Oracle TopLink is a mapping and persistence framework for Java developers. TopLink is produced by Oracle and is a part of Oracle's OracleAS , WebLogic , and OC4J servers. It is an object-persistence and object-transformation framework. TopLink provides development tools and run-time functionalities that ease the development process and help increase functionality. Persistent object-oriented data is stored in relational databases which helps build high-performance applications. Storing data in either XML (Extensible Markup Language) or relational databases is made possible by transforming it from object-oriented data.
32-572: A rich user-interface is possible on TopLink with the help of TopLink Mapping Workbench. This Mapping Workbench makes it possible to carry out the following with ease. Oracle's JDeveloper IDE provides easy integration of these functionalities provided by the Mapping Workbench. With the use of TopLink , users can stay more focused on their primary cause and let TopLink handle the integration of persistence and object transformation into their application. Designing, implementing and deploying process
64-566: A legal safe and internationally law domains respecting way. The typical freeware use case "share" can be further refined with Creative Commons restriction clauses like non-commerciality ( CC BY-NC ) or no- derivatives ( CC BY-ND ), see description of licenses . There are several usage examples , for instance The White Chamber , Mari0 or Assault Cube , all freeware by being CC BY-NC-SA licensed with only non-commercial sharing allowed. Freeware cannot economically rely on commercial promotion. In May 2015 advertising freeware on Google AdWords
96-468: A license, but displays advertising to either cover development costs or as a means of income. Registerware forces the user to subscribe with the publisher before being able to use the product. While commercial products may require registration to ensure licensed use , registerware do not. Shareware permits redistribution, but the license only allows limited use before paying the license fee. Some features may be disabled prior to payment, in which case it
128-556: A promotion for the premium version. The two often share a code base, using a compiler flag to determine which is produced. For example, BBEdit has a BBEdit Lite edition which has fewer features. XnView is available free of charge for personal use but must be licensed for commercial use. The "free" version may be advertising supported, as was the case with the DivX . Ad-supported software and registerware also bear resemblances to freeware. Ad-supported software does not ask for payment for
160-403: A rich set of coding features including visual and non-visual utilities that provide different views of the code. The software provides dialogs that guide the use of Java EE components. For example, JDeveloper provides a visual WYSIWYG editor for HTML , JSP , JSF , and Swing . The visual editor allows developers to modify the layout and properties of components visually: the tool re-generates
192-405: A single entity to be responsible for updating and enhancing the product, which is then given away without charge. Other freeware projects are simply released as one-off programs with no promise or expectation of further development. These may include source code , as does free software, so that users can make any required or desired changes themselves, but this code remains subject to the license of
224-413: A web service. JDeveloper generates the associated WSDL (Web Services Descriptive Language) document and related JAX-RPC components. JDeveloper is free proprietary software for development and deployment. Oracle ADF has a runtime license when deployed outside of an Oracle Application Server. Freeware Freeware is software , most often proprietary , that is distributed at no monetary cost to
256-457: Is accelerated as TopLink supports a variety of data sources and formats such as Relational database , Object-relational database , Enterprise information system (EIS), XML and many others. Toplink was originally developed by The Object People in Smalltalk. It was ported to Java in 1996-1998 and called "TopLink for Java". In 2002, TopLink was acquired by Oracle Corporation and was developed under
288-539: Is available for free Download. The runtime component of TopLink is provided by the EclipseLink Core. This API provides direct access to the runtime, which is embedded into the application. Persistence behavior is enabled by making application calls that invoke EclipseLink API to perform these functionalities which provides safe access to shared databases. Import the following class to use extended functionality of EclipseLink. The binding of Java classes to XML schemas
320-448: Is possible with the help of Object-XML, which is an EclipseLink component. By implementing JAXB , mapping information is provided through annotations. It also provides manipulation of XML. The Service Data Objects (SDO) provides with the use of SDO API, use dynamic objects to customize and manipulate XML, use of static data objects and conversion of XML Schema. Database Web Services (DBWS) facilitates access to relational databases with
352-431: Is sometimes known as crippleware. Both freeware and shareware sometimes have a limited evaluation period, after which the software is automatically disabled or starts displaying a request to pay a registration fee. In the latter case it is colloquially known as nagware. The Creative Commons offer licenses , applicable to all by copyright governed works including software, which allow a developer to define "freeware" in
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#1732873621533384-643: Is typically proprietary and distributed without source code. By contrast, the "free" in "free software" refers to freedoms granted users under the software license (for example, to run the program for any purpose, modify and redistribute the program to others), and such software may be sold at a price. According to the Free Software Foundation (FSF), "freeware" is a loosely defined category and it has no clear accepted definition, although FSF asks that free software (libre; unrestricted and with source code available) should not be called freeware. In contrast
416-494: Is used to add an instance and marks it for insertion into the database. On completion of the transaction, the newEmployee data will be inserted into the database. Updating an entity means simply reading the transaction and updating the properties of this entity. Updating the Employee LastName can be done as follows. Deleting an entity is the opposite of Insertion and can be one using remove(Object entity) method of
448-528: The Free Software Foundation calls free software , the author of freeware usually restricts the rights of the user to use, copy, distribute, modify, make derivative works, or reverse engineer the software. The software license may impose additional usage restrictions; for instance, the license may be "free for private, non-commercial use" only, or usage over a network, on a server, or in combination with certain other software packages may be prohibited. Restrictions may be required by license or enforced by
480-427: The end user . There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license , or EULA that defines freeware unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the freeware it offers. For instance, modification , redistribution by third parties, and reverse engineering are permitted by some publishers but prohibited by others. Unlike with free and open-source software , which are also often distributed free of charge,
512-447: The source code for freeware is typically not made available. Freeware may be intended to benefit its producer by, for example, encouraging sales of a more capable version, as in the freemium and shareware business models . The term freeware was coined in 1982 by Andrew Fluegelman , who wanted to sell PC-Talk , the communications application he had created, outside of commercial distribution channels. Fluegelman distributed
544-581: The EntityManager. The EntityManager method flush() deletes the entity on completion of the transaction. Users can use most of the tools in the market and use TopLink along with it. But the following toots provide special integration with TopLink. JDeveloper JDeveloper is a freeware IDE supplied by Oracle Corporation . It offers features for development in Java , XML , SQL and PL/SQL , HTML , JavaScript , BPEL and PHP . JDeveloper covers
576-678: The Oracle Fusion Middleware product. The TopLink code was donated to the Eclipse Foundation and the EclipseLink project was born in 2007. The EclipseLink now provides the functionality of TopLink. Sun Microsystems selected EclipseLink in March 2008, as the implementation for the JPA 2.0, JSR 317 reference. A number of versions of TopLink have been released since and the latest version 12c (12.1.3)
608-604: The Oracle platform all build their design-time tools on top of JDeveloper. To accommodate to Sun Microsystems (and thus NetBeans ) acquisition versions released after 2012 are sharing significant code with NetBeans platform. The same IDE platform also serves as the basis of another Oracle product, SQL Developer , which Oracle Corporation promotes specifically to PL/SQL and database developers. Prior to JDeveloper 11g, JDeveloper came in three editions: Java Edition, J2EE Edition, and Studio Edition. Each one offered more features on top of
640-476: The Oxford English Dictionary simply characterizes freeware as being "available free of charge (sometimes with the suggestion that users should make a donation to the provider)". Some freeware products are released alongside paid versions that either have more features or less restrictive licensing terms. This approach is known as freemium ("free" + "premium"), since the "free" version is intended as
672-532: The application can store data on the Coherence grid called as JPA on the grid. TopLink Grid functionality can be used only if the user has license for Oracle Coherence. This functionality is provided by: To get support for TopLink Grid and EclipseLink, users also need to import the following package of classes. Database operations like Insert , Update and Delete can also be performed in TopLink. The changes made to
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#1732873621533704-408: The code. Any changes in the code will be immediately reflected in the visual view. JDeveloper provides a similar feature for generating JSF and Struts page flows. Declarative features enable programmers to generate EJBs or POJOs based on tables in relational databases. JDeveloper automates the creation of Java EE artifacts. For example, with a click on a visual artifact one can turn a Java class into
736-500: The database are reflected in the Oracle Coherence cache. In Java Persistence API , an entity is a persistence class. Using TopLink, a number of performance features for writing large amounts of data can be implemented. Batch writing, stored procedure support, parameter binding, statement ordering and other features are offered to satisfy database constraints. The basic operations are The EntityManager method persist(Object entity)
768-755: The full development lifecycle from design through coding, debugging, optimization and profiling to deploying. With JDeveloper, Oracle has aimed to simplify application development by focusing on providing a visual and declarative approach to application development in addition to building an advanced coding-environment. Oracle JDeveloper integrates with the Oracle Application Development Framework ( Oracle ADF ) - an end-to-end Java EE -based framework that further simplifies application development. The core IDE exposes an API that other teams in Oracle use to build extensions to JDeveloper. BPEL , Portal, Business Intelligence and other components of
800-431: The help of web service. A database access can be made without the need to write a Java code. The XML SOAP Messages and the databases are connected by the runtime component of DBWS which uses EclipseLink. TopLink Grid is an integration mechanism that provides connection between Oracle Coherence and EclipseLink. An application generally interacts with the relational database, which is its primary database. But with TopLink
832-437: The latest major 10g release. In October 2006, Oracle released version 10.1.3.1 that added support for the final EJB 3.0 spec along with BPEL and ESB design time. In January 2007, Oracle released version 10.1.3.2 incorporating WebCenter capabilities such as creating and consuming portlets, portlet/JSF bridge, and content-repository data control. In January 2007 Oracle had more than 150 people working in various roles on
864-498: The others, and all of them came for free. JDeveloper 11g only has two editions: Studio Edition and Java Edition. In JDeveloper 11g, J2EE Edition features are rolled into the Studio Edition. A high-level list of features includes: – Java Edition – J2EE Edition – Studio Edition In 2005, Oracle released JDeveloper as freeware. In 2006, still under the 10g tag, and after significant delays, Oracle released version 10.1.3 -
896-615: The product, including (in no particular order): developers, development managers, QA engineers, build engineers, doc writers , product managers, customer evangelists , and usability engineers . Development centers operated in Redwood Shores, in Bangalore, in Reading (UK), and in Pleasanton, Colorado. In May 2007 Oracle released a technology-preview release of version 11g. In October 2008
928-1040: The production version of Oracle JDeveloper 11 g , code-named BOXER, became available. In July 2009 JDeveloper 11 g version 11.1.1.1.0, code-named Bulldog, became available In June 2011 JDeveloper 11 g (11.1.2.0.0), code name Sherman, became available. In September 2011 JDeveloper 11 g (11.1.2.1.0 Build 6081), R2/PS1 became available. In May 2012 JDeveloper 11 g (11.1.2.2.0 Build 6183), R2/PS2 became available. In September 2012 JDeveloper 11 g (11.1.2.3.0 Build 6276.1), R2/PS3 became available. In May 2013 JDeveloper 11 g (11.1.2.4.0 Build 6436), R2/PS4 became available. In July 2013 JDeveloper 12 c (12.1.2.0.0 Build 6668) became available. In June 2014 JDeveloper 12 c (12.1.3.0.0) became available. In October 2015 JDeveloper 12 c (12.2.1.0.0) became available. In June 2016 JDeveloper 12 c (12.2.1.1.0) became available. In August 2017 JDeveloper 12 c (12.2.1.3.0) became available. In September 2019 JDeveloper 12 c (12.2.1.4.0) became available. The JDeveloper code editor offers
960-481: The program via the same process as shareware . As software types can change, freeware can change into shareware. In the 1980s and 1990s, the term freeware was often applied to software released without source code . Freeware software is available for use without charge and typically has limited functionality with a more capable version available commercially or as shareware. It is typically fully functional for an unlimited period of time. In contrast to what
992-458: The software itself; e.g., the package may fail to function over a network. The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) defines "open source software" (i.e., free software or free and open-source software), as distinct from "freeware" or "shareware"; it is software where "the Government does not have access to the original source code". The "free" in "freeware" refers to the price of the software, which
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1024-509: Was restricted to "authoritative source"[s]. Thus web sites and blogs are the primary resource for information on which freeware is available, useful, and is not malware . However, there are also many computer magazines or newspapers that provide ratings for freeware and include compact discs or other storage media containing freeware. Freeware is also often bundled with other products such as digital cameras or scanners . Freeware has been criticized as "unsustainable" because it requires
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