Description: Prior to Hibernate version 5, the dirty checking mechanism relies on Java Reflection API. Starting with Hibernate version 5, the dirty checking mechanism relies on bytecode enhancement. This approach sustain a better performance, especially when you have a relatively large number of entitites.
Key points:
- add the corresponding plugin in pom.xml (use Maven bytecode enhancement plugin)
Output example:
The bytecode enhancement effect can be seen on User.class here
