Difference between save() and persist() method in Hibernate

           In previous post, we learned the difference between get() and load() methods in Hibernate. In this, we can discuss difference between the save() and persist() methods of Hibernate. This is one of the famous Hibernate interview question.

Difference between save() and persist() methods are as follows,

save() method example:--

        The save() method which takes a transient object as input and put it to its persistent state. This method returns a generated identifier. 

package com.adnblog;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;
import com.adnblog.Employee;

public class HibernateSaveExample {

       public static void main(String[] args) {

             SessionFactory sessionFactory = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory();
             Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();

             Transaction txn = session.beginTransaction(); 

             Employee emp = new Employee();
             emp.setName("Mahesh");
             emp.setAddress("Sonyal");
  

             int id = (Integer) session.save(emp);   //save is called which will add this transient object to persistent state.
  
             txn.commit();                     
             sessionFactory.close();
      }
}

persist() method example:--

            In the same way persist() is another method to store objects in database i.e. changing transient objects to its persistent state. But persist() method does not return anything.

package com.adnblog;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
import org.hibernate.Transaction;
import com.adnblog.Employee;

public class HibernatePersistentExample {

      public static void main(String[] args) {

            SessionFactory sessionFactory = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory();
            Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();

            Transaction txn = session.beginTransaction();

            Employee emp = new Employee();
            emp.setName("Mahesh");
            emp.setAddress("Sonyal");
  
            session.persist(emp);          //persist is called which will add this transient object to persistent state.
  
            tx.commit();                     
            sessionFactory.close();
      }
}

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