Spring in Action Question/Persistence

[Charles O'Leary]

Could you please write to the advantages and disadvantages of using Spring with MyBatis as opposed to using built-in Spring Persistence?

[Craig Walls]

Charles O'Leary wrote:Could you please write to the advantages and disadvantages of using Spring with MyBatis as opposed to using built-in Spring Persistence?

I'm unclear what you mean by "built-in Spring Persistence". Spring doesn't have it's own persistence, but instead builds abstractions on top of other persistence models, including MyBatis.

To be honest, it's been awhile since I've done much with MyBatis, but (unless I'm mistaken), Spring Data JDBC has MyBatis integration. So ultimately, the advantages/disadvantages of that choice versus others are largely dependent on project goals and developer tastes. I can't possibly tell you which you should use.

[Charles O'Leary]

Thanks for the clarity.  Previously, I had used Spring MVC with Hibernate, while my future use will likely be using MyBatis integration.  I had always wondered what, if anything, I missed and/or would miss by not using a "Spring branded" persistence such as Spring JDBC.

Charles  

[Craig Walls]

Charles O'Leary wrote:Thanks for the clarity.  Previously, I had used Spring MVC with Hibernate, while my future use will likely be using MyBatis integration.  I had always wondered what, if anything, I missed and/or would miss by not using a "Spring branded" persistence such as Spring JDBC.

I'd definitely checkout Spring Data JDBC. Try it first in it's "raw" JDBC form to get a feel for how it works. Then add MyBatis to the mix to see how you like it.

[Charles O'Leary]

Craig Walls wrote:

Charles O'Leary wrote:Thanks for the clarity.  Previously, I had used Spring MVC with Hibernate, while my future use will likely be using MyBatis integration.  I had always wondered what, if anything, I missed and/or would miss by not using a "Spring branded" persistence such as Spring JDBC.

I'd definitely checkout Spring Data JDBC. Try it first in it's "raw" JDBC form to get a feel for how it works. Then add MyBatis to the mix to see how you like it.

Thanks for the tip!