diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/CustomInterceptor.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/CustomInterceptor.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.hibernate.EmptyInterceptor;
+import org.hibernate.type.Type;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors.entity.User;
+
+public class CustomInterceptor extends EmptyInterceptor {
+    private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(CustomInterceptor.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onSave(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) {
+        if (entity instanceof User) {
+            logger.info(((User) entity).toString());
+        }
+        return super.onSave(entity, id, state, propertyNames, types);
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean onFlushDirty(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] currentState, Object [] previousState, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) {
+        if (entity instanceof User) {
+            ((User) entity).setLastModified(new Date());
+            logger.info(((User) entity).toString());
+        }
+        return super.onFlushDirty(entity, id, currentState, previousState, propertyNames, types);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/CustomInterceptorImpl.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/CustomInterceptorImpl.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.hibernate.CallbackException;
+import org.hibernate.EntityMode;
+import org.hibernate.Interceptor;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.hibernate.type.Type;
+
+public class CustomInterceptorImpl implements Interceptor {
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onLoad(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onFlushDirty(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] currentState, Object[] previousState, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onSave(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onDelete(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] state, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onCollectionRecreate(Object collection, Serializable key) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onCollectionRemove(Object collection, Serializable key) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onCollectionUpdate(Object collection, Serializable key) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void preFlush(Iterator entities) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void postFlush(Iterator entities) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Boolean isTransient(Object entity) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int[] findDirty(Object entity, Serializable id, Object[] currentState, Object[] previousState, String[] propertyNames, Type[] types) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object instantiate(String entityName, EntityMode entityMode, Serializable id) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getEntityName(Object object) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object getEntity(String entityName, Serializable id) throws CallbackException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterTransactionBegin(Transaction tx) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void beforeTransactionCompletion(Transaction tx) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void afterTransactionCompletion(Transaction tx) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String onPrepareStatement(String sql) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/HibernateUtil.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/HibernateUtil.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.hibernate.Interceptor;
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
+import org.hibernate.boot.MetadataSources;
+import org.hibernate.boot.SessionFactoryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.boot.registry.StandardServiceRegistryBuilder;
+import org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistry;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors.entity.User;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class HibernateUtil {
+    private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+    private static String PROPERTY_FILE_NAME;
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory() throws IOException {
+        return getSessionFactory(null);
+    }
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactory(String propertyFileName) throws IOException {
+        PROPERTY_FILE_NAME = propertyFileName;
+        if (sessionFactory == null) {
+            ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = configureServiceRegistry();
+            sessionFactory = getSessionFactoryBuilder(serviceRegistry).build();
+        }
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    public static SessionFactory getSessionFactoryWithInterceptor(String propertyFileName, Interceptor interceptor) throws IOException {
+        PROPERTY_FILE_NAME = propertyFileName;
+        if (sessionFactory == null) {
+            ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = configureServiceRegistry();
+            sessionFactory = getSessionFactoryBuilder(serviceRegistry).applyInterceptor(interceptor)
+                .build();
+        }
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    public static Session getSessionWithInterceptor(Interceptor interceptor) throws IOException {
+        return getSessionFactory().withOptions()
+            .interceptor(interceptor)
+            .openSession();
+    }
+
+    private static SessionFactoryBuilder getSessionFactoryBuilder(ServiceRegistry serviceRegistry) {
+        MetadataSources metadataSources = new MetadataSources(serviceRegistry);
+        metadataSources.addPackage("com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors");
+        metadataSources.addAnnotatedClass(User.class);
+
+        Metadata metadata = metadataSources.buildMetadata();
+        return metadata.getSessionFactoryBuilder();
+
+    }
+
+    private static ServiceRegistry configureServiceRegistry() throws IOException {
+        Properties properties = getProperties();
+        return new StandardServiceRegistryBuilder().applySettings(properties)
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    private static Properties getProperties() throws IOException {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        URL propertiesURL = Thread.currentThread()
+            .getContextClassLoader()
+            .getResource(StringUtils.defaultString(PROPERTY_FILE_NAME, "hibernate-interceptors.properties"));
+        try (FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(propertiesURL.getFile())) {
+            properties.load(inputStream);
+        }
+        return properties;
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/entity/User.java b/hibernate5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/entity/User.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors.entity;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import javax.persistence.Basic;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.Temporal;
+import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
+
+@Entity(name = "hbi_user")
+public class User {
+
+    @Id
+    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.SEQUENCE)
+    private long id;
+    private String name;
+    private String about;
+    @Basic
+    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
+    private Date lastModified;
+
+    public User() {
+    }
+
+    public User(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public Date getLastModified() {
+        return lastModified;
+    }
+
+    public void setLastModified(Date lastModified) {
+        this.lastModified = lastModified;
+    }
+
+    public long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public String getAbout() {
+        return about;
+    }
+
+    public void setAbout(String about) {
+        this.about = about;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("ID: %d\nName: %s\nLast Modified: %s\nAbout: %s\n", getId(), getName(), getLastModified(), getAbout());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/HibernateInterceptorTest.java b/hibernate5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/hibernate/interceptors/HibernateInterceptorTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.hibernate.Session;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.hibernate.Transaction;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.AfterClass;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.baeldung.hibernate.interceptors.entity.User;
+
+public class HibernateInterceptorTest {
+    private static SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+    private static Serializable userId;
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() throws IOException {
+        sessionFactory = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactoryWithInterceptor(null, new CustomInterceptor());
+    }
+    
+    @AfterClass
+    public static void finish() {
+        if(userId != null) {
+            Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
+            Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+            User user = session.load(User.class, userId);
+            if(user != null) {
+                session.delete(user);
+            }
+            transaction.commit();
+            session.close();
+        }
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHibernateInterceptorAndSessionScoped_whenUserCreated_shouldSucceed() {
+        Session session = sessionFactory.withOptions().interceptor(new CustomInterceptor()).openSession();
+        User user = new User("Benjamin Franklin");
+        Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+        userId = session.save(user);
+        transaction.commit();
+        session.close();
+    }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void givenHibernateInterceptorAndSessionFactoryScoped_whenUserModified_shouldSucceed() {
+        Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
+        Transaction transaction = session.beginTransaction();
+        User user = session.load(User.class, userId);
+        if(user != null) {
+            user.setAbout("I am a scientist.");
+            session.update(user);
+        }
+        transaction.commit();
+        session.close();
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-interceptors.properties b/hibernate5/src/test/resources/hibernate-interceptors.properties
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+hibernate.connection.driver_class=org.h2.Driver
+hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:h2:mem:mydb1;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+hibernate.connection.username=sa
+hibernate.connection.autocommit=true
+jdbc.password=
+
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+hibernate.show_sql=true
+hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create-drop
+hibernate.current_session_context_class=org.hibernate.context.internal.ThreadLocalSessionContext
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