Java Persistence for Relational Databases is full of best practices and patterns for readers who want to connect to databases using Java. It includes coverage of various database-related APIs for Java, including JDO, JDBC (including newest 3.0 APIs), and CMP (Container Managed Persistence with EJB).

Java Persistence for Relational Databases contains all those things developers want to know but were afraid to ask. It realistically addresses persisting Java objects in various ways. Whether a developer’s environment requires them to use JDO, CMP, Castor, or hand code a persistence layer using JDBC, this book will provide the answers.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: All Kinds of Methods for Persisting Objects
Chapter 2: Understanding Relational Database Management Systems
Chapter 3: Using JDBC 1 for Relational Database Work
Chapter 4: What Is New in JDBC 2 and 3
Chapter 5: Writing a Persistence Layer
Chapter 6: Persistence-Related Design Patterns
Chapter 7: Unit Testing Persistence Layers
Chapter 8: Enterprise JavaBeans: Container Managed
Persistence 2.0
Chapter 9: Writing to the ODMG 3.0
Chapter 10: Persistence with Java Data Objects (JDO)
Chapter 11: Open Source Java Persistence Libraries and
Frameworks
Chapter 12: Commercial Java Persistence Libraries and
Frameworks
Chapter 13: Summary