The Java SE 6 documentation on Object Serialization states the following about the uses of Java serialization: Serialization is used for lightweight persistence and for communication via sockets ...

Sun Microsystems is looking to make life easier for Java developers by seeking a common ground on a data persistence model. In a letter to the “Java Technology Community” on Friday ...

The plan, which could delay the delivery of Java 2 Enterprise Edition 5.0, is to reconcile Java's persistence models, where a single model would run across the Java platform.

JPA is the Java standard for data persistence, especially for relational systems. Here, we explore how Hibernate and JPA work together to make database processes easier.

The JPA (Java Persistence API) was an outgrowth of JSR 220 (Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0). It's designed to conquer the process of writing code that manipulates data, and to simplify the programming model ...

Versant has launched a code preview program for its new Versant Java Persistence API (JPA 2.0), a pure Java client for the Versant Database Server. With the new API, Versant is introducing support for ...

Space4J is a simple database system that will let you work with Java Collections in memory. Since memory is several orders of magnitude faster than disk for random access to data, Space4J provides ...

Leading persistence solution architects their views on the current state of the union in persistence in the Java community.

Learn Hibernate Quickly: Simplified Java Persistence with Hibernate & JPA, covering both Hibernate 3.2.x and the JPA 2.0 compliant Hibernate 3.5.

Data management software provider Versant Corporation announced that its Java interface, which is based on Java Persistence API (JPA), is now compatible with the Spring framework. The Redwood City, ...