Editing Hibernate (framework) (section)

{{short description|Object–relational mapping tool}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Hibernate ORM
| logo = Hibernate logo.svg
| logo size = 250px
| developer = [[Red Hat]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2001|05|23|df=yes}}
| latest release version = 7.0.0.Final
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|05|19}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hibernate.org/orm/releases/7.0/|title=Hibernate ORM - 7.0 series |access-date=27 May 2025}}</ref>
| latest preview version = 
| latest preview date = 
| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]] ([[JVM]])
| platform = [[Java Virtual Machine]]
| genre = [[Object–relational mapping]]
| license = [[Apache License]] 2.0
| website = {{URL|https://hibernate.org/orm/}}
}}

'''Hibernate ORM''' (or simply '''Hibernate''') is an [[object–relational mapping]]{{sfn|Bauer|King|Gregory|2015}}{{rp|§1.2.2|p=12}} tool for the [[Java (programming language)|Java]] programming language. It provides a [[Software framework|framework]] for mapping an [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] domain model to a [[relational database]]. Hibernate handles [[object–relational impedance mismatch]] problems by replacing direct, [[Persistence (computer science)|persistent]] database accesses with high-level object handling functions.

Hibernate is [[free software]] that is distributed under the [[Apache License]]. Versions prior to 7.0.0.Beta4 were distributed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]] 2.1.

Hibernate's primary feature is mapping from Java classes to [[Table (database)|database tables]], and mapping from Java data types to [[SQL]] data types. Hibernate also provides data query and retrieval facilities. It generates SQL calls and relieves the developer from the manual handling and object conversion of the result set.