Difference between Hibernate & iBatis ? Which one is good and better choice !

Hi ,

Which is better to use and when ?

using Hibernate and iBatis ?

Regards,
prabhat

Yes.

"Better" is subjective, and depends on your needs, experience, etc.

If you know enough about each framework, which to choose usually becomes obvious. If it isn't, then it may not make any difference, or at least not be based on purely technical reasons.

yes you are perfectly right !

If some1 ask in interview then whet we say ?

what i said i only worked on Hibernate so i can't compare them..

regards,
Prabhat

You answer to the best of your ability.

All ORM tools addresses the same issue. Acting as a bridge between the Objects and the DB. Hibernate is full fledged ORM tool and needs fair amount of learning time. Whereas IBatis can be learned in less time. As per my knowledge IBatis is efficient for queering the DB and Hibernate is used to update the DB.

good point out by Pradeep.

Nice looking for some more discussion by another member, please share .

Why do you want more information? So the next time you can answer based on something other than your own experience?

Pradeep Kumar wrote:IBatis is efficient for queering the DB and Hibernate is used to update the DB.

Both are used to perform both tasks--I've never seen a system that uses both Hibernate *and* iBatis--that would be far more trouble than its worth.

A simplistic "hibernate vs ibatis" web search will return a lot of results.

Be wary of answering questions based on third-party knowledge: a good interviewer won't accept what sounds like a stock, "canned" answer--they'll want to know details, to find out if you're just parroting back information you've read, or if you actually *know*.

Sorry David, a genuine mistake. What I meant was the performance is faster in IBatis for read operations compared to Hibernate.

Yes, google Hibernate Vs IBatis and you can find 1,520,000 results. One good URl that I was able to find for you.

hibernate vs IBatis

Hope this helps you. :-)

(Which isn't entirely accurate, because you can define custom queries in Hibernate as well.)