Spring data neo4j's advanced mapping vs simple mapping

Question

I understand there are many advantages in using Spring data neo4j's advanced mapping rather than the simple mapping.

My question is what are the cons of using advanced mapping over the simple mapping?

Answer 1

I feel that there are almost no drawbacks of using the advanced mode. The only thing that's been bugging me, is the relatively poor IDE support of AspectJ. This was initially a hell to configure and get it right. Apart from that, our application is a lot faster with the advanced mapping mode so we never looked back.

Answer 2

According to Q5 in this post, simple mapping is favoured if you are talking to Neo4J via REST style while advanced mapping if you are using Neo4J embedded