Introduction to the Solution

Oracle GlassFish Server is the reference implementation of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE platform) specification. Built using the GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, GlassFish Server delivers a flexible, lightweight, and production-ready Java EE platform.

GlassFish Server is part of the Oracle Fusion Middleware application grid portfolio of products and is ideally suited for applications requiring lightweight infrastructure with the most up-to-date implementation of the Java EE platform. GlassFish Server complements Oracle WebLogic Server, which is designed to run the broader portfolio of Oracle Fusion Middleware and large-scale enterprise applications.

Advantages to Using EclipseLink with GlassFish Server

By adding EclipseLink support, developers writing applications for the GlassFish Server platform can achieve full Java-to-data source integration that complies with the Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0 specification. EclipseLink allows you to integrate Java applications with any data source, without compromising ideal application design or data integrity. In addition, EclipseLink gives your GlassFish Server platform applications the ability to store (that is, persist) and retrieve business domain objects using a relational database or an XML data source as a repository.

While GlassFish Server can use other persistence providers and EclipseLink can be used with other application servers, using GlassFish Server with EclipseLink provides a number of advantages:

EclipseLink is included in all GlassFish Server distributions and is the default JPA provider.
EclipseLink logging integration in GlassFish Server provides a comprehensive, integrated logging infrastructure.
EclipseLink MOXy is also included in GlassFish versions 3.1.2 and later. Although it is not the default JAXB implementation, it can be used in JAX-WS and JAX-RS applications. For more information, see: http://blog.bdoughan.com/2012/02/glassfish-312-is-full-of-moxy.html