In the classic style of Manning's "In Action" series, NHibernate in Action introduces .NET developers to the NHibernate Object/Relational Mapping tool. As NHibernate is a port of Hibernate from Java to .NET, the book is based on Manning's bestselling Hibernate in Action. NHibernate in Action begins by describing how to implement persistence in a layered .NET application. The book then quickly springs into action by introducing NHibernate through a classic "Hello World" example. It explains how to configure NHibernate to specify the mapping information between business objects and database tables, and then explores the internal architecture of NHibernate. A complete example application is progressively built with Agile methodologies in mind, which shows readers all kinds of entity and relationship mappings and how to perform CRUD operations. The book also covers advanced techniques like caching, concurrency access, and isolation levels. The Hibernate Query Language (HQL) and criteria query APIs are thoroughly detailed with optimization tips. The last chapters of this book discuss various development scenarios, how to implement the layers of an NHibernate application (covering Windows and Web development), and which tools are available for these tasks. They also provide some solutions for data-binding objects to .NET GUI controls, integrating services, and interacting with components using DataSets. Finally, they explain how to build a complex application involving advanced session management and distributed transactions. About the Technology About the Book NHibernate in Action begins by describing how to implement persistence in a layered .NET application. The book then quickly springs into action by introducing NHibernate through a classic "Hello World" example. It explains how to configure NHibernate to specify the mapping information between business objects and database tables, and then explores the internal architecture of NHibernate. A complete example application is progressively built with Agile methodologies in mind, which shows readers all kinds of entity and relationship mappings and how to perform CRUD operations. The book also covers advanced techniques like caching, concurrency access, and isolation levels. The Hibernate Query Language (HQL) and criteria query APIs are thoroughly detailed with optimization tips. The last chapters of this book discuss various development scenarios, how to implement the layers of an NHibernate application (covering Windows and Web development), and which tools are available for these tasks. They also provide some solutions for data-binding objects to .NET GUI controls, integrating services, and interacting with components using DataSets. Finally, they explain how to build a complex application involving advanced session management and distributed transactions. What's Inside Object/Relational Mapping for .NET NHibernate configuration, mapping, and query APIs Development processes for the domain model and data-binding Advanced session management and distributed transactions Using NHibernate in real-world projects About the Reader About the Author Pierre Henri Kuaté is one of the main developers on the NHibernate project team, author of the NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes library, and a major contributor to the NHibernate forum. He's responsible for managing the NHibernate documentation, website, and forum on the Hibernate.org site. He started using NHibernate more than two years ago in commercial development. Tobin Harris has worked with NHibernate since it was in early Beta. His passion is tools and practices that help build quality software at high speeds. As an independent consultant and entrepreneur, Tobin works with companies across the globe in various sectors including banking, personal finance, healthcare, software components and new media. In 2001, Tobin was the founder of the Open Source SqlBuddy project. Subsequently he has worked in partnership with Frost Innovation on Gaia Ajax Widgets, an Open Source Ajax suite for .NET. Tobin obtained his degree in Software Engineering at Leeds Metropolitan University, and continues to work and live in Leeds, UK. Christian Bauer is a member of the Hibernate developer team and a trainer, consultant, and product manager for Hibernate, EJB 3.0, and JBoss Seam at JBoss. He is the lead author of Hibernate in Action and Java Persistence with Hibernate. Gavin King is a lead developer at JBoss, the creator of Hibernate, and a member of the EJB 3.0 (JSR 220) expert group. He also leads the Web Beans JSR 299, a standardization effort involving Hibernate concepts, JSF, and EJB 3.0. Quotes A much needed book for novices and experts. - Mark Monster, Rubicon Finally, a great book covering NHibernate. - Paul Wilson, McKesson A must-have for NHibernate developers. - Ayende Rahien, NHibernate Committer Accelerates your learning curve for ORM in .NET. - Doug Warren, Java Web Services

Java Persistence with Hibernate explores Hibernate by developing an application that ties together hundreds of individual examples. You'll immediately dig into the rich programming model of Hibernate 3.2 and Java Persistence, working through queries, fetching strategies, caching, transactions, conversations, and more. You'll also appreciate the well-illustrated discussion of best practices in database design, object/relational mapping, and optimization techniques. In this revised edition of Manning's bestselling Hibernate in Action, authors Christian Bauer and Gavin King—the founder of the Hibernate project—cover Hibernate 3.2 in detail along with the EJB 3.0 and Java Persistence 1.0 standards. The book ends with detailed coverage of JBoss Seam, a revolutionary web application framework for Java EE that builds on EJB 3.0, JavaServer Faces, and Hibernate concepts. About the Technology Persistence—the ability of data to outlive an instance of a program—is central to modern applications. Hibernate, the most popular Java persistence tool, provides automatic and transparent object/relational mapping so it's a snap to work with SQL databases in Java applications. Hibernate conforms to the new EJB 3.0 and Java Persistence 1.0 standards. About the Book What's Inside O/R mapping concepts Get started with Hibernate and Java Persistence Efficient database application design Comprehensive Hibernate and Java Persistence reference Unmatched breadth and depth About the Reader About the Authors Christian Bauer is a member of the Hibernate developer team and a trainer, consultant, and product manager for Hibernate, EJB 3.0, and JBoss Seam at JBoss. Gavin King, a lead developer at JBoss, is the founder of the Hibernate project, and a member of the EJB 3.0 (JSR 220) expert group. He also leads the Web Beans JSR 299, a standardization effort involving Hibernate concepts, JSF, and EJB 3.0. Quotes ...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 ...very thorough, very complete. I highly recommend it. - Patrick Dennis, Java Developer Management Dynamics Inc. A must-read for developers using Hibernate. - Dan Dobrin, BEA Systems It's the best book out there about Hibernate (and there are quite a few on the market right now), maybe even the best book about ORM in Java, in general. - Adrian Spinei, Real Life, beta version