Hi,

What is the best way to manage sessions when using Hibernate inside a plain java servlet.
My application is a simple GWT application using Hibernate to access and persist data.

2 approaches I have found so far include

1. Create a ThreadLocal<Session> and open and store the session in it.
Use the Session object for subsequent calls.
Question..
- Do I need to call Session.Close ? If I do, where in my code do I call Session.close() ?

2. Open a Session when a HTTP GWT/POST request and close it after the page has been rendered.
Question..
- What is the overhead involved in SessionFactory.openSession ?

What other means do I have at my disposal to manage sessions ?

Regards,

Dont bother to reply.

After researching this forum and many others I realized my mistake.
Posting my reply for others benefit.

ORM is good, but Hibernate takes it to such an extreme that it could be be called insane.
I chose MyBatis, coz its light, flexible and predictable.

For Noobs or people who are evaluating, I would recommend looking at MytBatis before they decide on Hibernate.

Good luck Hibernate, I hope you die soon.
You suck !!!