Re: [Jython-dev] Proposal: Moven JDBC stuff into separate distributed package

[Samuele P. <ped...@op...>]

Charlie Groves wrote:
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>   
>> 2a) Many Jython programs will likely never touch a database.  This is then
>> clutter that just gets carried along.
>>
>> 2b) Many Java developers use ORM frameworks such as Cayenne or Hibernate.
>> Jython allows access to these libraries.  Thus, the JDBC stuff is just
>> clutter that gets carried along for the ride with no real gain.
>>     
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> zxJDBC is an implementation of Python's DB-API, so it's really more
> for Python programmers coming to Java than for Java programmers coming
> to Python.  It may be clutter for someone who already has an excellent
> Java ORM framework, but it's a lifesaver for someone who has written a
> bunch of Python code using the DB-API and wants to get it to run on
> Java.  That same person using Java for the first time to port Python
> code is also going to have more trouble adding external jars to make
> this work.
>   
something like is also likely useful if we intend to support python web 
frameworks,
for them DB-API like api are a easier match than Java ORMs