Hibernate ORM 6.2.0.CR1 was just released which contains a lot of new features, enhancements and bug-fixes.
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Since this is a CR, and in the interest of getting this done before the holidays, this announcement simply categorizes the links. The details will get fleshed out for the Final release announcement.
Support for Java records
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15072 - Default EmbeddableInstantiator for records
Support for structs
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15327 - Support mapping composite/struct types
Jakarta Persistence 3.1
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15398 - Move to Jakarta Persistence 3.1
Improved generated value support
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15789 - unify configuration of value generators and id generators
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15774 - make @CurrentTimestamp take over the job of @Source, and make value generation work better with version properties
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15782 - more flexible ValueGeneration + unification with IdentifierGenerator
Query enhancements
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15654 - Window/Ordered set-aggregate function support for Criteria API
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15868 - Expose more standard HQL functions through HibernateCriteriaBuilder
@PartitionKey
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15899 - Add @PartitionKey annotation
Temporals
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15679 - Respect the offset of OffsetTime when persisting/loading data
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15820 - inconsistent DDL generated Instant and ZonedDateTime, OffsetDateTime on Oracle
Other notables
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15571 - Allow @SqlInsert, @SqlUpdate, @SqlDelete to refer to an @SecondaryTable
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15393 - Improve write-paths to use mapping model & SQL AST
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15503 - Add UUID support for MariaDB 10.7
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15504 - Add UUID support for SQL Server 2008
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15631 - Enable reflection optimizer by default
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15816 - make @Immutable work at property level
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15834 - @TypeRegistration for UserTypes
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15679 - Respect the offset of OffsetTime when persisting/loading data
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15883 - Expose MappingMetamodel via unwrap from SessionFactory
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15483 - allow @TenantId properties of type other than String
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https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15926 - allow @Type and @CompositeType to be applied as meta-annotations
Conclusion
For additional details, see:
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the User Guide
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the Migration Guide
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the release page
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the internals report
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