I just committed the code for the third iteration. Some of the changes/improvements include:

• New cache provider (org.jboss.hibernate.cache.DeployedTreeCacheProvider) which can use a TreeCache available via JNDI as a second level cache. This can either be a manually bound TreeCache, or using verion 1.2 of JBossCache which provides the ability to bind the TreeCache automatically. Use the new Hibernate MBean attribute DeployedTreeCacheJndiName to specify the JNDI location of the TreeCache.
• Better error messages on HibernateContext.getSession() if trying to use outside of transaction.
• The integration code is now deployed as a service archive (.sar on 3.2.x, .deployer on 4.x and 5.x).
• Added abiltity to add additional <mbean/> definitions in the hibernate-service.xml (i.e., a tree cache definition, etc) beyond just the Hibernate mbean def.
• Rounded out the Hibernate configuration properties available as managed attributes on the MBean.

The changes were made on all three current JBoss branches and will be available in both the 3.2.7 and 4.0.1 distros as well as the ongoing 5.x development on HEAD.

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Is it possible to use HibernateContext.getSession() outside of a transaction?

What is the recommended way to accomplish this?

Thank you,

Ted