What is the alternate for deprecated Hibernate.createClob(Reader reader, int length)

Question

Seems like Hibernate.createClob(Reader reader, int length) is deprecated in version 3.6.x And it suggests to use Use LobHelper.createClob(Reader, long)

Answer 1

It is the way of simplifying the usage by hiding the implementations. If you want to use the Clob data you need to use the below code. I have tested it in version hibernate 3.6.

session.getLobHelper().createClob("the_string");

Now coming your second point about the working of it, if you read the source code of org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl class you will know how internally hibernate handles this.

public LobHelper getLobHelper()
/*      */   {
/* 2245 */     if (this.lobHelper == null) {
/* 2246 */       this.lobHelper = new LobHelperImpl(this, null);
/*      */     }
/* 2248 */     return this.lobHelper;
/*      */   }