e1 = new
Employee(); //Transient state e1.setNo(1); e1.setFname("Vara");
e1.setLname("Prasad"); e1.setEmail("kanakavaraprasad@gmail.com"); //Note:
Even after storing data, the object e1 is in transient state. //record insertion
ses.save(e1); //now the object e1 is in persistent state. tx.commit();
ses.close(); //closes statement and connection objects //Note: Now the object
e1 is in transient state. factory.close(); //destroys entire connection pool

}}