jdbi/jdbi

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Jdbi is a Java library providing convenient, idiomatic access to relational databases on top of JDBC, with fluent and declarative APIs. It works with any database that has a JDBC driver and supports JVM languages like Kotlin, Clojure, and Scala.

Use cases

• query relational databases from Java without raw JDBC boilerplate
• map SQL result rows to Java objects, records, or Immutables types
• write type-safe declarative SQL interface methods in Kotlin or Java
• run batches, stored procedures, and prepared statements conveniently
• access PostgreSQL, H2, or any JDBC-compatible database from a JVM app
• replace heavyweight ORM with a lightweight SQL-first data access layer

When to choose

• you want SQL-first data access on the JVM without full ORM overhead
• your database has a JDBC driver and you use Java 17+ (or an older Jdbi for Java 8-11)
• you need flexible row/column mapping to POJOs, beans, Immutables, or vavr types
• you prefer fluent or annotation-based declarative APIs over JPA/Hibernate

When to avoid

• you need full ORM features like entity relationships, lazy loading, or schema generation
• you are not on the JVM or your database lacks a JDBC driver
• you want a fully database-agnostic query builder that hides SQL entirely

Facets

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database database-driver orm databases developer-tools backend jvm cross-platform jdbc sql fluent-api declarative-api row-mapping scala clojure

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