Key Features

An extensive set of features are provided. You can use these features to rapidly build high-performance enterprise applications that are scalable and maintainable.

Some of the primary features are the following:

• Nonintrusive, flexible, metadata-based architecture

• Advanced mapping support and flexibility: relational, object-relational data type, and XML

• Optimized for highly scalable performance and concurrency with extensive performance tuning options

• Comprehensive object caching support including cluster integration for some application servers (such as Oracle Fusion Middleware Server)

• Extensive query capability including: Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL), native SQL, and EclipseLink Expressions framework

• Just-in-time reading

• Object-level transaction support and integration with popular application servers and databases

• Optimistic and pessimistic locking options and locking policies

For additional information and downloads, see the EclipseLink home page:

http://www.eclispe.org/eclipselink/