Re: [Jdbm-general] Update?

[Fernando P. <fe...@in...>]

Thank you for the response.  I was just asking because the last relese was 
August 2001.  And I have to wonder, did it reach it's goal or vision, or 
do you feel it still has somewhere to go?  Any improvements/enhancements 
that you would like to see?

Also, another person on this list suggested to have a lookat Jisp, 
http://www.coyotegulch.com/algorithm/jisp/ , as an alternate to JDBM.  It 
looks pretty good, but that looks like a one person show, not a community.  
Any thoughts on this?



On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Alex Boisvert wrote:

> 
> Hi Fernando,
> 
> Consider this a pong for your ping. :)
> 
> To answer your question, there is a small community around JDBM but 
> we're kind of quiet.  The project is alive but it's not the kind of 
> project which gathers much attention due to its limited scope.
> 
> Let me give a try for your pros/cons:
> 
> Pros
> -Simple
> -Small
> -Fast
> -Transactional
> 
> Cons
> -Not a DBMS (no query, no SQL, no database schema, no JDBC driver)
> -Exclusive access (no reader/writer locks, not client-server)
> 
> Looking at the cons, I would say they are really (intended) limitations 
> of the design to meet the original goals, which are effectively listed 
> in the pros.
> 
> My advice to you is to make sure you have clear requirements for your 
> software project and to see if JDBM fits those requirements.  Additional 
> features can be built on top of JDBM (such as client-server operation) 
> so you might want to consider that as well.
> 
> cheers,
> alex
> 
> Fernando Padilla wrote:
>  > Hi.  My name is Fernando Padilla, and this is a general message for the
>  > developers of this project.  I am working on Xindice (
>  > http://xml.apache.org/xindice ), and have been looking into available
>  > implementations of persistence code, like BTree, which JDBM seems to
>  > provide nicely.
>  >
>  > So this is a general ping, to see if there is a JDBM community.  To hear
>  > first hand from its developers on JDBM's pros and cons.  Etc, Etc.
>  >
>  > Hope this message finds all of you well.
>  >
>  > Fernando
>  >
>