Today, the Spring Framework is the leading out-of-the-box solution for enterprise Java developers; in it, you can find a number of Java Persistence solutions. This book gets you rolling with fundamental Spring Framework 3 concepts and integrating persistence functionality into enterprise Java applications using Hibernate, the Java™ Persistence API (JPA) 2, and the Grails Object Relational Mapping tool, GORM.
Covers core Hibernate fundamentals, demonstrating how the framework can be best utilized within a Spring application context
Covers how to use and integrate JPA 2, found in the new Java EE 6 platform
Covers how to integrate and use the new Grails persistence engine, GORM
What you’ll learn

* How to use Spring Persistence, including using persistence tools in Spring as well as choosing the best Java Persistence frameworks/tools outside of Spring
* How to work with Spring Framework features such as Inversion of Control (IoC), aspect-oriented programming (AOP), and more
* How to work with Spring JDBC, use declarative transactions with Spring, and reap the benefits of a lightweight persistence strategy
* How to work with Hibernate and integrate it into your Spring-based enterprise Java applications for transactions, data processing, and more
* How to integrate with legacy databases, as well as use best practices for developing web services and handling Hibernate proxies and lazy collections
* How to the integrate the Spring/Hibernate persistence tier with RIA technologies like Ajax and Flash
* How to integrate JPA for architecting a well-layered persistence tier in your enterprise Java application
* How to move a persistence tier into JPA
* How to use and integrate the Grails persistence framework, GORM, and how to leverage it within a standard Java Spring MVC application