Re: Java Blend -- anyone out there using it?

Actually JavaBlend is a product and NOT a spec, and it isn't even a shipping product yet. The spec it is based on is ODMG (a static source code based technology for binding objects normally to Object Databases), as it is for many vendors who implement such 'static' binding Object access and O-R models. If you're really interested in serious (and maybe even not so serious - we do have a lite product we sell for $150 that's somewhat comparable to JavaBlend) Object to Relational mapping facilities, you might want to check out or CocoBase product family. The CocoBase Lite product which Sun licensed and bundles as the database technology for JavaStudio is a 'dynamic' binding model, and much more useful for rapid development than the JavaBlend approach which 'requires' code generation and static object binding. We also have an upgrade path to our CocoBase enterprise product for customers who need sophisticated mapping, and enterprise scalability. And unlike JavaBlend, we've been shipping commercial product for almost a year and a half, not to mention that we actually have experience providing enterprise database access as a company, and this is not our 'first stab' at providing product in this marketplace as it is for JavaSoft and Baan.

Just my $.02

Ward Mullins
THOUGHT Inc.
ward_at_thoughtinc.com
http://www.thoughtinc.com

grege wrote:

> J.D. Fagan wrote in message <6f6d7k$9rd$1_at_client3.news.psi.net>...
> >Anyone out there using Java Blend to simplify database application
> >development? Supposedly, Java Blend allows developers to write entirely
> >with Java objects. Java Blend transparently and automatically maps
 database
> >records to Java objects and Java objects to databases, so that developers
> >can avoid translating programming language data structures to database
> >tables. Basically its an Object/Relational layer.
> >
> >Would like some feedback, positive or negative, about anyone utilizing this
> >product by Sun.
> >
> >J.D. Fagan
> >
> >
>
> Not yet available - the spec is out but thats about it for now.
>
> GREG
Received on Sun Mar 29 1998 - 00:00:00 CST