Index

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  M  N  O  P  R  S  T  U  V  W 

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A

additional information, 1-8

attributes, 1-5

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B

benefits of using TopLink, 1-1

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C

cache, 1-8

classes

about, 1-5

DatabaseLogin, 1-8

JDBCLoginJDBCLogin class, 1-8

persistent, 1-5, 1-8, 1-11

CLASSPATH

non-Windows environments, 2-5

Windows environments, 2-4

configuring

development environment, 2-8

IBM VisualAge for Java, 2-9

Sun JDK 1.x, 2-8

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D

database sessions, 1-8, 1-11

DatabaseAccessor, 1-8

DatabaseLogin class, 1-8

databases

considerations, 1-12

fields, 1-3

keys, 1-3

records, 1-3

relational, 1-2, 1-5

sample table, 1-3

tables, 1-3

descriptors, about, 1-6

design strategies and tips, 1-11

development environment, configuring, 2-8

direct mappings, 1-8

direct-to-field mapping, 1-8

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E

examples

database table, 1-3

descriptors, 1-7

Java object relationships, 1-6

primary and foreign keys, 1-4

testing the installation, 2-10

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F

fields, database, 1-3

foreign key, 1-4

framework, TopLink, 1-2

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G

glossary, 1-1

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H

hardware requirements, 2-2

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I

IBM VisualAge for Java, 2-9

identity maps, 1-8

inheritance, 1-5

installation

non-Windows environment, 2-4

prerequisites, 2-3

requirements, 2-1

testing, 2-10

Unix environment, 2-4

Windows environment, 2-3

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J

Java

class instances, 1-9

Java 2, 2-9

object model, 1-5

object relationships, 1-6

requirements, 2-2

JDBC driver requirements, 2-2

JDK (Sun), 2-8

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K

keys

database, 1-3

foreign, 1-4

primary, 1-3, 1-7

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M

many-to-many mapping, 1-7

Mapping Workbench

about, 1-10

creating descriptors for persistent classes, 1-11

mappings

about, 1-7

descriptors, 1-7

methods

about, 1-5

readObject(), 1-9

writeObject(), 1-9

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N

non-Windows environment

installing TopLink, 2-4

modifying PATH and CLASSPATH variables, 2-5

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O

object identity, 1-8

object model, Java, 1-5

object type mappings, 1-8

objects, 1-5

one-to-many mapping, 1-7

one-to-one mapping, 1-7

operating system requirements, 2-1

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P

PATH

non-Windows environments, 2-5

Windows environments, 2-4

persistent classes

creating descriptors and mappings, 1-11

database sessions, 1-8

relationships, 1-5

polymorphic relationships, 1-5

primary keys

about, 1-3

descriptors, 1-7

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R

readObject() method, 1-9

records, database, 1-3

relational databases

about, 1-2

domains, 1-5

relationship mappings, 1-7

relationships, 1-5, 1-6

renamer, project, 2-3, 2-4

requirements, system, 2-1

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S

samples. see examples

sequence numbers, 1-4

serialized object mapping, 1-8

software requirements, 2-2

statically typed, 1-5

strategies for design, 1-11

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T

tables, database, 1-3

testing TopLink, 2-10

tips for design, 1-11

TopLink

about, 1-1

additional information, 1-8

benefits, 1-1

descriptors, 1-6

design tips, 1-11

framework, 1-2

Mapping Workbench, 1-10

testing, 2-10

using in an application, 1-9

transactions, 1-9

transformation mappings, 1-8

type conversion mapping, 1-8

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U

unit of work, 1-9

Unix environment

CLASSPATH, 2-5

installing TopLink, 2-4

PATH, 2-5

upgrading Mapping Workbench projects, 2-3, 2-4

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V

VisualAge for Java (IBM), 2-9

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W

Windows environment

installing TopLink, 2-3

modifying PATH and CLASSPATH variables, 2-4

wrapper pattern, 1-2

writeObject() method, 1-9