Hi, Jacob,
I am using Castor for XML. Hibernate does not provide support for XML marshalling/unmarshalling. In my case, to get started, I used a combination of docs and questions to the list. I think you'll find that the "core" users/developers here are very helpful. Good luck! Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob Tomaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 December 2004 5:29 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [castor-user] Looking for Castor Documentation > > > > I am choosing a persistence framework. Right now my choices are > Castor and Hibernate. I am having trouble finding good comparisons of > these two techs. I have a limited experience in Castor and none in > Hibernate and this has been driving my decision. I had set on > starting with Castor and then possibly exploring a switch to Hibernate > as an exercise. > > It has been more difficult to implement Castor than I expected. The > difficulty comes from the lack of documentation. My usually way of > learning something is to pickup the O'Reilly or 'in Action' book and > devour it. These resources do not exist for Castor so I have been > trying to glean the Internet for documentation. I have found the > website's documentation very lacking and a quick start at best. Most > of the other documentation I have found are quick starts more then a > full fledged user's guide. The lack has pushed me to Hibernate. > > So, I am curious. How did you all learn Castor? Are there some well > hidden gems of Castor documentation out there? Does anyone know if > there is a book in the works? > > Also, Does anyone have a good reason why they use Castor and not > another tech like Hibernate? > > Thanks, > Jacob Tomaw > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: > unsubscribe castor-user ----------------------------------------------------------- If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of: unsubscribe castor-user
