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Persistence Documentation Plan for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1

People and Roles

Name Role Location Time Zone Email
Rebecca Parks Documentation Feature Owner Santa Clara, CA, USA US/Pacific junesm@dev.java.net
  Additional Writer     java.netID@dev.java.net
  Peer Reviewer     java.netID@dev.java.net
Mitesh Meswani Software Engineer Santa Clara, CA, USA US/Pacific java.netID@dev.java.net
Sherry Hill QA Engineer Santa Clara, CA, USA US/Pacific java.netID@dev.java.net

Audience

Java Persistence is used by developers of applications that require database data to persist beyond single sessions.

Summary of the Feature From a User's Perspective

Persistence enhancements for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition 3.1 include:

  • Upgrade the EclipseLink persistence provider to v2.1, which has advanced ORM/query features
  • Provide a default data source for Embedded GlassFish Server

Availability

Java Persistence support is available in both the web and full GlassFish Server distributions.

Statement of Work

This section describes in detail for each document the work that is required by the introduction of the feature, such as changes, addition of new material, relocation of existing material, and removal of existing material.

Documentation Impact:

  • None
  • Minor
  • Moderate
  • Major
  • New

Note - If a document is task based (as opposed to reference), the changes should be determined from the user task analysis for the feature.

Changes to Books

Application Development Guide Changes

Section Documentation Impact Writer Reviewers Description of Change
7 Using the Java Persistence API Minor Rebecca Parks Mitesh Meswani Document any impacts of the upgrade to EclipseLink 2.1.0. These may be mainly changes to EclipseLink doc URLs. Add links to EclipseLink docs on new advanced ORM/query features. See the EclipseLink 2.1.0 Release Notes .

Embedded Server Guide Changes

Section Documentation Impact Writer Reviewers Description of Change
The Default Data Source NEW Rebecca Parks Mitesh Meswani Siraj Ghaffar Describe how a default data source is provided if an application that uses Java Persistence doesn't specify one.

Changes to Online Help

None

Changes to Man Pages

None

Review Schedule

The review schedule for the documentation items that are affected by this feature is provided in the following table.

Item Review Start Date Review End Date
Application Development Guide    
Embedded Server Guide    

Reviewers are listed in the Statement of Work.

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