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Difference between HQL delete query and session.delete()

I'm quite new to Hibernate and have a question. What is the difference between deleting an object by using an HQL query and deleting an object by using the delete(...) Method of the Session Class?

Solution

  • Session.delete(...) is only useful if you already have a reference to the entity you want to delete.

    delete-by-query is useful for deleting several objects according to certain criteria, objects that you may not have previously loaded into the session.

    I believe that delete-by-query actually loads each entity into the session and deletes them individually - someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.