The Java Persistence API, sometimes referred to as JPA, is a Java programming language framework managing relational data in applications using Java Platform, Standard Edition and Java Platform, Enterprise Edition.
The Java Persistence API originated as part of the work of the JSR 220 Expert Group. JPA 2.0 is the work of the JSR 317 Expert Group.
Persistence in this context covers three areas:
- the API itself, defined in the
javax.persistencepackage - the Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL)
- object/relational metadata
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