Relational Mappings

At runtime, TopLink uses the metadata produced by TopLink Mapping Workbench to describe how objects and beans map to the data source. This approach isolates persistence information from the object model—developers are free to design their ideal object model and DBAs are free to design their ideal schema.

TopLink's relational mappings allow you to map your objects to a relational data source. Later in the Quick Tour, you'll learn how TopLink maps objects to non-relational data sources.

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