Spring data mongodb repositories vs mongoTemplate?

[Abhi]

Hi,

I am using spring-data-mongodb to interact with mongodb instance in my application. I am new to spring data and nosql domain and am not sure whether to use spring data repositories or mongoTemplate to perform CRUD operations.

Which approach is recommended using repositories or mongoTemplate based on various factors like ease of use, performance, flexibility etc.?

Would love insights of people already using spring data and mongodb. Which approach did you follow?

Thanks,

Abhi

[Paul Scott]

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On 05/05/2014 13:19, Abhi wrote:
> Hi, I am using spring-data-mongodb to interact with mongodb
> instance in my application. I am new to spring data and nosql
> domain and am not sure whether to use spring data repositories or
> mongoTemplate to perform CRUD operations.

For Spring based apps, use spring-data-mongodb. There is always an
option to override some of the things to use the base MongoTemplate as
well, but for the most part, Spring data will make your life easier.

- -- Paul

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[Abhi]

Hi,

I am using spring-data-mongodb. I just want to know which approach - Spring Data Mongo Repository or MongoTemplate is recommended? What approach is lacking what features.

For example MongoTemplate has a lot of different types of "save object" operations, like save, upsert, insert, and updateFirst whereas spring data's MongoRepository interface has one persistence method: "save".

I would like to know the approach recommended by experienced users or guidelines for choosing which approach in what situation?

Thanks,

Abhi