My developers are waging a civil war. In one camp, they\'ve embraced Hibernate and Spring. In the other camp, they\'ve denounced frameworks - they\'re considering Hibernate
@slim - I am with you again this morning.
It sounds like a classic case of Not Invented Here Syndrome. If they aren't keen on spring, they should consider other options rather than rolling their own framework (whether they acknowledge doing it or not). Guice comes to mind as an possibility. Also picocontainer. There are others out there, depending on what you need.