Hibernate allows three mapping strategies for inheritence. Database schema design and hibernate mapping change depending on the strategy we choose. Here are the details of each mapping strategy along with advantages and disadvantages of each.

Hibernate bidirectional mappings are of common use in parent child relationships amongst entities. This article explains it in detail with examples.

Hibernate one to one unidirectional association mapping can be implemented by two different ways. Here are details of implementation with a real life example.

In this article, we focus on next association in Unidirectional context. One – to – Many links one entity with many other entities.

Many – to -one is a unidirectional relation i.e. it establishes relation amongst many entities with one entity.