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What is an EntityManager and how does it relate to a Session?

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EntityManager is the JPA API for the persistence context.

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EntityManager is the JPA
API for the persistence context.
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In Hibernate it is
typically a wrapper around Session.
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You rarely inject it
in Spring Data apps, but you need it for Criteria, flush, and detach when repositories are not enough.
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Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
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EntityManager is the JPA API for the persistence context. In Hibernate it is typically a wrapper around Session.