When your application is too complex for pure JDBC, you need to consider persistence frameworks, but the choices are daunting. Learn what makes a good persistence framework. Learn some of the common pitfalls around data persistence, and what add-ons are important for delivering good performance. You'll first learn about the principles of persistence frameworks. Then, you'll be able to compare and contrast the many Java persistence solutions, including in-depth discussions with Hibernate and JDO code examples.

Bruce Tate