Do HibernateDaoSupport in spring require hibernate jar files for support

[vipul John]

Hi ,

I am a novice to spring. i am using spring 2.5. Using HibernateDaoSupport. My doubt is, do i still require Hibernate jar files for support of HibernateDaoSupport..

I did a sample example in netbeans. I unchecked the hibernate jar library. The application is still working. Is that correct working with HibernateDaoSupport class without using Hibernate jar files..


Thanks & Regards,
Vipul Kumar

[James Boswell]

You will need the Hibernate jar.

[Mark Spritzler]

Which version of Hibernate?

If you are using Hibernate 3.1 or higher you should never ever use either HibernateDaoSupport or HibernateTemplate in Spring. There is absolutely no need for it, nor any gain for using it. If you use Hibernate 3.1 or higher your DAO/Repositories should use Hibernate Session and SessionFactory classes directly.

Mark