intermediateThe ORM Landscape — Hibernate vs. MyBatis vs. jOOQ
How does MyBatis differ from Hibernate in terms of who writes the SQL?
In MyBatis, you write the actual SQL statement explicitly (in XML or annotations); MyBatis's job is only to map the result set back to Java objects automatically. In Hibernate, the ORM generates the SQL itself from JPQL or derived queries — you rarely write raw SQL directly.
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How does MyBatis differ from Hibernate in terms of who writes the SQL?