Re: [hibernate-dev] 6.0 planning

Hi, It makes sense to unify the core with hem in a single module. Currently, the flushing behavior differs if we execute a query through a Session or through an EntityManager. Does it mean that we eliminate those differences as well? Vlad On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 2:57 PM, Steve Ebersole <steve(a)hibernate.org&gt; wrote: > We have been having a few side discussions about plans for 6.0, and I > thought it would be a good idea to consolidate them together. > > > 1. Incorporate the SQM work. Lots of pieces go into this: > 1. Replacing the interpretation of HQL/JPQL and Criteria queries. > 2. *Possibly* leveraging SQM to deal with entity operations > (load-by-id, merge, etc). > 3. Improved Query contracts > 4. Improved persister contracts (including addition of an > "embeddable > persister"). > 5. Improved Type contracts > 2. Extensions to JPA criteria based on SQM work(this is probably more > on > ongoing 6.x task) > 3. Baseline on Java 8 > > Is there anything else anyone wants to discuss getting included? > > Another one I'd like to discuss is the consolidation of the hibernate-core > and hibernate-entitymanager modules into a single module (possibly renamed > hibernate-orm). There are a lot of reasons and benefits to doing this: > > 1. A major one would be the consolidation of "type systems". Hibernate > has org.hibernate.type.Type. JPA defines javax.persistence.Type. Now > with > SQM we have a 3rd type system in play. > 2. It is also the major hurdle to moving to being able to fully replace > the legacy criteria with JPA criteria. If Session and EntityManager > (as > well as SessionFactory ad EntiytManagerFactory) were fully integrated > then > Session would be able to build/handle JPA criteria queries. > 3. Simplified HEM bootstrapping > > > There are also a few challenges to doing this consolidation of the > hibernate-core and hibernate-entitymanager modules. The big one tht stick > out in my head is event-listener with different behaviors between core and > hem. > _______________________________________________ > hibernate-dev mailing list > hibernate-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hibernate-dev >