| 30 | | '''Chosen Option 2'''. This option is chosen because (1) one line less of configuration (2) It is working directly with the sessionFactory instead of a Facade like HibernateTemplate. Working with a template can have advantages. However in case of Hibernate, Spring has little to add because Hibernate is a very mature package. (3) SessionFactory is directly available. This might be necessary in cases of more advanced use of Hibernate. |
| | 30 | '''Chosen Option 1'''. This option is chosen because (1) one line less of configuration (2) It is working directly with the sessionFactory instead of a Facade like HibernateTemplate. Working with a template can have advantages. However in case of Hibernate, Spring has little to add because Hibernate is a very mature package. (3) SessionFactory is directly available. This might be necessary in cases of more advanced use of Hibernate. |
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| | 32 | In option 1 you see as well the annotations @Transactional and @Repository. @Transaction means that every method in this Dao is considered as a transaction. @Repository has to do with the way Spring handles exceptions. |
