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EclipseLink
Developer(s)Eclipse Foundation
Stable release
1.1.0 / March 11, 2009 (2009-03-11)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformJava platform
TypeObject-relational mapping
LicenseEclipse Public License
Eclipse Distribution License
Websitehttp://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 APIs including:

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Eclipse Announces EclipseLink Project to Deliver JPA 2.0 Reference Implementation". Eclipse Foundation. March 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-27.

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