EclipseLink/Development/Documentation/JPA

EclipseLink JPA User's Guide

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Table of Contents

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• Introduction
  • What is EclipseLink
    edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/UserGuide/Overview_of_EclipseLink_Application_Development_(ELUG) and http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink/UserGuide/Developing_JPA_Projects_(ELUG)
• JPA Development Basics
  edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_Java_Persistence_API_(ELUG)
  • Configuration
    • JPA
      • persistence.xml
        edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Extensions_(ELUG)#What_You_May_Need_to_Know_About_Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Persistence_Unit_Properties and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Packaging_and_Deploying_EclipseLink_JPA_Applications_(ELUG)#How_to_Specify_the_Persistence_Unit_Name
      • annotations
      • orm.xml
        edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Using_XML
      • defaults
        edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Defaulting_Properties
      • eclipselink-orm.xml
        edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Overriding_and_Merging_XML
  • Mapping
    • Entity
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Configuring_an_Entity
      • Id
        edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#.40Id
    • Basic Mappings
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Declaring_Basic_Property_Mappings
      • Column
      • Default conversions & Converters
      • Lazy Basics (default FetchGroup)
    • Relationship Mappings
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#Mapping_Relationships
      • Common Relationship Config
        • FetchType
      • Collection Mappings
        • Common Collection Config
        • OneToMany
        • ManyToMany
    • Locking
      • Optimistic Locking
  • Caching
    edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Extensions_(ELUG)#Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Extensions_for_Entity_Caching
    • Shared and Isolated
    • Type & Size
    • Expiration
    • Coordination
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Configuring_a_Coordinated_Cache_(ELUG)/Introduction_to_Cache_(ELUG)#When_to_Use_Cache_Coordination
  • Querying
    • Overview of approaches: JPQL, Criteria, Native
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_Basic_Query_API_(ELUG) and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_Advanced_Query_API_(ELUG)
  • Transactions
    edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_Java_Persistence_API_(ELUG)#Transaction_Management and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_Transactions_(ELUG)
    • Handling Concurrency Violations
• Advanced JPA
  • Performance Tuning
    edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Optimizing_the_EclipseLink_Application_(ELUG)
    • Performance Profiling
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Optimizing_the_EclipseLink_Application_(ELUG)#Measuring_EclipseLink_Performance_with_the_EclipseLink_Profiler
    • Weaving (What is it and why do I care)
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Introduction_to_EclipseLink_Application_Development_(ELUG)#Using_Weaving and http://wiki.eclipse.org/Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Extensions_(ELUG)#Using_EclipseLink_JPA_Weaving
    • FetchGroups
      edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Developing_Applications_Using_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)#How_to_Configure_Fetch_Groups
  • Platform Specific
    edit content from http://wiki.eclipse.org/Developing_Applications_Using_EclipseLink_JPA_(ELUG)
    • Oracle
    • DB2
    • MySQL
  • Dynamic