EclipseLink

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EclipseLink
Image:Eclipse-logo.png
Developed by Eclipse Foundation
Latest release incubation
OS Cross-platform
Platform Java
Genre Object-relational mapping
License Eclipse Public License
Eclipse Distribution License
Website http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/

EclipseLink is an open source object-relational mapping package for Java developers. It provides a powerful and flexible framework for storing Java objects in a relational database or for converting Java objects to XML documents.

EclipseLink's original contribution came from the Oracle TopLink product in 2006.

EclipseLink supports several standard persistence related API's including:

EclipseLink provides support for:

  • Object relational mapping (ORM)
  • Object XML mapping (OXM)
  • Object persistence to Enterprise Information Systems (EIS)
  • Database web services

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