What problem does it solve?
This Skill helps developers implement reliable Hibernate ORM data-access layers in ColdBox/BoxLang projects, reducing errors from ad hoc queries, transaction misuse, and inefficient association loading.
Core Features & Use Cases
- BaseORMService and VirtualEntityService patterns for consistent CRUD and repository-style services.
- Criteria Builder usage for restrictions, projections, joins, subqueries, sorting, and pagination to express complex queries.
- Transactional service patterns, ORM event interception guidance, and production best practices such as getOrFail semantics and avoiding N+1 queries.
- Use case: build a paginated admin user listing, perform multi-entity transfers in a single transaction, or run complex search queries across related entities.
Quick Start
Use the cborm skill to create a service that lists active users with paginated results and safe transactional updates.