TopLinkHowTos

TopLink How-To's

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• How-to acquire Server Session using OracleAS TopLink
• How-to manipulate objects using Unit of Work
• How-to Read objects using Query By Example
• How-to read objects using Expression Builder in OracleAS TopLink
• How-to execute RAW SQL in OracleAS TopLink
• How-to use batch reading/writing using OracleAS TopLink
• How-to fetch aggregate data using ReportQuery
• How-to execute parameterized SQL using OracleAS TopLink
• How-to use custom data sources with OracleAS TopLink
• How-to enable OracleAS Toplink to work with external transaction controller (J2EE)

More How-To's

How to understand TopLink and inheritance

This how-to walks you through the different mapping options and configuration for simple and complex inheritance in TopLink.

How to configure your TopLink enabled J2EE application for use with OC4J

This how-to walks you through the common configurations and use of TopLink within OC4J. It focuses on how to configure TopLink to use OC4J's JDBC data sources for both JTA and non-JTA applications.

How to extend TopLink to support custom type conversions

How to extend TopLink's default type conversions provided in the ConversionManager? to support the use of additional types

How to use custom indirection

How to get all the value of indirection without having any TopLink code in your persistent model.

How to map Large Object (LOB) values to Oracle databases

How to use TopLink to map LOB values when using the Oracle JDBC OCI driver (type 2) or server driver (type 3) and the Oracle JDBC thin driver.

How to use cache synchronization with JMS and a Message Driven Bean

By default TopLink uses a thread to receive and process the cache synchronization messages. In some J2EE containers a non-container thread is not permitted. With this how-to users will now be able to use a Message Driven Bean to receive and process these messages (requires 9.0.4.3).