> > 1/3rd of the total startup time goes to Configuration.addInputStream, > > nearly completely to dom4j.io.SaxReader.read
Perhaps someone could migrate the xml loading stuff to use SAX instead of dom4j? Dom4j creates lots of objects. In my backup/restore code I saw a 10 times better performance by just using SAX instead of dom4j. Ara. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel