Gavin King on Hibernate 3 and more

If you have looked into object–relational mapping (ORM) frameworks, you have probably come across Hibernate, then under the JBoss umbrella. There is a reason Hibernate is called the de facto ORM standard.

Javafree.com.br published an interview with Gavin King. If the name means nothing to you, he is the creator and a developer of Hibernate and a member of the group working on JSR-220, the EJB 3.0 specification.

The interview offers a few clues about where Hibernate is headed. The answers suggest that EJB 3.0 will have a substantial influence on Hibernate. Sun would like to see the specification used outside traditional J2EE containers, too. Gavin says outright that Hibernate will implement it.

Another significant change is the use of Java 5 features. Annotations should make the work of mapping easier. There is also a little jab at the JDO specification, for which he sees no place after EJB 3.0 arrives. The discussion is on TSS under Interview with Gavin King on Hibernate 3.

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