Can Hibernate be used in performance sensitive applications?

Question

I\'m seeing performance problems with retrieving multiple instances of objects that have many relationships with other objects. I\'m using Spring and Hibernate\'s JPA implem

Answer 1

If you need a feature of Hibernate and this feature is buggy you have two options: a) Submit a bugrequest and use a workaround (slow performance or handwritten sql) until the bug is fixed which will take a while b) Submit a bugrequest along with a bugfix and tests. (of course you could just use the bugfix and skip the bugrequest and test part).