Preface
Oracle TopLink provides specific annotations (Oracle TopLink extensions) in addition to supporting the standard Java Persistence Architecture (JPA) annotations. You can use these Oracle TopLink extensions to take advantage of Oracle TopLink's extended functionality and features within your JPA entities.
TopLink uses (and includes) EclipseLink as its default JPA provider.
Audience
This document is intended for application developers who want to develop applications using Oracle TopLink with Java Persistence Architecture (JPA). This document does not include details about related common tasks, but focuses on Oracle TopLink functionality.
Developers should be familiar with the concepts and programming practices of
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Java SE and Java EE.
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Java Persistence Architecture 2.2 specification (
http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=338) -
EclipseLink (
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink) -
Eclipse IDE (
http://www.eclipse.org)
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