Since SessionFactory#getClassMetadata(java.lang.Class) was deprecated, I am not able to use ClassMetadata. I would like to access to the following methods: org.hibernate.metadata.ClassMetadata#ge...

I have some Hibernate/JPA annotations (still don't know the difference to be honest) that are allowing me to create an association class. This class is combining two items that are related into one...

In Hibernate I can create a unique key using @NaturalId on several properties of the entity. Is there a JPA equivalent annotation, something that is a part of javax.persistence?