JBoss Updates Hibernate, Certifies on Java Persistence

JBoss Updates Hibernate, Certifies on Java Persistence

JBoss, a division of Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), today released Hibernate 3.2, the latest update to the company’s powerful, award-winning Java object/relational mapping software. By user demand, JBoss has simplified Hibernate packages to support the most popular development frameworks. Now, programmers have a single object/relational mapping and persistence solution to meet their complex development needs, whether with native Hibernate, JDK 5.0 (Java Developer Kit) annotations, the Java Persistence API, or full Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 (EJB 3.0).

The most significant feature of Hibernate 3.2 is support for and certification with Java Persistence, which was introduced in the Java Enterprise Edition (EE) 5.0 platform to simplify the development of Java EE applications using data persistence. Java Persistence support and certification lays the groundwork for JBoss’ final EJB 3.0 implementation in the JBoss Java EE 5.0 application server. Hibernate can now also be used as a portable and pluggable Java Persistence provider with any Java EE 5.0 application server.

“Hibernate has always been about simplification and enhancing developer productivity, and that includes giving developers what they need to develop with in the manner that makes the most sense for their projects,” said Ram Venkataraman, director of product management, JBoss. “Java Persistence standardizes innovative data management features-many of which were pioneered in Hibernate, for the Java EE platform-with a powerful and simple programming model tightly integrated with EJB 3.0. Furthermore, the Hibernate software modules can be used in any combination and with any JDK, making Hibernate a perfect fit for any development and deployment environment.

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