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iBatis is a framework used to map a SQL database to POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects).  iBatis is one framework of many out there, others include Hibernate.  Recently I’ve been tasked with a new webapp which will connect to a very old legacy database.  One of the first things I decided to do was look through the database and figure out what data I needed, and then design and create java objects to hold said data.  I chose iBatis for this particular project because I was dealing with a legacy database which I had little control over, and iBatis can give me the flexibility I need in case I need to write complex and specific SQL to construct my objects. 
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