Naturally I want to have a transactional DBMS, so I always pick InnoDB as the MySQL storage engine. I also want UTF-8 support because the content I store is entered by users from all over the world. Hence not all of the tips and tricks shown here might be relevant for you, in fact, if you are happy with your system in production, do not change anything. Also note that many of these customizations are only relevant if you let Hibernate generate your MySQL DDL and schema for you.
Current we support:
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Java Persistence API (sometimes called JPA or EJB3 persistence)
Db4Objects (a lightweight object database)
It works inside a Java EE container, inside a plain Servlet environment or in a purely SE environment such as a desktop application (with obvious limitations--cant use session-per-http-request strategy outside a servlet environment for instance
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Very interesting approach!
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