TopLink provides powerful and flexible object-XML capabilities that complement the existing object-relational mapping functionality with which many are already familiar. In this release, TopLink goes beyond JAXB 1.0 to provide developers with a rich object-level programmatic environment to work with XML data.

Software Requirements and Installation Instructions

Download Oracle TopLink 10g Release 3 (10.1.3) and follow the installation instructions.

Introduction to TopLink Object-XML Mapping

The article Introduction to TopLink Object-XML Mapping explores the Object/XML impedance mismatch problem and describes how TopLink improves upon JAXB to solve it.

TopLink How-To Documents

The following How-To Documents highlight the object-to-XML support in Oracle TopLink 10g (10.1.3).

	Object-to-XML (OXM): How to use TopLink to map an object model to an existing XML Schema. Use the TopLink Mapping Workbench to create mapping metadata, unmarshal an XML document, manipulate the data, and then marshal the data back to XML.
	Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB): How to use TopLink to create a JAXB application. Use the TopLink JAXB compiler to create a content model, unmarshal an XML document, manipulate the data, and then marshal the data back to XML.
	JAX-RPC 1.1 Web Service: How to create a JAX-RPC 1.1. compliant Web service that uses TopLink as a custom object-XML serializer.

TopLink Examples

The TopLink Examples help users explore and learn about how to use Oracle TopLink features with different architectures and different technologies. These are designed to be as simple as possible while still effectively demonstrating the target architecture, technology, or feature.

TopLink Foundation Library (non-server) examples are configured to run in a simple Java VM, but the features and technologies they demonstrate can also be used in an application server environment.The examples Zip file includes two TopLink Object-to-XML (OXM) Examples:

• The non-relational OX example
• The non-relational JAXB example

To download the TopLink O-X Examples that are bundled as part of the TopLink Foundation Examples package, click here.