why is ehcache-1.2.3.jar necessary?

doppenheim · **Joined:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:12 am **Posts:** 5

I've built and run the hello example and modified the hibernate.cfg.xml for my "real" project. I got "class not found" errors until I added ehcache-1.2.3.jar to the project. Why was that necessary. As far as I know I haven't specified any caching. Thanks

gonzao_diaz · **Joined:** Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:29 pm **Posts:** 443

when no second0-evel cache is specified, Hibernate uses ehcache by default, with little all-purpose configuration file hidden within the jar.

doppenheim · **Joined:** Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:12 am **Posts:** 5

Can I configure things so that Hibernate won't use a second level cache?

sanne.grinovero · **Posted:** Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:28 pm

of course:
http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/reference/en/html/batch.html

Code:

hibernate.cache.use_second_level_cache false