In this chapter, we will learn about the database in the Spring Framework. The database is a collection of data that is stored in the server in an organized way, so that an application can retrieve the data in the way that the user requests. In this chapter, you will learn how to use the database on both the client and server side. In addition to this, we will explore the usage of JDBC, JPA, Hibernate, and MySQL from the server side, and we will look at the room persistence library from the client side.
This chapter covers the following topics:
- What is a database?
- What is a database management system?
- Data access in Spring.
- Data access with JDBC in Spring.
- Creating a sample project using JDBC.
- Data access with JPA and Hibernate in Spring.
- Creating a sample project using JPA + Hibernate.
- What is the room persistence library?
- Creating an Android application...