Best Redis library for Java

Question

The official Redis homepage lists JDBC-Redis and JRedis. What are the advantages / disadvantages of each ? Are there any other options ?

Answer 1

JDBC-Redis is just a JDBC wrapper for JRedis database.
If you plan on using your code with different back-ends then JDBC is a good way to go. NOTE: It is not a complete JDBC implementation and the NOSQL will bleed through.
If you are going to stay with Redis then I would suggest using the API, which will give you more flexibility. Use a DAO layer pattern to encapsulate your DB Access and down the road that is all you will need to change.

Answer 2

You can use also Jedis, which is also in the official Redis homepage. It is compatible with the latest version of Redis. You can find it here: http://github.com/xetorthio/jedis

Answer 3

Both Jedis and JRedis are being actively developed.

Spring provides a wrapper around both implementations and they're providing serialization/deserialization, amongst other things:

Person p = new Person("Joe", "Trader", 33);
template.convertAndSet("trader:1", p);
Person samePerson = template.getAndConvert("trader:1", Person.class);
Assert.assertEquals(p, samePerson);     

http://git.springsource.org/spring-data/spring-keyvalue-redis/