The need to persist data created at runtime is as old as computing. And the need to store object-oriented data cropped up when object-oriented programming became pervasive. Currently, most modern ...

The Java Data Objects standard holds out the promise of lower software development costs, more portable applications, and faster deployment times.

The Java language and platform offers a vast range of options when it comes to working with relational data, from raw JDBC to fully blown Object/Relational mapping (ORM) tools.

A controversial vote regarding the future of a Java persistence standard has been overturned in a reconsideration ballot in the Java Community Process.

O'Reilly has announced the release of "Java Data Objects" (US$39.95), co-authored by David Jordan and Craig Russell. Java Data Objects (JDO) allows Java developers to manage data without any ...

Nearly 1,000 developers cry out against the Java Community Process' vote against the Java Data Objects 2.0 spec.

This book excerpt uses an example sales campaign to introduce the Java Data Mining application programming interface. From data preparation to modeling to evaluation and deployment, the short ...

Versant has enhanced Java support, including an Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 application programming interface, in the new version of its object database.

In Part 1, I provided an overview of available persistence mechanisms and their implementations, and introduced the Java Data Objects (JDO) approach to persistence. In Part 2, I conclude this ...