Configure Hibernate Second-Level Caching

Hibernate second-level cache can be configured for a range of cache providers. Rather than configuring Hibernate to lookup the cache provider again, it is better to provide the one that is available in the context whenever possible.

To do this with JCache, first make sure that org.hibernate.orm:hibernate-jcache is available on the classpath. Then, add a HibernatePropertiesCustomizer bean as shown in the following example:

Java
Kotlin

import org.hibernate.cache.jcache.ConfigSettings;

import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.HibernatePropertiesCustomizer;
import org.springframework.cache.jcache.JCacheCacheManager;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
public class MyHibernateSecondLevelCacheConfiguration {

	@Bean
	public HibernatePropertiesCustomizer hibernateSecondLevelCacheCustomizer(JCacheCacheManager cacheManager) {
		return (properties) -> properties.put(ConfigSettings.CACHE_MANAGER, cacheManager.getCacheManager());
	}

}

import org.hibernate.cache.jcache.ConfigSettings
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.orm.jpa.HibernatePropertiesCustomizer
import org.springframework.cache.jcache.JCacheCacheManager
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration

@Configuration(proxyBeanMethods = false)
class MyHibernateSecondLevelCacheConfiguration {

	@Bean
	fun hibernateSecondLevelCacheCustomizer(cacheManager: JCacheCacheManager): HibernatePropertiesCustomizer {
		return HibernatePropertiesCustomizer { properties ->
			properties[ConfigSettings.CACHE_MANAGER] = cacheManager.cacheManager
		}
	}

}

This customizer will configure Hibernate to use the same CacheManager as the one that the application uses. It is also possible to use separate CacheManager instances. For details, see the Hibernate user guide.