{"id":244,"date":"2007-03-09T09:50:32","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T17:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=244"},"modified":"2007-03-09T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2007-03-09T17:50:32","slug":"oracle-toplink-takes-on-hibernate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/oracle-toplink-takes-on-hibernate\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle: TopLink Takes on Hibernate"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oracle<\/a> released<\/a> TopLink<\/a>, their Java-based Object Relational Mapping (ORM<\/a>) software, with an Open Source License earlier this week.\u00a0 The TopLink framework lets Java objects be persisted into a relational database or converted to an XML document.\u00a0 Prior to this announcement, part of TopLink which implemented the Java Persistence API (JPA), TopLink Essentials<\/a>, was already available as Open Source.\u00a0 TopLink is part of Oracle’s Fusion middleware<\/a>.\u00a0 Oracle’s FAQ for this announcement is here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oracle has proposed to donate TopLink source code and test cases to Eclipse.\u00a0\u00a0Within Eclipse a new project called the Eclipse Persistence Platform (EclipseLink) will be launched.\u00a0 Oracle also is stepping up to join the Eclipse board of directors and to become a Strategic Member of Eclipse.\u00a0 They plan\u00a0to dedicate a ‘significant number’ of developers to the EclipseLink project and will also pay $250,000 annual dues for membership.<\/p>\n

Oracle has already been involved in a number of other Eclipse projects.\u00a0 They’ve led the Java Server Faces<\/a> Tools, BPEL<\/a>, and Dali JPA Tools projects<\/a>.\u00a0 They’ve also participated in projects like the Data Tools Platform Platform (DTP) Enablement project.<\/p>\n

Oracle acquired TopLink from WebGain in 2002.\u00a0 The original version of the software was created from The Object People and that is where the Top<\/em> in TopLink comes from.<\/p>\n

TopLink is an ORM tool that competes directly with similar tools like Red Hat’s popular Hibernate product.\u00a0 By making TopLink Open Source, Oracle directly pits TopLink against Hibernate.\u00a0 Oracle no doubt hopes to capture open source developers to help write new code and test the software.\u00a0 And after Oracle’s Red\u00a0Hat Linux announcement<\/a>, Red Hat now must be feeling another assault.<\/p>\n

As Open Source, TopLink becomes instantly more accessible and accepted.\u00a0 TopLink’s previous $5000<\/a> per CPU pricing had removed it from consideration on some projects.<\/p>\n

Many developers will probably welcome Oracle’s support of the Eclipse IDE.\u00a0 Oracle has been pushing their own free JDeveloper IDE for some time.\u00a0\u00a0In many ways JDeveloper is a better IDE than Eclipse, but JDeveloper hasn’t seen the level of acceptance that Eclipse has.\u00a0 By going the route of Eclipse, Oracle can now appeal to the Open Source community.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if Oracle’s level of support for JDeveloper changes going forward.<\/p>\n

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Oracle released TopLink, their Java-based Object Relational Mapping (ORM) software, with an Open Source License earlier this week.\u00a0 The TopLink framework lets Java objects be persisted into a relational database or converted to an XML document.\u00a0 Prior to this announcement,…<\/span><\/p>\n

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