What is Java Persistence API (JPA)

byAsif Raza •
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The JPA (Java Persistence API) is a Java programming language framework for managing the relational data in java applications using Java SE (Java Platform Standard Edition) and Java EE (Java Platform Enterprise Edition). JPA is the standard persistence API for Java. JPA used the best ideas from persistence technologies like Hibernate, TopLink, and JDO. JPA simplifies the Java EE Web applications development and Java SE desktop applications development using data persistence and new stable features.


May Java developers ask a question about JPA "Why JPA? Why do I need to know how to use this API when object-relational mapping tools like Hibernate and Toplink are already available?"

The answer to this question is that JPA is not a new persistence technology rather it is built on the best ideas from existing persistence technologies like TopLink, Hibernate and JDO Java Data Object. As a result, JPA is a standardized specification that helps to build a persistence layer in java applications that is independent of any particular persistence provider.

JPA provides Java developers with an object / relational mapping facility for managing relational data in their Java desktop applications and Java EE web applications. JPA, Java Persistence consists of four areas which are mentioned below
  • The Java Persistence API
  • The query language
  • The Java Persistence Criteria API
  • Object / relational mapping metadata

There are the following two methods in JPA for querying entities from the database.
  1. Java Persistence query language (JPQL): It is a simple and string-based language just like SQL used to query entities and their relationships.
  2. Criteria API: It is used to create type-safe queries using Java programming language APIs to query entities and their relationships from the database.

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