These are a few focus topics from your session 3 homework reading assignment coming up. Chapter 11. Working with objects Chapter 6. Types Chapter 7. Collection mapping As a requirement persistent collection-valued fields must be declared as an interface type java.util.Set, java.util.Collection, java.util.List, java.util.Map, java.util.SortedSet, java.util.SortedMap Hibernate will actually replace the interface with an instance of Hibernate’s own implementation of the interface. Collection mapping uses @OneToMany and @JoinColumn Collection mapping uses @OneToMany and @JoinTable Chapter 8. Association Mappings Chapter 9. Component Mapping Reference Materials Hibernate ReferenceDocumentation 4.2.x Hibernate 4.2.x JavaDocs Java™ Platform Enterprise Ed. 8Javadoc javax.persistence Jump to: Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 Session 4