2 Understanding TopLink Application Development

This chapter describes how to build a TopLink application, including suggested development processes, architectures, and technologies.

This chapter includes information on the following topics:

• Developing Your Application With TopLink

• Designing Your Application With TopLink

• Selecting an Architecture With TopLink

• Building and Using the Persistence Layer

• Deploying the Application

• Optimizing and Customizing the Application

• Troubleshooting the Application

• Understanding Object Persistence

• Understanding TopLink Metadata

• Understanding the Three-Tier Architecture

• Understanding the Two-Tier Architecture

• Understanding the EJB Session Bean Facade Architecture

• Understanding the EJB Entity Beans With CMP Architecture

• Understanding the EJB Entity Beans With BMP Architecture

• Understanding the Web Services Architecture