8. Introduction to the Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API provides Java developers with an object/relational mapping facility for managing relational data in Java applications. Java Persistence consists of four areas:

Image The Java Persistence API

Image The query language

Image The Java Persistence Criteria API

Image Object/relational mapping metadata

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