Understanding EclipseLink, 2.7
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About the Expression Framework

The EclipseLink expression framework provides methods through the following classes:

This division of functionality enables EclipseLink expressions to provide similar mathematical functionality to the java.lang.Math class, but keeps both the Expression and ExpressionMath classes from becoming unnecessarily complex.

Expressions offer the following advantages over SQL when you access a database: