"gohiljigar15" wrote : | | 1) wt additional/special features does hibernate provides if I want to use Hibernate JPA...? | I don't exactly know the list of such features. But each persistence provider including Hibernate have their own set of additional features. Most of the applications just use JPA since that covers almost everything that they require. "gohiljigar15" wrote : | 2) wt would be better the core Hibernate OR Hibernate JPA...? why? | I mean obviously the standardization does gives an advantage of switching the PP anytime...but still have not explored the power of Core Hibernate fully...thats why have this question... | | I would recommend that you use JPA initially. Then as and when you feel the need for some Hibernate specific functionality, then you can think of using those. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4265868#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...