The Evolution of Java Data Access
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Introduction
In the world of Java Web APIs, data is king. But how we talk to that data has undergone a massive transformation over the past two decades. We've moved from manual SQL plumbing to high-level abstractions that feel like magic.
The Journey:
- 1997: JDBC 1.0 - The foundation
- 2001: Hibernate 1.0 - ORM revolution begins
- 2002: Spring JDBC release as a part of Spring 1.0 (2004)
- 2006: JPA 1.0 - Standardizing ORM (inspired by Hibernate)
- 2011: Spring Data JPA - Repository abstraction
warning
- Spring Data JDBC is not mention in this article for some cause, maybe in future.
- If you are interested, please visit Why Spring Data JDBC?
Today, we're peeling back the curtain to see how these layers actually work and when to use each one.