Hibernate O/RM Aggregated JavaDocs

Hibernate provides both
  • a native API comprised centrally around SessionFactory and Session
  • an implementation of the Java Persistence API (JPA). See the latest JPA JSR for details.

Native API

In addition to SessionFactory and Session, applications using the native API will often utilize the following interfaces: These interfaces are fully intended to be exposed to application code.

JPA

The JPA interfaces are all defined by the JPA specification. For details see javax.persistence. Not that since 5.2 Hibernate extends JPA (e.g. SessionFactory extends EntityManagerFactory) rather than wrapping it.

Note about package categories

Hibernate categorizes packages into a number of groups based on intended consumers:
  • API - classes to which application code will generally bind directly. These are generally classes which do not have "spi" nor "internal" in their package path and are not under the "org.hibernate.testing" package
  • SPI - classes to which integrator developers will commonly bind directly in order to develop extensions to Hibernate, or to alter its behavior in some way. These are generally under packages with "spi" in the package path.
  • Testing Support - classes from the hibernate-testing artifact used in building Hibernate test cases. These are classes under the "org.hibernate.testing" package

Complete Hibernate documentation may be found online at http://hibernate.org/orm/documentation/
Packages 
Package Description
org.hibernate  
org.hibernate.action.spi
Defines SPI hooks into the ActionQueue.
org.hibernate.annotations
Package containing all the Hibernate specific annotations.
org.hibernate.boot
This package contains the contracts that make up the Hibernate native bootstrapping API (building a SessionFactory).
org.hibernate.boot.archive.scan.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.archive.spi
Defines the SPI for support of "scanning" of "archives".
org.hibernate.boot.cfgxml.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb  
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.cfg.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.hbm.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.mapping.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.jaxb.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.model  
org.hibernate.boot.model.convert.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.model.naming
Represents a proposed new approach to allowing hooks into the process of determining the name of database objects (tables, columns, constraints, etc).
org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.model.relational  
org.hibernate.boot.model.source.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.registry
Defines service registry contracts application are likely to want to utilize for configuring Hibernate behavior.
org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.spi
The class loading service SPI.
org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector
Defines a feature-set around named registration of implementations of various contracts and the ability to select those implementations.
org.hibernate.boot.registry.selector.spi
Defines actual contract used for strategy selection : StrategySelector.
org.hibernate.boot.spi  
org.hibernate.boot.xsd
Support for XSD handling, specifically for ORM mappings (Hibernate's `hbm.xml` and JPA's `orm.xml`) and config files (Hibernate's `cfg.xml` and JPA's `persistence.xml`)
org.hibernate.bytecode  
org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi
package defining bytecode code enhancement (instrumentation) support.
org.hibernate.bytecode.enhance.spi.interceptor
interceptor implementations
org.hibernate.bytecode.spi
Package defining bytecode code enhancement (instrumentation) support.
org.hibernate.cache  
org.hibernate.cache.cfg.spi  
org.hibernate.cache.jcache
Hibernate caching provider for JSR-107 compliant caches.
org.hibernate.cache.spi
Defines the integration aspect of Hibernate's second-level caching allowing "caching back ends" to be plugged in as a caching provider.
org.hibernate.cache.spi.access  
org.hibernate.cache.spi.entry  
org.hibernate.cache.spi.support
Package intended for simplifying the worked needed to implement a caching provider.
org.hibernate.cfg  
org.hibernate.cfg.annotations  
org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.reflection
Defines the capability to merge mapping information from both annotations and orm.xml sources into a unified set of metadata in the Hibernate commons-annotations model.
org.hibernate.cfg.beanvalidation  
org.hibernate.classic  
org.hibernate.collection.spi
SPI definitions for persistent collections
org.hibernate.context
Defines support for "current session" feature.
org.hibernate.context.spi
SPI level contracts around "current session" support.
org.hibernate.criterion  
org.hibernate.dialect  
org.hibernate.dialect.function  
org.hibernate.dialect.hint  
org.hibernate.dialect.identity  
org.hibernate.dialect.lock
Support for Dialect-specific locking strategies
org.hibernate.dialect.pagination
Support for Dialect-specific pagination strategies
org.hibernate.dialect.unique
Support for Dialect-specific unique constraint definition
org.hibernate.ejb  
org.hibernate.engine  
org.hibernate.engine.config.spi
SPI Package for the configuration service.
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc
Support for various aspects of JDBC interaction
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.batch.spi
Defines contracts for JDBC batching support.
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.spi
Defines contracts for accessing JDBC Connections
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.cursor.spi
Defines contracts for JDBC REF_CURSOR support.
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.dialect.spi
Contracts supporting Dialect resolution (from JDBC metadata) and Dialect building.
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.env.spi  
org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.spi
SPI contracts for supporting various aspects of JDBC interaction
org.hibernate.engine.jndi
Support for JNDI within Hibernate
org.hibernate.engine.jndi.spi
The SPI contracts for Hibernate JNDI support
org.hibernate.engine.profile
Models the fetch profiles defined by the application
org.hibernate.engine.query  
org.hibernate.engine.query.spi
Defines support for query plans and stored metadata about queries
org.hibernate.engine.query.spi.sql  
org.hibernate.engine.spi  
org.hibernate.engine.transaction.jta.platform.spi  
org.hibernate.engine.transaction.spi  
org.hibernate.envers  
org.hibernate.envers.boot.spi  
org.hibernate.envers.configuration  
org.hibernate.envers.enhanced  
org.hibernate.envers.event.spi  
org.hibernate.envers.exception  
org.hibernate.envers.query  
org.hibernate.envers.query.criteria  
org.hibernate.envers.query.order  
org.hibernate.envers.query.projection  
org.hibernate.envers.strategy  
org.hibernate.envers.strategy.spi  
org.hibernate.envers.tools  
org.hibernate.event.service.spi  
org.hibernate.event.spi  
org.hibernate.exception  
org.hibernate.exception.spi  
org.hibernate.graph
Hibernate's (extended) support for JPA's entity graphs
org.hibernate.graph.spi  
org.hibernate.hql.spi  
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id
Support for multi-table update and delete statements via id-tables.
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.cte  
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.global  
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.inline  
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.local  
org.hibernate.hql.spi.id.persistent
Package contains an implementation of MultiTableBulkIdStrategy based on the use of a persistent (ANSI SQL term) table to hold id values.
org.hibernate.id  
org.hibernate.id.enhanced
Enhanced/improved versions of table and sequence based identifier generators targeting portability and unified configuration
org.hibernate.id.factory  
org.hibernate.id.factory.spi  
org.hibernate.id.insert  
org.hibernate.id.uuid  
org.hibernate.integrator.spi  
org.hibernate.jdbc  
org.hibernate.jmx.spi  
org.hibernate.jpa  
org.hibernate.jpa.boot.spi  
org.hibernate.jpa.event.spi
The SPI contracts for supporting JPA lifecycle callbacks.
org.hibernate.jpa.event.spi.jpa  
org.hibernate.jpa.spi  
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen
The main package of this annotation processor.
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.annotation
Implementation of the model classes backed by annotations.
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.model  
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.util
Helper classes for string and type processing as well as access type detection.
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.util.xml
XML helper classes.
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.xml
Implementation of the model classes backed by annotations.
org.hibernate.jpamodelgen.xml.jaxb  
org.hibernate.loader  
org.hibernate.loader.collection  
org.hibernate.loader.collection.plan  
org.hibernate.loader.criteria  
org.hibernate.loader.custom  
org.hibernate.loader.custom.sql  
org.hibernate.loader.entity  
org.hibernate.loader.entity.plan
Support for entity loaders built on top of the org.hibernate.loader.plan API to apply entity-graphs
org.hibernate.loader.hql  
org.hibernate.loader.plan.build.spi
Defines the SPI for building a metamodel-driven LoadPlan
org.hibernate.loader.plan.exec.process.spi  
org.hibernate.loader.plan.exec.query.spi
Defines the SPI for obtaining values for options that impact the load query.
org.hibernate.loader.plan.exec.spi
Defines the SPI for the load query generated for the LoadPlan and the ResultSet processor.
org.hibernate.loader.plan.spi
Defines the SPI for the building blocks that make up a LoadPlan.
org.hibernate.loader.spi  
org.hibernate.lob  
org.hibernate.mapping  
org.hibernate.metadata  
org.hibernate.metamodel.model.convert.spi  
org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain  
org.hibernate.metamodel.model.domain.spi  
org.hibernate.metamodel.spi  
org.hibernate.orm.tooling.maven  
org.hibernate.osgi
Main OSGi support classes
org.hibernate.param  
org.hibernate.persister.collection  
org.hibernate.persister.entity  
org.hibernate.persister.spi  
org.hibernate.persister.walking.spi  
org.hibernate.pretty  
org.hibernate.procedure  
org.hibernate.procedure.spi  
org.hibernate.property.access.spi
Defines strategies for accessing the persistent properties of an entity or composite.
org.hibernate.proxy  
org.hibernate.proxy.map  
org.hibernate.proxy.pojo  
org.hibernate.proxy.pojo.bytebuddy  
org.hibernate.query  
org.hibernate.query.criteria  
org.hibernate.query.procedure  
org.hibernate.query.procedure.spi  
org.hibernate.query.spi  
org.hibernate.resource.beans.container.spi  
org.hibernate.resource.beans.spi  
org.hibernate.resource.jdbc  
org.hibernate.resource.jdbc.spi  
org.hibernate.resource.transaction
Defines the resource-level transaction capabilities of Hibernate, which revolves around the TransactionCoordinator contract.
org.hibernate.resource.transaction.backend.jdbc.spi  
org.hibernate.resource.transaction.spi
Extended SPI contracts for the resource-level transaction capabilities of Hibernate.
org.hibernate.result  
org.hibernate.result.spi  
org.hibernate.secure.spi  
org.hibernate.service  
org.hibernate.service.spi  
org.hibernate.spatial  
org.hibernate.spatial.criterion  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.cockroachdb
SpatialDialects for CockroachDB
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.db2  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.h2geodb  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.hana  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mariadb  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.mysql  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.oracle  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.oracle.criterion  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.postgis  
org.hibernate.spatial.dialect.sqlserver  
org.hibernate.spatial.integration  
org.hibernate.spatial.jts  
org.hibernate.spatial.predicate  
org.hibernate.sql  
org.hibernate.sql.ast  
org.hibernate.sql.ordering.antlr  
org.hibernate.stat  
org.hibernate.stat.spi  
org.hibernate.testing  
org.hibernate.testing.async  
org.hibernate.testing.boot  
org.hibernate.testing.bytecode.enhancement  
org.hibernate.testing.byteman  
org.hibernate.testing.cache  
org.hibernate.testing.cleaner  
org.hibernate.testing.common.connections  
org.hibernate.testing.env  
org.hibernate.testing.jdbc  
org.hibernate.testing.jdbc.leak  
org.hibernate.testing.jta  
org.hibernate.testing.junit4  
org.hibernate.testing.logger  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain.animal
Standard model for Hibernate's legacy Animal model used in HQL testing
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain.contacts  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain.gambit  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain.helpdesk  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.domain.retail  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.jpa  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.junit  
org.hibernate.testing.orm.transaction  
org.hibernate.testing.schema  
org.hibernate.testing.transaction  
org.hibernate.testing.util  
org.hibernate.testing.util.jpa  
org.hibernate.tool.enhance  
org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl  
org.hibernate.tool.schema  
org.hibernate.tool.schema.ast  
org.hibernate.tool.schema.extract.spi  
org.hibernate.tool.schema.spi  
org.hibernate.transform  
org.hibernate.tuple  
org.hibernate.tuple.component  
org.hibernate.tuple.entity  
org.hibernate.type  
org.hibernate.type.descriptor  
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.converter
Support for handling JPA AttributeConverter instances as part of the Hibernate Type system.
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java  
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.java.spi  
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.spi  
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql
Defines handling of the standard JDBC-defined types.
org.hibernate.type.descriptor.sql.spi  
org.hibernate.type.spi  
org.hibernate.usertype