Another +1 for Spring JDBC here too.

The SimpleJdbcTemplate class makes use of Java 5 varargs and template
features in much the way you describe.  The parts of Spring JDBC that
make use of Java 5 features are in the package
org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.

http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/jdbc/core/simple/SimpleJdbcTemplate.html

Keith


On Feb 22, 1:11 pm, Christian Hvid <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have worked with Hibernate but I think that is different approach
> altogether.
>
> I haven't looked at Spring JDBC but I can see that they are similar in
> many ways (by looking at the documentation):
>
> This 
> (fromhttp://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/2.0.x/reference/jdbc.ht...
>
> int rowCount = this.jdbcTemplate.queryForInt("select count(0) from
> t_accrual");
> String surname = (String) this.jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select
> surname from t_actor where id = ?", new Object[]{new Long(1212)},
> String.class);
>
> Would be identical to:
>
> int rowCount = queryScalar(Integer.class, "select count(0) from
> t_accrual");
> String surname = queryScalar(String.class, "select surname from
> t_actor where id = ?", 1212);
>
> And it is really the same except I use some Java 5 features (static
> imports, generics, varags, boxing) and have the reference to
> "this.jdbcTemplate" hidden away in a ThreadLocal object.
>
> However this:
>
> Actor actor = (Actor) this.jdbcTemplate.queryForObject(
>     "select first_name, surname from t_actor where id = ?",
>     new Object[]{new Long(1212)},
>     new RowMapper() {
>         public Object mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws
> SQLException {
>             Actor actor = new Actor();
>             actor.setFirstName(rs.getString("first_name"));
>             actor.setSurname(rs.getString("surname"));
>             return actor;
>         }
>     });
>
> Would be written as:
>
> Actor actor = queryScalar(Actor.class, "select first_name, surname
> from t_actor where id = ?", 1212);
>
> And would require that Actor had a public constructor matching the
> types of first_name and surname (String, String).
>
> And I think that is taking a different route ... maybe (?)
>
> On Feb 22, 6:42 pm, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > have you looked at Spring JDBC? It has a similar interface and manages
> > the connections for you.
>
> > I think if you go down a non-orm route and want to have lots of sql,
> > Ibatis is quite common - not used it so can't say for sure.
>
> > Spring JDBC though is very nice and have used it extensively.
>
> > Rakesh
>
> > On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Christian Hvid
>
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi Java people.
>
> > > I have been toying with simplier ways of doing embedded SQL in Java.
>
> > > And would like your comments on this one?
>
> > >http://code.google.com/p/chalkmine/
>
> > > It allows you to write code like this:
>
> > > openConnection();
> > > try {
> > >    int count = queryScalar(Integer.class, "select count(*) from
> > > people");
> > >    System.out.println("There are "+count+" people in the bin.");
> > > } finally {
> > >    closeConnection();
> > > }
>
> > > or
>
> > > openConnection();
> > > try {
> > >    List<Person> people = queryList(Person.class, "select name,
> > > time_in_the_bin from people");
> > >    for (Person p : people)
> > >        System.out.println(p.getName()+" has been "+p.getTimeInTheBin()
> > > +" hours in the bin.");
> > > } finally {
> > >    closeConnection();
> > > }
>
> > > (Provided that Person has a constructor matching the types of name,
> > > time_in_the_bin. Probably Person(String, int).)
>
> > > Where the methods openConnection, queryScalar, queryList,
> > > closeConnection are statically imported.
>
> > > openConnection() figures out the name of the calling class, looks up a
> > > configuration, opens a connection and puts in a ThreadLocal container.
>
> > > queryScalar(Class, String, ...) performs a query with a single row
> > > result that is "cast" to the given class.
>
> > > queryList(Class, String, ...) performs a query and returns the result
> > > as a list of the given class.
>
> > > I would like to turn it into a full-fledged open source project.
>
> > > But since it is incredibly hard for a new open source project to gain
> > > traction I would like to figure out whether it is interesting enough
> > > first.
>
> > > -- Christian
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