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'''Hibernate''' (sometimes refered as [[H8]]) iisis an [[Object-relational mapping]] (ORM) solution for the [[Java programming language|Java]] language. It is [[free software|free]], [[open source software|open source]] software that is distributed under the [[LGPL]]. Hibernate was developed by a team of Java software developers around the world lead by [[Gavin King]]. It provides an easy to use framework for mapping an object-oriented [[___domain model]] to a traditional [[relational database]].

Hibernate not only takes care of the mapping from Java classes to database tables (and from Java data types to [[SQL]] data types), but also provides data query and retrieval facilities and can significantly reduce development time otherwise spent with manual data handling in SQL and [[JDBC]].