iBatis - simplify persistence

iBatis is in between hibernate and jdbc. A somewhat ORM. It is more about simplicity.

What is iBatis ?

• A JDBC Framework
  • Developers write SQL, iBATIS executes it using JDBC.
  • No more try/catch/finally/try/catch.
• An SQL Mapper
  • Automatically maps object properties to prepared statement parameters.
  • Automatically maps result sets to objects.
  • Support for getting rid of N+1 queries.
• A Transaction Manager
  • iBATIS will provide transaction management for database operations if no other transaction manager is available.
  • iBATIS will use external transaction management (Spring, EJB CMT, etc.) if available.
• Great integration with Spring, but can also be used without Spring (the Spring folks were early supporters of iBATIS).

What isn't iBATIS ?

• An ORM
  • Does not generate SQL
  • Does not have a proprietary query language
  • Does not know about object identity
  • Does not transparently persist objects
  • Does not build an object cache

Useful links:
Spring 3 + ibatis + maven sample in git : link
ibatis tutorial: link