tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808112929591985886.post4142590445861272880..comments2023-07-28T04:34:25.848-05:00Comments on On TopLink: Oracle Open Sources TopLink!Shaun Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03444889032778621661noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808112929591985886.post-23440643221391282032007-03-22T14:52:00.000-05:002007-03-22T14:52:00.000-05:00TopLink, and soon EclipseLink, is implementing var...TopLink, and soon EclipseLink, is implementing various standards like JPA for ORM and JAXB for OXM so hopefully those standards will take hold in the market. Early signs are that they are. JPA interest is definitely increasing. <BR/><BR/>What I hope to see is open source innovation that adds value on top of those standards. TopLink right now has comprehensive support for caching both in a single node and in a cluster. These are outside the JPA spec but pretty important when you're building real apps. <BR/><BR/>The thing that's not readily apparent to the casual observer is that TopLink is highly extensible and will accommodate third party extensions. For example, I'm working on extensions to support JPA persistence of EMF models which will be available "real soon now" from the Eclipse EMFT Teneo project. The JAXB support was built on the same mapping core as ORM which is testament to its flexibility.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty excited about where this is all going--but I'm biased! ;-)<BR/><BR/>--ShaunShaun Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03444889032778621661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808112929591985886.post-33440053655156741452007-03-22T14:02:00.000-05:002007-03-22T14:02:00.000-05:00It will become next defacto ORM standard.It will become next defacto ORM standard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2808112929591985886.post-32537465004610584722007-03-12T11:24:00.000-05:002007-03-12T11:24:00.000-05:00Hurray! I can testify that to at least one compan...Hurray! I can testify that to at least one company that was feeling forced to switch to Hibernate, that will no longer be considering that route. This is great news.Bruno Felacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15688366084271243524noreply@blogger.com