Package org.hibernate.boot

This package contains the contracts that make up the bootstrap API for Hibernate. That is, they collectively provide a way to specify configuration information and construct a new instance of SessionFactory.

See the Native Bootstrapping guide for more details.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
AttributeConverterInfo	Deprecated, for removal: This API element is subject to removal in a future version. no longer used
BootLogging	Logging related to Hibernate bootstrapping
Metadata	Represents the ORM model as determined by aggregating the provided mapping sources.
MetadataBuilder	Contract for specifying various overrides to be used in metamodel building.
ResourceLocator	Abstraction for locating class-path resources
ResourceStreamLocator	Abstraction for locating class-path resources
SessionFactoryBuilder	The contract for building a SessionFactory given a number of options.

Class Summary

Class	Description
CacheRegionDefinition	Models the definition of caching settings for a particular region.
MetadataSources	Entry point for working with sources of O/R mapping metadata, either in the form of annotated classes, or as XML mapping documents.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
CacheRegionDefinition.CacheRegionType
SchemaAutoTooling	Defines the possible values for "hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto".
TempTableDdlTransactionHandling	Enum describing how creation and dropping of temporary tables should be done in terms of transaction handling.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
InvalidMappingException	Indicates a problem parsing the mapping document at a given Origin.
MappingException	Indicates a problem parsing a mapping document.
MappingNotFoundException	Indicates that a mapping document could not be found at a given Origin.
UnsupportedOrmXsdVersionException	Specialized exception indicating that an unsupported orm.xml XSD version was specified