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Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application program interface (API) packaged with the Java SE edition that makes it possible to standardize and simplify the process of connecting Java ...

Hibernate: Hibernate is an object-relational mapping (ORM) library for the Java language, providing a framework for mapping an object-oriented domain model to a traditional relational database.

Metadata Mapping Design Pattern is designed to manage the mapping between database records and Java objects in a way that keeps the database schema and object model decoupled and manageable.

JPA and Hibernate enum mapping The Java enum, introduced in Java 5, will map to the underlying database without any intervention. The JPA framework, be it Hibernate or Toplink or DataNucleus, will ...

The Java Architecture for XML Binding provides a powerful and practical way of working with XML content from within Java applications. The newly released JAXB 2.0 offers many new features ...

A look at some of the best database and RDBMS tools for Java software developers. Learn more about Java and database programming.

At the InfoQ Dev Summit Munich, Markus Kett presented a database alternative for Java: the in-memory EclipseStore promises faster data processing with lower cloud costs. It stores Java objects as ...