> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Hertz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 2:14 PM > To: 'Struts Users Mailing List' > Subject: RE: Hibernate VS ibatis, which is better? > > > I go for Hibernate for one reason: > > IMHO: If you *really* want to use SQL, and make youre life > easy, you'd avoid > thinking in terms of persisting specific objects. You'd create one > ultimately reusable object. > > Every app would use the same object model: at the top, > there'd be an object > which mimic'd a database. It would contain a Set of objects > that mimic'd a > database table. Each table would contain a Set of row > objects, and each row > object would contain a Map of field/value pairs. Maybe not a > map. You'd also > need to know the native type for each field...but you see > where I'm going. > > Every Query and Update would use this big ol' collection for > what needed to > go where (looking at the native type for e. > > And Every application using an SQL database could reuse this > model. All of > your code could be geared for it. You would even have custom > jsp tags to > grab data out of this collection. I worked in such a > framework once. It had > it's moments. > > IBatis strikes me as a middle ground between the above POV > and Hibernate's. > I see both philosophies. I just dont get the middle ground. > If you want to > go OO, go OO.
Because if you're melding OO with relational you're in a middle ground. Pure either just doesn't work. Having worked with a OODBMC in a web environment... that ain't the answer either. Espeically with mildly complex object models. > > One day there will be real usable OO databases (not like CA > Jasmine. hack. > cough. wheeze.) and I strongly suspect they'll work alot like > hibernate. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: struts Dude [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 4:37 PM > > To: Struts Users Mailing List > > Subject: Hibernate VS ibatis, which is better? > > > > > > Hello > > > > Just want some feedback from ppl who know > > both. Which one is more powerful and easier > > to use? > > > > Personally I only know iBatis but seeing so > > many web app built on hibernate and even > > a book on hibernate to be published, just > > wandering if it's worth my time to learn hibernate. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]