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Introduction to the Java Persistence API
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40 Introduction to the Java Persistence API
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This chapter provides a description of the Java Persistence API.

The following topics are addressed here:

* link:persistence-intro001.html#A1019685[Overview of the Java
Persistence API]
* link:persistence-intro002.html#BNBQA[Entities]
* link:persistence-intro003.html#BNBQN[Entity Inheritance]
* link:persistence-intro004.html#BNBQW[Managing Entities]
* link:persistence-intro005.html#GJISE[Querying Entities]
* link:persistence-intro006.html#CHDBEGIC[Database Schema Creation]
* link:persistence-intro007.html#GKCLC[Further Information about
Persistence]
