Introduction

A HelloWorld Program

Design A Persistent Class Schema

Persistent Field

TheObject - Root of All Persistent Classes

TheRelation - Whose Subclasses Can Define Ties

Kins are Relatives of an Object

Loose Associations via Object ID Values

Persistence Notifications

Object Notifications

Relationship Notifications

Inheritance

Swap Engines atop Traditional Relational Databases

Automatic Table Schema Maintenance

SQLQuerier

Logging SQL Commands

Compiling Persistence Applications

Preparation

Using JDK javac

Using Apache Ant

Using Eclipse SDK

Database Configuration

MetaBundle Configurations

JVM Memory Tuning

Persistence Application Policies