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

EntityManager interface is similar to sessionFactory in hibernate. EntityManager under javax.persistance package but session and sessionFactory under org.hibernate.Session/sessionFactory package.

Entity manager is JPA specific and session/sessionFactory are hibernate specific.