Hibernate (framework)

Hibernate ORM

Developer(s)	Red Hat
Initial release	23 May 2001; 23 years ago (2001-05-23)
Stable release	6.4.4.Final / February 8, 2024; 9 months ago (2024-02-08)[1]
Repository	github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform (JVM)
Platform	Java Virtual Machine
Type	Object–relational mapping
License	GNU Lesser General Public License
Website	hibernate.org/orm/

Hibernate ORM (or simply Hibernate) is an object–relational mapping^{[2]: §1.2.2, [12]} tool for the Java programming language. It provides a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a relational database. Hibernate handles object–relational impedance mismatch problems by replacing direct, persistent database accesses with high-level object handling functions.

Hibernate is free software that is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License 2.1.

Hibernate's primary feature is mapping from Java classes to database tables, and mapping from Java data types to SQL data types. Hibernate also provides data query and retrieval facilities. It generates SQL calls and relieves the developer from the manual handling and object conversion of the result set.