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| | name = TopLink | |||
| | developer = ] | |||
| | latest release version = 10g | |||
| | latest release date = | |||
| | latest preview version = 11g preview | |||
| | latest preview date = ], ] | |||
| | operating system = ] | |||
| | platform = ] | |||
| | programming language = ] | |||
| | genre = ] | |||
| | license = Oracle Licence | |||
| | website = http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/toplink/ | |||
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| '''TopLink''' is an ] (ORM) package for ] developers. It provides a powerful and flexible framework for storing Java objects in a relational database or for converting Java objects to XML documents. | |||
| '''TopLink Essentials''' <ref></ref> is the ] of the EJB 3.0 ] and the open-source community edition of Oracle's TopLink product. TopLink Essentials is a limited version of the proprietary product. For example, TopLink Essentials doesn't provide cache synchronization between clustered application, some cache invalidation policy, and query Cache. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| TopLink was originally developed by The Object People in ] in the 1990s. The "TOP" in TopLink is an acronym for The Object People, and the name was originally capitalized as "TOPLink". In 1996-1998 a Java version of the product was added to the product line, named TopLink for Java. After the joint acquisition of The Object People in April 2000 by ] and ], TopLink product line became the property of ] <ref> by Donald Smith</ref>. | |||
| In 2002, TopLink was acquired by ] and continues to be developed as a member of the ] family of products. | |||
| TopLink continues to be a major player in its field, winning multiple awards including: | |||
| * ] Readers' Choice Award for Best Java Data Access Tool or Driver (July 2003) <ref> by ]</ref>. | |||
| * Editor's Choice ] 2003 Award for Best Java Data Access Tool (2003) <ref> by ]</ref>. | |||
| * Voted as the 4th best Java persistence architecture by ] readers (2004) <ref> by ]</ref>. | |||
| In 2006, Oracle donated source code from the TopLink product and development resources to the open source ] ] ] project. This project was named TopLink Essentials and was the Java EE EJB 3.0 JPA reference implementation. | |||
| In 2007, Oracle donated the source code from the TopLink product and development resources to the open source ] ] project <ref name="oracle_TopLink_donation"> | |||
| {{cite web | |||
| | url = http://www.oracle.com/corporate/press/2007_mar/OpenSource-TopLink.html | |||
| | date = March 6, 2008 | |||
| | title = Oracle Proposes Open Source Persistence Project at Eclipse Foundation | |||
| | publisher = Oracle | |||
| | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref>. | |||
| In March 2008, The Eclipse Foundation, announced that Sun Microsystems has selected the EclipseLink project as the reference implementation for the JPA 2.0, JSR 317 standard to succeed TopLink Essentials <ref name="jpa2.0_ref_impl"> | |||
| {{cite web | |||
| | url = http://www.eclipse.org/org/press-release/20080317_Eclipselink.php | |||
| | date = March 17, 2008 | |||
| | title = Eclipse Announces EclipseLink Project to Deliver JPA 2.0 Reference Implementation | |||
| | publisher = Eclipse Foundation | |||
| | accessdate = 2008-09-16 | |||
| }} | |||
| </ref>. | |||
| == Features == | |||
| Although widely known as an ] tool, TopLink has a number of other key features including: | |||
| *Rich query framework that supports an object-oriented expression framework, ] (QBE), ], ], and ]s | |||
| *An object-level transaction framework | |||
| *Advanced caching to ensure object identity | |||
| *Complete set of direct and relational mappings | |||
| *Object-to-] mappings, in addition to ] support | |||
| *]/] Support for non-relational datasources | |||
| *Visual mapping editor (Mapping Workbench) | |||
| *Limited support for query in memory | |||
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