42 The Solution: Oracle Application Server TopLink

Oracle Application Server TopLink is a persistence framework that provides a flexible, easy-to-maintain mechanism for storing Java objects and Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) in relational database tables.

Oracle Application Server TopLink provides a rich set of features. Java developers can leverage these features to rapidly build high-performance enterprise applications that are both scalable and maintainable.

Some of the primary features of TopLink include:

Comprehensive visual Mapping Workbench
Advanced mapping support and flexibility
Object caching support
Query flexibility
Object-level transaction support and integration
Many performance tuning options
Architectural flexibility
A nonintrusive, metadata-driven architecture

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