EclipseLink/UserGuide/JPA

The EclipseLink JPA User's Guide

Version 2.1.0 (In progress)

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Advanced:	Performance	Platforms	Dynamic
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Complete Table of Contents:

Introduction

• Introduction
  • About EclispeLink
  • Object-Persistence Impedance Mismatch
  • EclipseLink Application Architectures

Basic JPA Development

• JPA Development Basics
  • Configuration
    • JPA
      • persistence.xml
      • Annotations
      • orm.xml
      • Defaults
      • eclipselink-orm.xml
      • Overriding and Merging
  • Mapping
    • Entity
      • @Id
      • @IdClass
      • @EmbeddedId
    • Basic Mappings
      • Column
      • Default Conversions and Converters
      • Lazy Basics
    • Relationship Mappings
      • Common Relationship Configurations
        • Fetch Type
      • Collection Mappings
        • Common Collection Configurations
        • OneToMany
        • ManyToMany
    • Locking
      • Optimistic Locking
  • Caching
    • Shared and Isolated
    • Type and Size
    • Expiration
    • Coordination
  • Querying
    • Overview
    • JPQL
    • Criteria
    • Native
  • Transactions
    • Handling Concurrency Violations

Advanced JPA Development

• Advanced JPA Development
  • Performance
    • Performance Profiling
    • Weaving
      • About Weaving
        • Weaving JPA Entities
        • Weaving POJO Classes
        • Weaving and Java EE Application Servers
      • Dynamic Weaving
      • Static Weaving
      • Disabling Weaving with Persistence Unit Properties
    • Fetch Groups
  • Platform Specific Configurations
    • Oracle
    • DB2
    • MySQL
  • Dynamic