how to compress text and image files using hibernate?

Question

what mechanisms one can use to compress following ? Since I am using multiple databases I want it to be under the hood like how hibernate handle using Dialects.

 @Lob
 @Type(type = "org.hibernate.type.TextType")
 private String data;

or

@Lob
private byte[] data;

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '14 at 15:50

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LOB which stands for "Large object file" is not neccesary contains text information, so I think mapping it to String field, even with the help of @Type annotation is not the preferred solution, if your DBMS(es) supports CLOB or similar things.

TL;DR I think the second piece of code is way better LOB mapping.

answered May 01 '14 at 15:50

Alexey Malev

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clob internally compressed ? – Njax3SmmM2x2a0Zf7Hpd May 01 '14 at 16:24
No, it is not. `CLOB` is `character large object file`, so it is best-used for huge text information. `LOB` is higher-level abstraction. – Alexey Malev May 01 '14 at 16:26

how to compress text and image files using hibernate?

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