Java tutorial
File:Student.java import javax.persistence.CascadeType; import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; import javax.persistence.ManyToOne; @Entity public class Student { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY) private int id; private String name; @ManyToOne(cascade=CascadeType.MERGE)//You have to persist department on your own private Department department; public int getId() { return id; } public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; } public Department getDepartment() { return department; } public void setDepartment(Department department) { this.department = department; } public String toString() { return "\n\nID:" + id + "\nName:" + name + "\n\n" + department; } } File:Department.java import javax.persistence.Entity; import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue; import javax.persistence.GenerationType; import javax.persistence.Id; @Entity public class Department { @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY) private int id; private String name; public int getId() { return id; } public void setId(int id) { this.id = id; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String deptName) { this.name = deptName; } public String toString() { return "Department id: " + getId() + ", name: " + getName(); } } File:Helper.java import java.sql.Connection; import java.sql.DriverManager; import java.sql.ResultSet; import java.sql.ResultSetMetaData; import java.sql.Statement; public class Helper { public static void checkData() throws Exception { Class.forName("org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"); Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:hsqldb:data/tutorial", "sa", ""); Statement st = conn.createStatement(); ResultSet mrs = conn.getMetaData().getTables(null, null, null, new String[] { "TABLE" }); while (mrs.next()) { String tableName = mrs.getString(3); System.out.println("\n\n\n\nTable Name: "+ tableName); ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("select * from " + tableName); ResultSetMetaData metadata = rs.getMetaData(); while (rs.next()) { System.out.println(" Row:"); for (int i = 0; i < metadata.getColumnCount(); i++) { System.out.println(" Column Name: "+ metadata.getColumnLabel(i + 1)+ ", "); System.out.println(" Column Type: "+ metadata.getColumnTypeName(i + 1)+ ": "); Object value = rs.getObject(i + 1); System.out.println(" Column Value: "+value+"\n"); } } } } } File:Main.java import java.util.List; import javax.persistence.EntityManager; import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory; import javax.persistence.Persistence; import javax.persistence.Query; public class Main { static EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("JPAService"); static EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager(); public static void main(String[] a) throws Exception { em.getTransaction().begin(); Student student = new Student(); student.setName("Joe"); em.persist(student); Department dept = new Department(); dept.setName("dept name"); student.setDepartment(dept); em.flush(); Query query = em.createQuery("SELECT e FROM Student e"); List<Student> list = (List<Student>) query.getResultList(); System.out.println(list); query = em.createQuery("SELECT d FROM Department d"); List<Department> dList = (List<Department>) query.getResultList(); System.out.println(dList); em.getTransaction().commit(); em.close(); emf.close(); Helper.checkData(); } } File:persistence.xml <persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence"version="1.0"><persistence-unit name="JPAService"transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL"><properties><property name="hibernate.dialect"value="org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect"/><property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"value="update"/><property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class"value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver"/><property name="hibernate.connection.username"value="sa"/><property name="hibernate.connection.password"value=""/><property name="hibernate.connection.url"value="jdbc:hsqldb:data/tutorial"/></properties></persistence-unit></persistence>