Re: Does JDBC 4.0 make iBATIS redundant?

[Paul Benedict]

I saw some JDBC 4.0 and it does not make ibatis obsolete. For instance, annotations are not inheritable but you can extend sqlmaps. Also there will always be a need for XML configuration because not everyone wants their mappings statically-linked into their code; it is impossible to change without recompiling. Furthermore, the churn for turnaround in Sun is slow because the JCP is a snail -- you guys can provide more enhancements and releases than the JDK ever could. No worries here.

Paul

Clinton Begin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Hi all,

I just picked this up from InfoQ.  What do you think?

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Blogger Patrick Lightbody noted "I could see JDBC 4.0 replacing my need for iBatis" after reading another blog post on JDBC 4.0 functionality. JDBC 4.0 includes basic O/R mapper functionality that eases the repetitive task of copying ResultSet data into objects. It does not handle inheritance or table relations however.
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http://www.infoq.com/news/Easier-Database-Development-JDBC

Patrick's a good guy and a respected developer.  I appreciate his opinion.  Obviously, this is only useful for people running JDK 5 or possibly only JDK 6.  And of course, Annotation support would be an almost brainless effort to implement for iBATIS. 

Your thoughts?

Clinton

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