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What is EclipseLink?
EclipseLink is a Java persistence solution and data conversion service. It provides:
- A JPA implementation (Java Persistence API) for accessing relational databases.
- And a POJO API which the JPA implementation is based on.
- A JAXB implementation (Java Architecture for XML Binding) for converting Java objects to and from XML documents.
- And a POJO API which the JAXB implementation is based on.
- An SDO implementation (Service Data Objects).
The original source contribution for EclipseLink came from Oracle Corporation's TopLink product.
See Introduction to EclipseLink in the EclipseLink User's Guide for more information.