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Java Spring with Hibernate Integrating Hibernate with Spring Create a SessionFactory and DataSource

Jean Loughran
Jean Loughran
1,148 Points
Posted by Jean Loughran
Jean Loughran
1,148 Points

Data Source vs hibernate config file

Hi, I am new to Spring and Db connections. The code for the hibernate config file - as in the DB driver and the URL seems the same as the Data source driver and Url. What is the difference between the 2? Theory wise my understanding is that the hibernate config file tells hibernate how to connect to the database. The datasource allows Spring to get connection to the database with connection pooling - and the same driver and url is used here. I cant really understand the difference - Does the data source kind of wrap hibernate as in add more functionality ie DBCP? Are we telling Spring again where the driver and URL is in the basic data source object? Sorry if question is muddled, it is reflecting my brain!