Java Persistence API (JPA): 1 The Basics

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Understanding Java Persistence API (JPA)

• What is persistence?
• Object relational mapping (ORM)
• JPA overview
• JPA configuration and entities
• Benefits of JPA over pure JDBC
• Looking at the course project
• Review course project tools

2. Managing Entities with EntityManager

• EntityManager
• Creating objects
• Persisting Objects
• Reading objects
• Updating objects
• Deleting objects

3. Transaction Management

• Entity life cycle
• Managing transactions overview
• Managing transactions demo
• Advanced mapping using annotations

4. Relationship Mapping in JPA

• Relationships
• Mapping strategies overview
• Mapping associations overview
• Cascading events

Conclusion

• Next steps