Ehcache Vs Static map cache implementation
I have few tables with very few entries in them and they will never change dynamically . so i want to cache the whole table in memory to reduce load on DB. I can easily achieve that by a static Map and populating the map in a static block. i was wondering whether the same is possible in a more effective way by Ehcache + hibernate? The advantage of a real second-level cache over a static map is that you get the advantage of in-memory access by still keeping the same way of defining, accessing and traversing your entities: by using the Hibernate session (or entity manager). You may keep