1 Understanding OracleAS TopLink

Oracle Application Server TopLink is an advanced object-to-relational persistence framework, suitable for a wide range of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Java application architectures. OracleAS TopLink development tools and runtime capabilities reduce development and maintenance efforts, and increase enterprise application functionality. Use OracleAS TopLink to build high-performance applications that store persistent data in a relational database.

This chapter introduces OracleAS TopLink and includes discussions on the following topics:

• Advantages of OracleAS TopLink

• OracleAS TopLink Components

• Application Development With OracleAS TopLink

• OracleAS TopLink Architectures Overview

• General Terms and Concepts

The remainder of this document covers how to build J2EE applications with OracleAS TopLink.