With JPA do I still need TopLink?
JPA is a specification for persistence in Java EE and SE applications. As with all specifications they still require vendors or open source projects to implement them. TopLink Essentials is the first compliant JPA implementation providing the persistence functionality to the EJB 3.0 reference implementation. Oracle TopLink is Oracle’s commercial implementationcurrently providing preview functionality of JPA. Both options provide excellent support for this new standard as well as providing additional functionality and performance benefits.
JPA is a specification for persistence in Java EE and SE applications. As with all specifications they still require vendors or open source projects to implement them. TopLink Essentials is the first compliant JPA implementation providing the persistence functionality to the EJB 3.0 reference implementation. Oracle TopLink is Oracle’s commercial implementationcurrently providing preview functionality of JPA. Both options provide excellent support for this new standard as well as providing additional functionality and performance benefits.