Hibernate mappings are used to map a Java object to database tables. This mapping technology has following features.

Hibernate session factory, as the name suggests, is something that can open and manage hibernate sessions with database.

Hibernate connects an object (in Java or .NET) with its persistent state in database. While working with hibernate, it is very important to understand how an object instance

Introduction to ORM concepts:
Object Relational Mapping is mapping of objects to tables in a relational database.

Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) works as a plugin to profile applications to identify performance bottlenecks