Reference Guides Summary
Summary and explanation of the OJB reference guides.
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PB guide
This document explains specific usage of the PB API. -
ODMG guide
This document explains specific usage of the ODMG API. -
OJB Queries
This document explains the usage of the query syntax. -
Basic O/R Technique
This tutorial explains basic object-relational mapping technique in OJB like 1:1, 1:n and m:n relations, the auto-xxx settings for references and proxy objects/collections. -
Platforms
What OJB requires from relational databases, and how to let it know which database to use. -
Logging configuration
Detailed information about configuring the logging within OJB. -
OJB.properties configuration
The details on how to modify OJB's behaviour. This includes changing pluggable components. -
JDBC Types
This document explains the standard mapping of JDBC types to Java classes. -
Repository Metadata
The specific details of OJB metadata. -
Advanced O/R Technique
This document explains some advanced O/R techniques like Polymorphism and "OJB Extents", Mapping Inheritance Hierarchies, Nested Objects and so on. -
Metadata Handling
This document explains how the metadata xml file work and how the metadata information can be modified at runtime. -
Deployment
Specifics on what is required to deploy OJB, including deployment to EJB containers. -
Connection Handling
This document explains how OJB handles the Connection instances and how this can be user-configured. -
Caching
Documentation on the different object caching implementations and strategies included with OJB. -
The Sequence Manager
How to use different sequence management strategies with OJB. -
Locking
The optimistic and pessimistic locking capabilities of OJB. -
OJB XDoclet Module
Documentation for the OJB XDoclet module. The module can build mappings and schema. -
OJB Performance
A look at how OJB performs and how to use OJB's performance tests.
by Brian McCallister, Armin Waibel, Martin Kalén