What jar should I include to use javax.persistence package in a hibernate based application?

Question

Is it ok to take it from Glassfish project ( glassfish-persistence-api) or may be there is a Hibernate jar?

Answer 1

In general, i agree with above answers that recommend to add maven dependency, but i prefer following solution.

Add a dependency with API classes for full JavaEE profile:

    7.0
    5.1.3.Final



    
        javax
        javaee-api
        ${javaee-api.version}
        provided
    

Also add dependency with particular JPA provider like antonycc suggested:

    org.hibernate
    hibernate-entitymanager
    ${hibernate-entitymanager.version}

Note provided in API dependency section: this means that corresponding jar will not be exported into artifact's lib/, but will be provided by application server. Make sure your application server implements specified version of JavaEE API.