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EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA/Advanced JPA Development/Platform Specific Configurations
EclipseLink JPA
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Key API
Database and Application Server Support
EclipseLink supports a number of database platforms and application servers, as described below.
Database Support
EclipseLink supports any relational database that is compliant with SQL and has a compliant JDBC driver. EclipseLink has extended support for several database platforms. The extended support mainly consists of providing native sequencing support, schema creation, and certain database functions.
The following databases are supported. Click the names below to see the Javadoc that describes the support for that platform. The classes are in the org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database package.
| Database | JavaDoc | See Also |
| Apache Derby | DerbyPlatform | |
| Attunity | AttunityPlatform | |
| dBASE | DBasePlatform | |
| Firebird | FirebirdPlatform | |
| H2 | H2Platform | |
| HSQL | HSQLPlatform | |
| IBM Cloudscape | CloudscapePlatform | |
| IBM DB2 Mainframe | DB2MainframePlatform | |
| IBM DB2 | DB2Platform | |
| Informix | InformixPlatform | |
| JavaDB | JavaDBPlatform | |
| Microsoft Access | AccessPlatformPlatform | |
| MySQL | MySQLPlatform | |
| Oracle | OraclePlatform | Oracle Database Support |
| PointBase | PointBasePlatform | |
| PostgreSQL | PostgreSQLPlatform | PostgreSQL Support |
| SAP MaxDB | MaxDBPlatform | |
| SQLAnywhere | SQLAnywherePlatform | |
| SQLServer | SQLServerPlatform | |
| Sybase | SybasePlatform | |
| Fujitsu Symfoware | SymfowarePlatform | Fujitsu Symfoware Support |
| TimesTen7 | TimesTen7Platform | |
| TimesTen | TimesTenPlatform |
It also possible to extend EclipseLink to add extended support for additional platforms. There are also several user contributed platforms in the EclipseLink incubator project. See Platform Incubator.
Application Server Support
EclipseLink can be used with any Java EE application server that meets the software requirements through the EclipseLink API.
EclipseLink provides integration support for the following servers. See the Javadoc for more information.
| Server Name | Javadoc | See Also |
| JBoss Application Server | [org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.jboss] | |
| Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J) | [org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.oc4j] | |
| Oracle WebLogic Server | org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.wls | |
| SAP NetWeaver Application Server | [org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.sap ] | |
| IBM WebSphere Application Server | org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.was | |
| Sun Application Server | org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server.sunas | |
