Hibernate SessionFactory vs. JPA EntityManagerFactory

Question

I am new to Hibernate and I\'m not sure whether to use a Hibernate SessionFactory or a JPA EntityManagerFactory to create a Hibernate Session

Answer 1

Using EntityManagerFactory approach allows us to use callback method annotations like @PrePersist, @PostPersist,@PreUpdate with no extra configuration.

Using similar callbacks while using SessionFactory will require extra efforts.

Related Hibernate docs can be found here and here.

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