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  Q1. What is Lazy Initialization in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. It's a feature to lazily initialize dependencies , relationship and associations from the Database. Any related references marked as @OneToMany or @ManyToMany are loaded lazily i.e when they are accessed and not when the parent is loaded.

  Sample Code for Lazy Initialization

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Frequently asked question in companies using hibernate.
  Q2. Difference between first level and second level cache in hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. 1. First level cache is enabled by default whereas Second level cache needs to be enabled explicitly.

2. First level Cache came with Hibernate 1.0 whereas Second level cache came with Hibernate 3.0.

3. First level Cache is Session specific whereas Second level cache is shared by sessions that is why First level cache is considered local and second level cache is considered global.

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 Q3. What are the contents of Hibernate configuration file ( hibernate.cfg.xml ) ?Hibernate
Ans. HBM Files ( Mapping )
DB Connection ( DB Connection String , User Name , Password , Pool Size )
SQL Dialect ( SQL variant to be generated )
Show SQL ( Show / No show SQL on Console )
Auto Commit ( True / False )

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Very frequently asked Hibernate interview question. Frequently asked in TCS ( based on 2 feedback )
  Q4. What are different types of associations in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. There are 4 types of associations in Hibernate

One to One
One to Many
Many to One
Many to Many

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Very frequently asked if being interviewed for hibernate. Frequently asked in Tata Consultancy (TCS) and Overstock.com
  Q5. Difference between load and get ?Hibernate
Ans. If id doesnt exist in the DB load throws an exception whereas get returns null in that case.get makes the call to DB immediately whereas load makes the call to proxy.

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  Q6. What is lazy fetching in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. Lazy fetching is the technique of not loading the child objects when parent objects are loaded. By default Hibernate does not load child objects. One can specify whether to load them or not while doing the association.

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 Q7. What is Criteria in Hibernate ?Hibernate
Ans. Criteria is a simplified API for retrieving entities by composing Criterion objects.

For example - session.createCriteria(Employee.class).add( Restrictions.like("name", "A%") ).list();

will return all employee objects having name starting with A.

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 Q8. What is the concept of hibernate versioning ?Hibernate
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 Q9. Which of the following is not the benefit of Lazy Initialization in Hibernate ?Hibernate
a. Laod When required provides better performance
b. Object stays lighter
c. Less number of Database calls
d. Less load on Database

Ans.c. Less number of Database calls


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