Using DAO's or static methods in Domain Object with nHibernate

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Published on 2010-06-02T01:41:08Z Indexed on 2010/06/02 1:43 UTC
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I am using nHibernate for the first time, and after alot of reading/researching, plus looking at other projects done with nHibernate, have seen a couple of implementation practices. I am looking for opinions about which would be best to use and why.

Essentially the two methods are as follows:

Using Data Access Objects and a DAO Factory. Example usage:

INotificationListDAO nListDAO = NHDaoFactory.GetNotificationListDAO(); NotificationList list = nListDAO.GetByListID("");
Use Static methods in the Domain Object. Example usage:

NotificationList list = NotificationList.GetByListID(""); NHHelper.Session.Get(id);

NHHelper.Session basically calls the NHibernateSessionManager.Instace.GetSessionFrom("").

While both look similar, it is more to do with best practice. From what I understand, the first option is more so if you are developing enterprise level applications, where my requirements are more for mid-range websites.

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