This tutorial builds on the example presented in a previous tutorial. Here we will explore the difference between the Hibernate second-level cache and the standard query cache and how the two can be used in conjunction to reduce the number of database transactions in an application.

This tutorial presents an exploration of the Hibernate second-level cache. By the end, we will have the tools to integrate Ehcache into a web application and to expire its entries at fixed, regular intervals using the Quartz scheduler to run a Spring batch process.