settings

These are extremely important tweaks that modify the way that MyBatis behaves at runtime. The following table describes the settings, their meanings and their default values.

SettingDescriptionValid ValuesDefault
cacheEnabledGlobally enables or disables any caches configured in any mapper under this configuration.true | falsetrue
lazyLoadingEnabledGlobally enables or disables lazy loading. When enabled, all relations will be lazily loaded. This value can be superseded for a specific relation by using the fetchType attribute on it.true | falsefalse
aggressiveLazyLoadingWhen enabled, any method call will load all the lazy properties of the object. Otherwise, each property is loaded on demand (see also lazyLoadTriggerMethods).true | falsefalse (true in ≤3.4.1)
multipleResultSetsEnabledAllows or disallows multiple ResultSets to be returned from a single statement (compatible driver required).true | falsetrue
useColumnLabelUses the column label instead of the column name. Different drivers behave differently in this respect. Refer to the driver documentation, or test out both modes to determine how your driver behaves.true | falsetrue
useGeneratedKeysAllows JDBC support for generated keys. A compatible driver is required. This setting forces generated keys to be used if set to true, as some drivers deny compatibility but still work (e.g. Derby).true | falseFalse
autoMappingBehaviorSpecifies if and how MyBatis should automatically map columns to fields/properties. NONE disables auto-mapping. PARTIAL will only auto-map results with no nested result mappings defined inside. FULL will auto-map result mappings of any complexity (containing nested or otherwise).NONE, PARTIAL, FULLPARTIAL
autoMappingUnknownColumnBehaviorSpecify the behavior when detects an unknown column (or unknown property type) of automatic mapping target.
  • NONE: Do nothing
  • WARNING: Output warning log (The log level of ‘org.apache.ibatis.session.AutoMappingUnknownColumnBehavior’ must be set to WARN)
  • FAILING: Fail mapping (Throw SqlSessionException)
NONE, WARNING, FAILINGNONE
defaultExecutorTypeConfigures the default executor. SIMPLE executor does nothing special. REUSE executor reuses prepared statements. BATCH executor reuses statements and batches updates.SIMPLE REUSE BATCHSIMPLE
defaultStatementTimeoutSets the number of seconds the driver will wait for a response from the database.Any positive integerNot Set (null)
defaultFetchSizeSets the driver a hint as to control fetching size for return results. This parameter value can be override by a query setting.Any positive integerNot Set (null)
defaultResultSetTypeSpecifies a scroll strategy when omit it per statement settings. (Since: 3.5.2)FORWARD_ONLY | SCROLL_SENSITIVE | SCROLL_INSENSITIVE | DEFAULT(same behavior with ‘Not Set’)Not Set (null)
safeRowBoundsEnabledAllows using RowBounds on nested statements. If allow, set the false.true | falseFalse
safeResultHandlerEnabledAllows using ResultHandler on nested statements. If allow, set the false.true | falseTrue
mapUnderscoreToCamelCaseEnables automatic mapping from classic database column names A_COLUMN to camel case classic Java property names aColumn.true | falseFalse
localCacheScopeMyBatis uses local cache to prevent circular references and speed up repeated nested queries. By default (SESSION) all queries executed during a session are cached. If localCacheScope=STATEMENT local session will be used just for statement execution, no data will be shared between two different calls to the same SqlSession.SESSION | STATEMENTSESSION
jdbcTypeForNullSpecifies the JDBC type for null values when no specific JDBC type was provided for the parameter. Some drivers require specifying the column JDBC type but others work with generic values like NULL, VARCHAR or OTHER.JdbcType enumeration. Most common are: NULL, VARCHAR and OTHEROTHER
lazyLoadTriggerMethodsSpecifies which Object’s methods trigger a lazy loadA method name list separated by commasequals,clone,hashCode,toString
defaultScriptingLanguageSpecifies the language used by default for dynamic SQL generation.A type alias or fully qualified class name.org.apache.ibatis.scripting.xmltags.XMLLanguageDriver
defaultEnumTypeHandlerSpecifies the TypeHandler used by default for Enum. (Since: 3.4.5)A type alias or fully qualified class name.org.apache.ibatis.type.EnumTypeHandler
callSettersOnNullsSpecifies if setters or map’s put method will be called when a retrieved value is null. It is useful when you rely on Map.keySet() or null value initialization. Note primitives such as (int,boolean,etc.) will not be set to null.true | falsefalse
returnInstanceForEmptyRowMyBatis, by default, returns null when all the columns of a returned row are NULL. When this setting is enabled, MyBatis returns an empty instance instead. Note that it is also applied to nested results (i.e. collectioin and association). Since: 3.4.2true | falsefalse
logPrefixSpecifies the prefix string that MyBatis will add to the logger names.Any StringNot set
logImplSpecifies which logging implementation MyBatis should use. If this setting is not present logging implementation will be autodiscovered.SLF4J | LOG4J(deprecated since 3.5.9) | LOG4J2 | JDK_LOGGING | COMMONS_LOGGING | STDOUT_LOGGING | NO_LOGGINGNot set
proxyFactorySpecifies the proxy tool that MyBatis will use for creating lazy loading capable objects.CGLIB (deprecated since 3.5.10) | JAVASSISTJAVASSIST (MyBatis 3.3 or above)
vfsImplSpecifies VFS implementationsFully qualified class names of custom VFS implementation separated by commas.Not set
useActualParamNameAllow referencing statement parameters by their actual names declared in the method signature. To use this feature, your project must be compiled in Java 8 with -parameters option. (Since: 3.4.1)true | falsetrue
configurationFactorySpecifies the class that provides an instance of Configuration. The returned Configuration instance is used to load lazy properties of deserialized objects. This class must have a method with a signature static Configuration getConfiguration(). (Since: 3.2.3)A type alias or fully qualified class name.Not set
shrinkWhitespacesInSqlRemoves extra whitespace characters from the SQL. Note that this also affects literal strings in SQL. (Since 3.5.5)true | falsefalse
defaultSqlProviderTypeSpecifies an sql provider class that holds provider method (Since 3.5.6). This class apply to the type(or value) attribute on sql provider annotation(e.g. @SelectProvider), when these attribute was omitted.A type alias or fully qualified class nameNot set
nullableOnForEachSpecifies the default value of ‘nullable’ attribute on ‘foreach’ tag. (Since 3.5.9)true | falsefalse
argNameBasedConstructorAutoMappingWhen applying constructor auto-mapping, argument name is used to search the column to map instead of relying on the column order. (Since 3.5.10)true | falsefalse

An example of the settings element fully configured is as follows:

  1. <settings>
  2. <setting name="cacheEnabled" value="true"/>
  3. <setting name="lazyLoadingEnabled" value="true"/>
  4. <setting name="aggressiveLazyLoading" value="true"/>
  5. <setting name="multipleResultSetsEnabled" value="true"/>
  6. <setting name="useColumnLabel" value="true"/>
  7. <setting name="useGeneratedKeys" value="false"/>
  8. <setting name="autoMappingBehavior" value="PARTIAL"/>
  9. <setting name="autoMappingUnknownColumnBehavior" value="WARNING"/>
  10. <setting name="defaultExecutorType" value="SIMPLE"/>
  11. <setting name="defaultStatementTimeout" value="25"/>
  12. <setting name="defaultFetchSize" value="100"/>
  13. <setting name="safeRowBoundsEnabled" value="false"/>
  14. <setting name="safeResultHandlerEnabled" value="true"/>
  15. <setting name="mapUnderscoreToCamelCase" value="false"/>
  16. <setting name="localCacheScope" value="SESSION"/>
  17. <setting name="jdbcTypeForNull" value="OTHER"/>
  18. <setting name="lazyLoadTriggerMethods" value="equals,clone,hashCode,toString"/>
  19. <setting name="defaultScriptingLanguage" value="org.apache.ibatis.scripting.xmltags.XMLLanguageDriver"/>
  20. <setting name="defaultEnumTypeHandler" value="org.apache.ibatis.type.EnumTypeHandler"/>
  21. <setting name="callSettersOnNulls" value="false"/>
  22. <setting name="returnInstanceForEmptyRow" value="false"/>
  23. <setting name="logPrefix" value="exampleLogPreFix_"/>
  24. <setting name="logImpl" value="SLF4J | LOG4J | LOG4J2 | JDK_LOGGING | COMMONS_LOGGING | STDOUT_LOGGING | NO_LOGGING"/>
  25. <setting name="proxyFactory" value="CGLIB | JAVASSIST"/>
  26. <setting name="vfsImpl" value="org.mybatis.example.YourselfVfsImpl"/>
  27. <setting name="useActualParamName" value="true"/>
  28. <setting name="configurationFactory" value="org.mybatis.example.ConfigurationFactory"/>
  29. </settings>