JPA 2.0 with EclipseLink

This tutorial explains how to use EclipseLink, the reference implementation for the Java Persistence API (JPA). The usage of EclipseLink is demonstrated for stand-aloneJava applications (outside the Java EE environment). The JPA 2.0 implementation was used for this tutorial.

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Table of Contents 

JPA

• Overview
• ORM vs JDBC
• JPA Architecture 
• Entity
• Persistence of fields
• Relationship Mapping
• Entity Manager
• Persistence Units

Installation 

Examples

Simple Example

Relationship Example

Resources