What is shared references in hibernate

[Rao Potla]

what is meant by shared references in hibernate? and what does "components are stored as values and not as shared references" means?

[Vijitha Kumara]

Welcome to the CodeRanch!,

what is meant by shared references in hibernate

It is possible for two objects to have reference to a same object which is a member of those objects.

what does "components are stored as values and not as shared references" means?

It means when you model components they use their objects to refer to a member object which *ideally* would be equal in content. Read more about them here.

[Rao Potla]

thank you very much , Its really helpful