JPA Example using Maven and Hibernate as JPA Provider

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
	<groupId>com.javawebtutor</groupId>
	<artifactId>JPAMavenExample</artifactId>
	<packaging>jar</packaging>
	<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>JPAMavenExample</name>
	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
	<dependencies>
		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
			<artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
			<version>2.0.0</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
			<version>4.2.8.Final</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>mysql</groupId>
			<artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
			<version>5.1.27</version>
		</dependency>
	</dependencies>
</project>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence
             http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence/persistence_2_0.xsd"
	version="2.0">

	<persistence-unit name="EmployeePU">
		<provider>org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence</provider>
		<properties>
			<property name="hibernate.connection.url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost/jpadb" />
			<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" />
			<property name="hibernate.connection.username" value="root" />
			<property name="hibernate.connection.password" value="mukesh" />
			<property name="hibernate.archive.autodetection" value="class" />
			<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
			<property name="hibernate.format_sql" value="true" />
			<property name="hbm2ddl.auto" value="update" />
		</properties>
	</persistence-unit>
</persistence>

package com.javawebtutor;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name = "EMP_DB")
public class Employee {

	@Id
	@Column(name = "id")
	private int id;

	@Column(name = "fistName")
	private String firstName;

	@Column(name = "lastName")
	private String lastName;

	@Column(name = "dept")
	private String dept;

	public Employee() {

	}

	public Employee(int id, String firstName, String lastName, String dept) {
		this.setId(id);
		this.setFirstName(firstName);
		this.setLastName(lastName);
		this.setDept(dept);
	}

	public int getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(int id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getFirstName() {
		return firstName;
	}

	public void setFirstName(String firstName) {
		this.firstName = firstName;
	}

	public String getLastName() {
		return lastName;
	}

	public void setLastName(String lastName) {
		this.lastName = lastName;
	}

	public String getDept() {
		return dept;
	}

	public void setDept(String dept) {
		this.dept = dept;
	}
}

package com.javawebtutor;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
import javax.persistence.Persistence;

public class JpaTest {
	private static EntityManager em;

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		EntityManagerFactory emf = Persistence
				.createEntityManagerFactory("EmployeePU");
		em = emf.createEntityManager();

		createEmployee(1, "Ravi", "Raj", "Textile");
		createEmployee(2, "Amit", "Raj", "IT");
		createEmployee(3, "Nitish", "Kumar", "Marketing");

	}

	private static void createEmployee(int id, String firstName,
			String lastName, String dept) {
		em.getTransaction().begin();
		Employee emp = new Employee(id, firstName, lastName, dept);
		em.persist(emp);
		em.getTransaction().commit();
	}
}