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Integrate JavaFX, Hibernate and PostgreSQL with the MVC Pattern

This JavaFX tutorial demonstrates how to integrate JavaFX, Hibernate and PostgreSQL using the MVC pattern -- complete with a

sample application that features visual data navigation.

by Manoj Debnath

Jun 5, 2012

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JavaFX provides a rich set of UI controls, which simplify the development of visually immersivefront ends for database-driven applications. When combined with the PostgreSQL databaseand the Hibernate ORM tool, JavaFX can handle the presentation layer for large-scale, data-driven business applications (JavaFX PostgreSQL) as well as robust desktop applications(JavaFX Hibernate).

In this article, I demonstrate how to integrate JavaFX, Hibernate and PostgreSQL using theMVC pattern and present a sample CRUD application with a data-navigation feature.

What You Need

Java SDK + JavaFX 2

Eclipse IDE

Hibernate 4.x

PostgreSQL Database

PostgreSQL JDBC Driver

To follow the demo in this article, simply:

1. Install the Java SDK+JavaFX2 SDK2. Unpack the Eclipse IDE3. Install the PostgreSQL DB4. Unpack Hibernate5. Save the PostgreSQL JDBC driver

JavaFX / Hibernate / PostgreSQL Project Setup

From the File menu in Eclipse, choose Java Project. It is better to set up User Library of all JAR files required in the project. This is not anecessary procedure but it will come in quite handy for future reference. Let's make an individual library for the Hibernate JavaFX PostgreSQL driverand include it in our project, as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Project Library: Make a library for the Hibernate JavaFX PostgreSQL driver.

PostgreSQL Table Structure

You don't need to worry about the structure of the sample table, Contact. It will be created automatically when the application runs. However, if youwant to create the table separately, you can but keep in mind the following comment for the code snippets in the rest of the article

cfg.setProperty("hibernate.connection.url","jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/testdb");

In this case, testdb is the table space. If you opt for creating your table through SQL or through pgAdmin III, either give the name of tablespace astestdb or change the appropriate portion of code in the HiberateUtil.java file.

cfg.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", "update");

Also keep in mind the update value. You may also put create in place of update. This would recreate the table every time the application runs,deleting all stored information. So use create or update appropriately.

cfg.setProperty("hibernate.show_sql", "true");

Alternatively, you may set the above property as false.

The table created in PostgreSQL is as follows:

CREATE TABLE contacts

(

contactid integer NOT NULL,



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email character varying(255),

firstname character varying(255),

lastname character varying(255),

phone character varying(255),

CONSTRAINT contacts_pkey PRIMARY KEY (contactid )

)

WITH ( OIDS=FALSE );

ALTER TABLE contacts OWNER TO postgres;

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2 Comments (click to add your comment)

By umair October 18 2013 00:52 AM PDT

Dear Manoj, Thankyou very much for this easy to understand and effective tutorial. With an ORM

architecture like you explained (seems session per click) if we develop a Java FX application with say

200+ clients, would it work or should we go for EJB approach. Thanks again for this self explanatory

example. Umair

By Sumudu June 29 2013 11:55 AM PDT

This is very very important one thank you very very much

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