Hibernate version:
3.1.1
Name and version of the database you are using:
PostgresSQl 7.4

hi all,
i have gone through open session in view pattern and session & transaction articles many times . but it couldnt help me out coz of the 3 -tier archetecture
i am having , it didnt give a proper explanation on how can i manage a transaction in my business/data tier using automatic session context management , ie, factory.getCurrentSession().

my questions and concerns are :
1) where will i begin a transaction ? the article was more focused on servlet filters which i cant use here .
2) If an interceptor is a possible solution, how can i do that ?
3) i want to use the generic DAO , described in the hibernate web site , and even Caveatemptor application for Hibernate in Action SE isn't multi tired .
i'm pretty tired searching for a proper solution .
4) even the reference documentation guides me to Hibernate in Action and hibernate.org wiki which i ended up going back and forth between docs and wiki . (pretty good example for hipertexts :) )
5) i am not that much concerned about the lazy initialization problem , which i manages using DTO

i hope i will get a satisfying answer
thanks in advance .... :)

i would consider using spring framework. here is one article that have helped me a lot: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-07-2004/jw-0719-jsf_p.html[/url]

I don't know which articles did you read, but the thing is pretty simple.

In what envoronment will your app run?
(a) App server or (b) servlet container?

(a) using EJBs will do what you want
(b) manage it your self - I suggest using AOP to wrap up your DAOs

Rgds, Ales