JBoss-Hibernate Integration (Easy Deployments)

- Steve Ebersole, JBoss Inc

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The Hibernate integration module for JBossAS, aims to make deployment of applications using

Hibernate into JBoss as easy as possible.

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Hibernate2

Initial versions of this module integrated Hibernate2.  This is the version bundled with

JBossAS versions 3.x and 4.x (prior to 4.0.2).  Even though this version is deprecated,

the Wiki documentation can still be found at JBossHibernate2.  It includes attachements for both

the source code as well as the drop-in module (built for 4.x).  Again, see the JBossHibernate2

page for all the details.

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Hibernate3

Versions of this module integrating Hibernate3 are available in JBossAS 4.0.2 and later.  See

JBossHibernate3 for the details.

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Hibernate Help

If you need help with Hibernate, itself, please be sure to check out the

reference manual

as well as the api docs.  You

can also use the Hibernate forums to post your

questions or the Hibernate JIRA

to report bugs and enhancement requests.

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JBoss 3.x

Note that the Hibernate integration for JBossAS 3.x is no longer maintained.

The concept of a '.deployer' archive is a notion that was added in JBossAS 4.x,

so the jboss-hibernate.deployer archive discussed on other pages will simply

not work on JBossAS 3.x

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Hibernate2 vs. Hibernate3

See switching regarding switching versions of

Hibernate used in the integration.

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JBossCache with Hibernate

JBossCache can be used as a cache provider for Hibernate, regardless of whether Hibernate is used within JBoss Application Server or not, and provides a clustered, transactional caching solution for Hibernate.  See JBossCacheHibernate for details, tips, and recommended practise.

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