Hibernate Framework Hibernate Configuration

Question 1

Which file is the primary XML configuration file for Hibernate?

Accepted Answer

hibernate.cfg.xml

Answer

hibernate.cfg.xml is the standard XML configuration file where database connection and mapping details are specified.

Question 2

Which property in hibernate.cfg.xml specifies the JDBC URL?

Accepted Answer

hibernate.connection.url

Answer

The hibernate.connection.url property holds the JDBC connection URL for the database.

Question 3

What is the purpose of the hibernate.dialect property?

Accepted Answer

Specifies the SQL dialect for the target database

Answer

hibernate.dialect tells Hibernate which SQL variant to generate for the specific database vendor being used.

Question 4

Which class is used to build a SessionFactory from a Configuration object?

Accepted Answer

Configuration.buildSessionFactory()

Answer

The buildSessionFactory() method on the Configuration object creates a SessionFactory instance.

Question 5

What does setting hibernate.show_sql=true do?

Accepted Answer

Logs all generated SQL statements to the console

Answer

Setting hibernate.show_sql=true causes Hibernate to print every SQL statement it executes to standard output.

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