Java EE Tutorials (8)-Introduction to the Java Persistence API

8.1 Entity 96
8.1.1 Requirements for entity classes 97
8.1.2 persisted fields and properties in an entity class 97
8.1.3 the primary key of the entity 101
8.1.4 multiplicity in Entity Relationships 103
8.1.5 direction in the entity Relationship 103
Embeddable classes in 8.1.6 entities 105
8.2 Entity Inheritance 106
8.2.1 Abstract Entity 106
8.2.2 Mapping Super Class 106
8.2.3 Non-Entity Super Class 107
8.2.4 Entity Inheritance Mapping Strategy 107
8.3 Managing Entities 109
8.3.1EntityManager Interface 109
8.3.2 Persistence Unit 113
8.4 Querying entities 114
8.5 Database schema Creation 114
8.5.1 Configuring an app to create or delete a database table 115
8.5.2 loading data using SQL Scripts 116
8.6 More information about persistence 116

Java EE Tutorials (8)-Introduction to the Java Persistence API