From the Play! framework docs:
There is no built-in JPA implementation in Play 2.0; you can choose any available implementation. For example, to use Hibernate, just add the dependency to your project:
- What are my option rather than Hibernate?
- What do you think is well-suited for a message-board website?
- I understood Hibernate has a little overhead, is that right?
There is Ebean ORM built-in the Play 2.0 doesn’t it meet your needs?
All you need to start working with it is just uncoment few lines in
application.conf, check this description for MySQL: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10007515/1066240