How does Hibernate implement the Factory pattern when creating its objects?

Hibernate uses the Factory pattern to create various objects such as sessions (Session), transactions (Transaction), and proxy objects.

For example, when working with sessions, Hibernate provides a SessionFactory — a factory responsible for creating Session objects. This allows centralized management of configuration and creating new sessions on demand without directly instantiating objects.

Example:

SessionFactory sessionFactory = new Configuration().configure().buildSessionFactory();
Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();

Thus, SessionFactory implements the Factory pattern, encapsulating the logic of session creation and providing a convenient interface for obtaining them.