Hibernate вопросы и ответы для интервью

Question: What role does the SessionFactory interface play in Hibernate?

Answer: The application obtains Session instances from a SessionFactory. There is typically a single SessionFactory for the whole application created during application initialization. The SessionFactory caches generate SQL statements and other mapping metadata that Hibernate uses at runtime. It also holds cached data that has been read in one unit of work and may be reused in a future unit of work.
SessionFactory sessionFactory = configuration.buildSessionFactory();