Write, build, and run an example application that persists data to and from a relational database using Hibernate, JPA, and the repository pattern.

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A developer shouldn't spend time on database table creation when unit tests run. Instead, have Hibernate create tables in the database for JPA and other data-driven applications.

Get started modeling entities and relationships for Java data persistence, using an example application based on Java 21 with Hibernate 6.3.