The Java SE 6 documentation on Object Serialization states the following about the uses of Java serialization: Serialization is used for lightweight persistence and for communication via sockets or ...

What's the difference between Hibernate vs JPA? That's a common question Java developers dabbling on the database side often ask, right up there with difference between Hibernate and JDBC, or how do ...

The key to successful Hibernate transaction management is the JPA EntityManager. It's the only JPA component that can start transactions, commit transactions and hook into Hibernate transactions that ...

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MicroStream abstracts the Java persistence layer so you can think about data persistence in an object-oriented way. Here's a hands-on introduction. MicroStream is one of the most interesting projects ...

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