Hibernate Persistence
Greetings,
I've been trying to add a persistance layer to a web app I'm building with Hibernate, but have found the entire process more difficult than I would have previously thought. I'm using Exadel Studio Pro to do this. I would like to learn quickly how to store a POJO in a database and retrieve it later.
I am using MySQL as a database on OS X and running Tomcat v5.5 as my web container. I have configured MySQL correctly and have managed to use Quantum DB in eclipse as well as CocoaMySQL and MySQL Administrator / Query browser to successfully connect to the database and make the appropriate tables. My final issue is in actually writing to the database with hibernate and later retrieving the data. I have found this tutorial to be helpful:
www.exadel.com/exadelstudio/ gs/JSFHibernateGettingStarted.pdf
This PDF shows you a sample JSF application without persistence and then adds a Hibernate persistence layer with Exadel Studio Pro which communicates with an HSQLDB database. I was hoping to get the project working with MySQL. I have followed through the steps and for the most part am certain that I've followed the steps as they should be performed to write to a MySQL database. I am confused with the final step where the tutorial explains how to set up an application server and run the application. Does anyone know how I might do this with MySQL?
If anyone can think of a better approach to understanding hibernate persistence I am all ears.
I feel I've fallen into some conceptual misunderstanding concerning what I need to understand to make this hibernate persistence layer work. I've only been messing around with JSF for a short time and have enjoyed the experience thus far, thanks in no small part to the helpfulness of this forum.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
