foreword to t he revised edition xix
foreword to the first edition xxi
preface to the revised edition xxiii
preface to the first edition xxv
acknowledgments xxviii
about this book xxix
about the cover illustration xxxiii

Part 1 Getting started with Hibernate and EJB 3.0 1
Chapter 1 Understanding object/relational persistence 3
Chapter 2 Starting a project 37
Chapter 3 Domain models and metadata 105

Part 2 Mapping concepts and strategies 155
Chapter 4 Mapping persistent classes 157
Chapter 5 Inheritance and custom types 191
Chapter 6 Mapping collections and entity associations 240
Chapter 7 Advanced entity association mappings 277
Chapter 8 Legacy databases and custom SQL 322

Part 3 Conversational object processing 381
Chapter 9 Working with objects 383
Chapter 10 Transactions and concurrency 433
Chapter 11 Implementing conversations 476
Chapter 12 Modifying objects efficiently 517
Chaoter 13 Optimizing fetching and caching 559
Chapter 14 Querying with HQL and JPA QL 614
Chapter 15 Advanced query options 663
Chapter 16 Creating and testing layered applications 697
Chapter 17 Introducing JBoss Seam 747

appendix A SQL fundamentals 818
appendix B Mapping quick reference 822
references 824
index 825