What is the difference between LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean and LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean?

Question

Can anybody explain what is the difference between the Spring Framework\'s LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean and LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean?

Answer 1

The documentation says it all:

LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean -- From the link: FactoryBean that creates a JPA EntityManagerFactory according to JPA's standard container bootstrap contract.

LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean -- From the link: FactoryBean that creates a JPA EntityManagerFactory according to JPA's standard standalone bootstrap contract.

Essentially, the only difference is in how they create the JPA EntityManagerFactory.