Part I

Building a TopLink Application

This part describes the architecture of TopLink and how TopLink fits into your development process. It contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, "Understanding TopLink"

  This chapter contains general information on TopLink. It discusses the TopLink application space, development process, components, and the TopLink metamodel.

• Chapter 2, "Understanding TopLink Application Development"

  This chapter contains an overview of the key stages in the TopLink development process including choosing an application architecture and platform, object and relational mapping, building the persistence layer, and deploying and maintaining a TopLink application.