Differences between session vs session factory - Hibernate?

Question

Do we have any other differences other than the below? Also please validate whether the below are correct

1. SessionFactory objects are one per applicati

Answer 1

SessionFactory is a factory class for Session objects. It is available for the whole application while a Session is only available for particular transaction.

Session is short-lived while SessionFactory objects are long-lived. SessionFactory provides a second level cache and Session provides a first level cache.