{"id":10134,"date":"2024-03-14T11:37:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T11:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-are-the-object-relationships-in-hibernate-mapped\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T19:38:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T19:38:01","slug":"how-are-the-object-relationships-in-hibernate-mapped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-are-the-object-relationships-in-hibernate-mapped\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibernate ORM Mapping: Object Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Hibernate, Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) is the process of defining the mapping relationship between the object model and the relational database model as a document. This allows developers to interact with the database in an object-oriented way without having to worry about the details of the underlying database.<\/p>\n<p>Object relational mapping in Hibernate can be defined either using mapping files or annotations. 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