Using UnitOfWork with the Repository Pattern

Question

Very new to FluentNHibernate, but I'm also excited about the area. I've recently started work on a new DAL using the aforementioned and have been reading up on the Repository pattern. I like the generic form this pattern takes and am looking to use this pattern in conjunction with the UnitOfWork pattern for session management.

I'm curious, is this the right direction to head? Should I be using UoW to create a pseudo-singleton NHibernate session? This question really dances around the topic of NHibernate session management. There is a UoW implementation available that I've taken a look at, although I'm also unclear if I should be working to implement this library, or abstract my own.

EDIT:

Just for re-clarification of the question:

Is it common practice to use the UoW pattern with the Repository pattern in a FluentNHibernate environment?

Answer 1

You can check the series of blogs regarding how to implement UOW using Nhibernate

NHibernate and the Unit of Work Pattern - Part1

NHibernate and the Unit of Work Pattern - Part2

NHibernate and the Unit of Work Pattern - Part3

Answer 2

Yes, for a good example check out FubuMVC-Contrib's implementation of these.

Answer 3

I see a lot of "can I do X with Fluent NHibernate" questions - just to clarify Fluent NHibernate sits on top of NHibernate and spits out those horrible XML mappings for you... it doesn't affect what you can and can't do with NHibernate.