Optimistic vs. Pessimistic Locking in Spring Data

Optimistic locking is used when data conflicts are rare, using a version column to prevent concurrent updates unless the data is unchanged. Pessimistic locking assumes conflicts are likely, locking data for the duration of a transaction to…

Dirty Checking Magic in Hibernate: How it Works and Why It’s Important

Dirty Checking is a mechanism used by Hibernate to determine whether any value of an entity has changed since it was retrieved from the database. This helps Hibernate optimize database queries so that only…

JPA Entity Lifecycle Statuses: A Comprehensive Guide

The four primary entity statuses are New, Managed, Detached, and Removed, each defining how entities interact with the persistence context. New entities are freshly created and have not yet persisted. Managed entities are tracked by the…

Mastering Embedded Entities in Hibernate and Spring Data JPA: A Comprehensive Guide

CascadeType Managing Related Entities in JPA Hibernate and Spring Data

Hibernate v6 Event Listeners instead of Interceptors

Hibernate: Composite Primary Keys with @Embeddable and @IdClass

Hibernate Optimization with @BatchSize and batch_size Configuration

Guide to Using the @SecondaryTable Annotation in Hibernate

Hibernate LazyInitializationException Solutions