Hibernate supports different strategies for inheritance mapping hierarchies to database tables:
Table per class hierarchy: All classes in the inheritance hierarchy are mapped to a single table, which includes columns for properties of all subclasses. Discriminator columns are used to differentiate between different subclass types.
Table per subclass: Each class in the inheritance hierarchy is mapped to its own table. Common properties are mapped to the superclass table, while subclass-specific properties are mapped to individual subclass tables.
Table per concrete class: Each concrete class in the inheritance hierarchy is mapped to its own table, including both superclass and subclass properties. This strategy avoids the use of inheritance-related joins but can lead to redundant columns in the database schema.