hibernate vs ibetis

   If you are starting a new project and you're in full control of your object model and database design, Hibernate is a good choice of O/R tool.

   If you are accessing any 3rd party databases (e.g. vendor supplied), or you're working with a legacy database, or even just a really poorly designed database, then an O/R mapper might not be capable of handling the situation. That's were an SQL Mapper comes in handy