Hibernate Framework Study Guide 2026
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📋 Hibernate Framework Exam Format at a Glance
📚 Hibernate Framework Topics to Study (23)
✍️ Sample Hibernate Framework Questions & Answers
1. What does session.evict(entity) do in Hibernate?
evict() removes a specific entity from the Session's first-level cache, detaching it from the persistence context.
2. Which Hibernate feature helps identify slow queries and performance bottlenecks?
The Statistics API tracks query execution counts, timings, cache hit ratios, and other metrics to help identify performance issues.
3. Which hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto value drops and recreates the schema on startup?
The 'create' value drops the existing schema and creates a fresh one each time Hibernate initializes.
4. What does fetch = FetchType.EAGER mean for a Hibernate association?
FetchType.EAGER tells Hibernate to load the associated entity immediately in the same query (or an additional query) when the parent entity is loaded.
5. What does the HQL keyword 'fetch' do in a join?
The 'join fetch' clause in HQL tells Hibernate to eagerly initialize the association in the same SQL query.
6. How do you begin a transaction in Hibernate using the Session API?
The beginTransaction() method on a Hibernate Session starts a new database transaction and returns a Transaction object.