Hib 3 Entity Caching Strats on LocalSessionFactoryBean

[lukasbradley]

Do the caching strategies specified in LocalSessionFactoryBean over-ride any caching specifically stated within the HBM.XML files, or do the XML files take precedence?

[markstgodard]

The caching settings for the LocalSessionFactory bean are basically the same as if you had a non-spring managed session factory

The entity and collection cache strategies settings on the LocalSessionFactory map to the class and collection settings..

i.e.

<hibernate-configuration>

    <session-factory
        name="java&#58;hibernate/SessionFactory">

        <!-- properties -->
        . . .

        <!-- mapping files -->
        <mapping resource="org/hibernate/auction/Item.hbm.xml"/>
        <mapping resource="org/hibernate/auction/Bid.hbm.xml"/>

        <!-- cache settings -->
        <class-cache class="org.hibernate.auction.Item" usage="read-write"/>
        <class-cache class="org.hibernate.auction.Bid" usage="read-only"/>
        <collection-cache class="org.hibernate.auction.Item.bids" usage="read-write"/>

    </session-factory>

</hibernate-configuration>

I am not sure if / why you would mix and match SessionFactory and HBM level configuration... however I would assume it would be an "AND" situation.

[lukasbradley]

Excellent. Thanks Mark.