Hibernate and spring - An analysis of maintainability against performance

Danny Alejandro Alvarez-Eraso; Fernando Arango-Isaza

doi:10.17533/udea.redin.n80a11

Authors

Danny Alejandro Alvarez-Eraso National University of Colombia
Fernando Arango-Isaza National University of Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0721-2554

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.redin.n80a11

Keywords:

ORM, performance, spring framework, hibernat, maintainability

Abstract

Web application frameworks and ORM tools reduce time and effort needed when developing quality applications; but, since they are numerous and heterogeneous choosing the best suited is not an easy task. The comparative studies of these tools do not consider case studies of the necessary complexity to precisely measure their advantages and disadvantages. In order to contribute to the solution of this problem, we measured the HIBERNATE ORM response times for different queries in a rather complex case study with different database sizes, and compared the results with the ones obtained by using manually coded queries. Our comparison is relevant because even though ORMs are an important maintainability factor, not optimal queries can lead to bottle necks.

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Author Biographies

Danny Alejandro Alvarez-Eraso, National University of Colombia

Faculty of Mines.

Fernando Arango-Isaza, National University of Colombia

Faculty of Mines.

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