Hi group,

I am new to Hibernate and so need some expert opinion on some of the design issues which I am facing.
I am working on a Java based desktop application. This application has data persistence requirements. I am planning to use an embedded rdbms (HSQLDB or Derby) for data persistence. I am referencing a pre-written server application, which has Spring and Hibernate, as the basis for the desktop application, so that I can make code reuse in the desktop client.

I have got following queries related to the usage of Hibernate in Desktop applications:

1) Is it justified to use Hibernate o the desktop side?

2) If yes, then how significant is the use of ehcache in Desktop environment? Should it be used on the desktop application side or not? I understand that answer for this depends on the nature of the application. For that matter, one can think of a slightly scaled down version of Outlook like application.

Cheers,
Nitin

Here you go:

1. You can very well use Hibernate for Desktop applications. In fact wherever you have JDBC code to access database, you can use Hibernate.

2. EHCache works with Hibernate on it's side. It is not associated with other layer (like with Server). So you can use ehcache for your desktop application.

Hibernate works the same way in Desktop or Server environments. In case of J2EE server, it may utilize Server services like Transaction and JMX services.

Thanks
Shyam