javax.persistence
Class Persistence

java.lang.Object
  javax.persistence.Persistence

public class Persistence
extends java.lang.Object

Bootstrap class that is used to obtain an EntityManagerFactory.

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	PERSISTENCE_PROVIDER Deprecated.
protected static java.util.Set<PersistenceProvider>	providers Deprecated.

Constructor Summary

Persistence()

Method Summary

static EntityManagerFactory	createEntityManagerFactory(java.lang.String persistenceUnitName) Create and return an EntityManagerFactory for the named persistence unit.
static EntityManagerFactory	createEntityManagerFactory(java.lang.String persistenceUnitName, java.util.Map properties) Create and return an EntityManagerFactory for the named persistence unit using the given properties.
static PersistenceUtil	getPersistenceUtil() Return the PersistenceUtil instance

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

PERSISTENCE_PROVIDER

@Deprecated
public static final java.lang.String PERSISTENCE_PROVIDER

Deprecated.

This final String is deprecated and should be removed and is only here for TCK backward compatibility

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

providers

@Deprecated
protected static final java.util.Set<PersistenceProvider> providers

Deprecated.

This instance variable is deprecated and should be removed and is only here for TCK backward compatibility

Since:

Java Persistence 1.0

Constructor Detail

Persistence

public Persistence()

Method Detail

createEntityManagerFactory

public static EntityManagerFactory createEntityManagerFactory(java.lang.String persistenceUnitName)

Create and return an EntityManagerFactory for the named persistence unit.

Parameters:

persistenceUnitName - the name of the persistence unit

Returns:

the factory that creates EntityManagers configured according to the specified persistence unit

createEntityManagerFactory

public static EntityManagerFactory createEntityManagerFactory(java.lang.String persistenceUnitName,
                                                              java.util.Map properties)

Create and return an EntityManagerFactory for the named persistence unit using the given properties.

Parameters:

persistenceUnitName - the name of the persistence unit

properties - Additional properties to use when creating the factory. The values of these properties override any values that may have been configured elsewhere.

Returns:

the factory that creates EntityManagers configured according to the specified persistence unit.

getPersistenceUtil

public static PersistenceUtil getPersistenceUtil()

Return the PersistenceUtil instance

Returns:

PersistenceUtil instance

Since:

Java Persistence 2.0