Pro Jakarta Persistence in Jakarta EE 10: An In-Depth Guide to Persistence in Enterprise Java Development

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L. Jungmann et al.Pro Jakarta Persistence in Jakarta EE 10https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7443-9_2

2. Getting Started

Lukas Jungmann¹  , Mike Keith², Merrick Schincariol³ and Massimo Nardone⁴

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Prague, Czech Republic

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Ottawa, ON, Canada

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Almonte, ON, Canada

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HELSINKI, Finland

 

One of the main goals of Jakarta Persistence was that it should be simple to use and easy to understand. Although its problem domain cannot be trivialized or watered down, the technology that enables developers to deal with it can be straightforward and intuitive. This chapter shows how effortless it can be to develop and use entities.

We start by describing the basic characteristics ...