Documentation (preview) about the[ issue:|https://doc-stage.usersys.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/jboss_enterprise_application_platform_continuous_delivery/14/html-single/migration_guide/#migrating_from_hibernate_5_1_to_5_3
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An abstract (yet working) Hibernate 5.3 PoC rule may be found at https://github.com/emmartins/windup-rulesets/blob/WINDUPRULE-372/rules-reviewed/eap7/eap71/hibernate51-53.windup.xml , which should be broken into multiple rules targeting each concrete Hibernate 5.3 migration issue at https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/5.3/migration-guide.adoc

Note the example rule reference above should have the EAP Traget set to
<targetTechnology id="eap" versionRange="[7,8)" />

Windup rule:

When: a reference to org.hibernate.cache.RegionFactory (deprecated) or org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory is found
Perform: Review usage of classes in org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory, as SPIs for this class has changed. See Javadoc for org.hibernate.cache.spi.RegionFactory for details.