I know that Hibernate supports in-process database engines like hsql and mckoi. Is anyone using Hibernate for a stand-alone desktop app, where the database, O/R mapper and GUI all run in the same process?

I've written a few stand-alone apps using JDO and it worked great. I was just curious to see if this is a common use case for Hibernate. And if anyone has any success stories to report.

Thanks

Just as you can use JDBC from a desktop application to build the client-server style desktop application (or use an embedded db), you can use hibernate just as easily. Most green field projects that are being build of any significant size are using a multiple tier approach through a remoting API. I suppose that the most common use would be unit testing where it is more likely to see that all levels are within the same JVM.