Praise for the First Edition

The definitive guide to Hibernate and to object/relational mapping in enterprise computing.

From the Foreword by Linda DeMichiel
Sun Microsystems

This book is the ultimate solution. If you are going to use Hibernate in your application, you have no other choice; go rush to the store and get this book.

Meera Subbarao
JavaLobby

Java Persistence with Hibernate is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and definitive guide, tutorial, and reference to OR-mapped Java persistence.

Will Wagers
C#online.net

A definitive source on Hibernate. Great for any developer.

Patrick Peak, CTO
BrowserMedia, Author of Hibernate Quickly

I wholeheartedly recommend this book!

Stuart Caborn
ThoughtWorks

Great topic, great content—and there is a great need for this book!

Ryan Daigle, RTP Region
ALTERthought

This is the most complete book on Hibernate on the market. It covers everything, and I mean everything. From mapping to annotations to whatever ... it’s in here.

Liz Hills
Amazon reviewer