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Hibernate faster EntityManagerFactory creation

In my desktop application new databases get opened quite often. I use Hibernate/JPA as an ORM. The problem is, creating the EntityManagerFactory is quite slow, taking about 5-6 Seconds on a fast machine. I know that the EntityManagerFactory is supposed to be heavyweight but this is just too slow for a desktop…

Accessing non-visible classes with reflection

I am trying to get an instance of a non-visible class, AKA package private class, using reflection. I was wondering if there was a way to switch the modifiers to make it public and then access it using Class.forName. When I try that now it stops me saying I can’t do it. Unfortunately there is no setAcce…