EclipseLink

Infobox Software
name = EclipseLink

developer = Eclipse Foundation
latest release version = 1.0.1
latest release date = release date|2008|09|09
operating system = Cross-platform
platform = Java platform
programming language = Java
genre = Object-relational mapping
license = Eclipse Public License [http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php Eclipse Distribution License]
website = http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/

EclipseLink is an open source object-relational mapping package for Java developers. It provides a powerful and flexible framework for storing Java objects in a relational database or for converting Java objects to XML documents.

EclipseLink's original contribution came from the Oracle TopLink product in 2006.

EclipseLink supports several standard persistence related API's including:
* Java Persistence API (JPA)
* Java XML Binding (JAXB)
* Service Data Objects (SDO)

EclipseLink provides support for:
* Object relational mapping (ORM)
* Object XML mapping (OXM)
* Object persistence to Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
* Database web services

Sun Microsystems has selected the EclipseLink project to be the reference implementation for JPA 2.0.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 = 2008-07-27]

References

External links

* [http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/ EclipseLink Home]
* [http://wiki.eclipse.org/EclipseLink EclipseLink Wiki]
* [http://www.eclipse.org/newsportal/thread.php?group=eclipse.technology.eclipselink EclipseLink Newsgroup]
*Webinar about [https://admin.adobe.acrobat.com/_a300965365/p55062059/ EclipseLink Project and its Persistence Services] by Doug Clarke
* [http://www.nabble.com/EclipseLink-f26430.html EclipseLink Nabble Forum]
* [http://java.dzone.com/articles/introducing-eclipselink Introducing EclipseLink] by Doug Clarke and Shaun Smith
* [http://www.antoniogoncalves.org/xwiki/bin/view/Article/TestingJPA Testing Java EE 6 components : JPA 2.0 With Eclipse Link] by Antonio Goncalves