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Typical Java applications involve access to a database system. Database systems store data according to their type system, even object-oriented databases generally have their own storage structures. It is therefore necessary to convert Java objects as they are stored in a database, and to re-convert them when they are read. Ideally, this should be done behind the scenes by a support package.
This tutorial explores the issues involved: which database technologies are available (legacy vs. relational vs. object-oriented) and which access mechanisms (JDBC, OPJ, TOPLink, etc.) are best suited.
The tutorial has two parts:
A complete program example will accompany both parts.'