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Spring MVC is a popular framework for building Java-based web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture. Hibernate 5 is an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) framework that simplifies database operations by mapping Java objects to database tables.

Configure Spring MVC and Hibernate 5 using Java-based configuration.
Connect the application to an H2 in-memory database.
Perform basic database operations using Hibernate SessionFactory.

Prerequisites

Java 8 or later
Maven
IntelliJ IDEA / Eclipse / STS
Basic knowledge of Spring and Hibernate

Steps to Create a Project using Spring MVC and Hibernate 5

Step 1: Create a Maven Project

Open STS IDE.
Click File - New - Maven Project.
Select Create a simple project (Select archetype ) and click Next.

Then Enter the following details:

Group Id: com.gfg
Artifact Id: spring-hibernate-example
Packaging: war

Click Finish.

Before moving into the coding part let's have a look at the file structure in the below image.

Step 2: Add Required Dependencies

Add the following maven dependencies and plugin to your pom.xml file.

XML

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
         https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
    <artifactId>springmvc-hibernate-demo</artifactId>
    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>

    <properties>
        <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
        <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
        <spring.version>5.2.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
        <hibernate.version>5.4.2.Final</hibernate.version>
    </properties>

    <dependencies>

        <!-- Spring Core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring ORM -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring Transaction -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Spring MVC -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
            <version>${spring.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Hibernate Core -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
            <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
            <version>${hibernate.version}</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- H2 Database -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
            <version>1.4.197</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Commons DBCP2 -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
            <version>2.7.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- JPA API -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.persistence-api</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Lombok -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
            <version>1.18.24</version>
            <scope>provided</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Logging -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
            <version>1.7.36</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- JUnit -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>junit</groupId>
            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
            <version>4.13.2</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>

            <!-- Java Compiler Plugin -->
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>3.11.0</version>
                <configuration>
                    <source>8</source>
                    <target>8</target>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

Step 3: Create Database Configuration File

This file contains database and Hibernate configuration properties.

# Database Properties
db.driver=org.h2.Driver
db.url=jdbc:h2:mem:db;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
db.username=sa
db.password=sa
# Hibernate Properties
hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect

Step 4: Configure Hibernate and DataSource

Create a configuration class to wire the details for hibernate and set up the session factory etc.

Java

import org.apache.commons.dbcp2.BasicDataSource;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.HibernateTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;

import javax.sql.DataSource;
import java.util.Properties;

@EnableTransactionManagement
@Configuration
@PropertySource("classpath:db.properties")
public class ExampleConfiguration {
  
    @Autowired
    private Environment env;

    @Bean
    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
        LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
        sessionFactory.setDataSource(dataSource());
        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(
                new String[]{"com.example"});
        sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());

        return sessionFactory;
    }

    @Bean
    public DataSource dataSource() {
        BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
        dataSource.setDriverClassName(env.getProperty("db.driver"));
        dataSource.setUrl(env.getProperty("db.url"));
        dataSource.setUsername(env.getProperty("db.username"));
        dataSource.setPassword(env.getProperty("db.password"));
        return dataSource;
    }

    @Bean
    public PlatformTransactionManager hibernateTransactionManager() {
        HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager
                = new HibernateTransactionManager();
        transactionManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
        return transactionManager;
    }

    private final Properties hibernateProperties() {
        Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
        hibernateProperties.setProperty(
                "hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
        hibernateProperties.setProperty(
                "hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
        return hibernateProperties;
    }
}

Step 5: Create Entity Class

Create a User entity that maps to the database table.

Java

package example.model;

import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;

import javax.persistence.*;

@AllArgsConstructor
@NoArgsConstructor
@Data
@Entity
@Table(name = "user")
public class User {
  
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name = "id")
    private int id;
  
    @Column(name = "first_name")
    private String firstName;
  
    @Column(name = "last_name")
    private String lastName;
}

Step 6: Create Repository Class

The persistence layer to persist the model in the database

Java

package example.repository;

import example.model.User;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

@Repository
public class UserRepository {
  
    @Autowired
    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

    public void addUser(User user) {
        sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().save(user);
    }

    public User getUsers(int id) {
        return sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().get(User.class, id);
    }
}

Step 7: Create Service Layer

The service layer acts as a bridge between the Controller and Repository.

Java

package example.service;

import example.model.User;
import example.repository.UserRepository;
import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import javax.transaction.Transactional;

@Service
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class UserService {
  
    @Autowired
    private final UserRepository userRepository;

    @Transactional
    public void addUser(User user) {
        userRepository.addUser(user);
    }

    @Transactional
    public User getUser(int id) {
        return userRepository.getUsers(id);
    }
}

Step 8: Create Main Application Class

This is the entry point of the application, we need to wire this configuration to the application context.

Java

package example;

import example.model.User;
import example.service.UserService;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;

public class ExampleApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
      
        System.out.println("Starting application");
        AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context =
                new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(ExampleConfiguration.class);
        UserService userService = context.getBean(UserService.class);
        
        // add user to the repo
        userService.addUser(new User(1, "john", "doe"));
        
        // search for the user in the repo
        User user = userService.getUser(1);
        System.out.println(user.toString());
      
    }
}

Step 9: Run the Application

Right-click on the file.
Select Run As - Java Application (Eclipse/STS) or click the Run button (IntelliJ IDEA).

Output:

Hibernate: drop table user if exists
Hibernate: create table user
(
id integer generated by default as identity,
first_name varchar(255),
last_name varchar(255),
primary key (id)
)
Jun 16, 2026 3:44:14 PM org.hibernate.engine.transaction.jta.platform.internal.JtaPlatformInitiator initiateService
INFO: HHH000490: Using JtaPlatform implementation: [org.hibernate.engine.transaction.jta.platform.internal.NoJtaPlatform]
Hibernate: insert into user
(id, first_name, last_name)
values (null, ?, ?)
Hibernate: select
user0_.id as id1_0_0_,user0_.first_name as first_na2_0_0_,user0_.last_name as last_nam3_0_0_from user user0_where user0_.id=?
User(id=1, firstName=john, lastName=doe)

How to Create a Project using Spring MVC and Hibernate 5?

Prerequisites

Steps to Create a Project using Spring MVC and Hibernate 5

Step 1: Create a Maven Project

Step 2: Add Required Dependencies

Step 3: Create Database Configuration File

Step 4: Configure Hibernate and DataSource

Step 5: Create Entity Class

Step 6: Create Repository Class

Step 7: Create Service Layer

Step 8: Create Main Application Class

Step 9: Run the Application

Output:

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