can we use jpa without hibernate

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I am new to JPA. As per my understanding, JPA is specification and Hibernate implements JPA and provide add on features along with JPA methods. But I was going through JPA tutorials, where using `EntityManager` object we can perform CRUD on data, without using Hibernate libraries! So can anyone please let me know - Can I use JPA alone using `EntityManager` methods, not using Hibernate? Please mention some useful link or example. Much appreciate response. Thanks.

Accepted Answer

You are right JPA is a specification. Hibernate, and EclipseLink are a couple of its implementations.

You have to specify the persistence provider(Hibernate, EclipseLink) in order to use the JPA implementation. The persistence providers have the implementation classes for JPA specifications.

can we use jpa without hibernate

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