Java Persistence for Relational Databases (Books for Professionals by Professionals) [Paperback]

Richard Sperko (Author)

Book Description

Series: Books for Professionals by Professionals | Publication Date: July 2, 2003

Java Persistence for Relational Databases is best practices and patterns for readers who want to connect to databases using Java. It also includes coverage of various database-related APIs for Java, including JDO, JDBC (including newest 3.0 APIs), and CMP (Container Managed Persistence with EJB).

Java Persistence for Relational Databases contains all those things developers want to know but were afraid to ask. It addresses realistically persisting Java objects in various ways. Whether a developer’s environment requires them to use JDO, CMP, Castor, or hand code a persistence layer using JDBC, there is something in this book for them.

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"Richard Sperko’s Java Persistence for Relational Databases does an admirable job of outlining the problems and of explaining what the different solutions have to offer. … In addition, the book provides good coverage of EJB, JDO … . In all this is a highly accessible, wide-ranging and interesting introduction to object persistence and Java." (Application Development Advisor, November/December, 2003)

About the Author

Richard Sperko is an architect level consultant for Centare Group, Ltd. He is currently certified as a Java Developer and currently working on his Java Architect certification.

Product Details

• Paperback: 318 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (July 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590590716
• ISBN-13: 978-1590590713
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,318,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Left with more questions than answers, September 9, 2003

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This review is from: Java Persistence for Relational Databases (Books for Professionals by Professionals) (Paperback)

As the title indicates, this book takes a look at different methods in Java for persisting data to a relational database. JDBC, EJB CMP 2.0, ODMG 3.0, JDO, open source frameworks (Hibernate and Castor), and commercial frameworks (TopLink, CocoBase) are all given a look. The author touches on rolling your own persistence framework, and throws in a little bit about relevant design patterns and unit testing.

Overall this book left me with more questions than answers. Often we are told what the capabilities of a given library or framework are, but not how to make use of those capabilities. Frequently we are teased with a bit of information, only to be told that we need to go to another source to find anything of substance. Just as often, a promising topic such as unit testing the persistence layer is left inadequately addressed.

If you are looking for a broad overview on the book's subject, then this book may be for you. However, while this book ostensibly should help a manager or developer choose a persistence method suitable for his project, I'm afraid no guidelines are given as to when one particular method may be preferable to another. Although we can't expect a book such as this to be all encompassing, many sections in this book urge the reader to look elsewhere for more information. In this case, that might not be such bad advice.