Persistence Unit ...
Vassili Vladimir
Ranch Hand
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Adam Tkaczyk
Greenhorn
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posted 9 years ago
JSR 220 explains this very clearly.
A persistence unit is a logical grouping that includes:
� An entity manager factory and its entity managers, together with their configuration information.
� The set of managed classes included in the persistence unit and managed by the entity managers
of the entity manager factory.
� Mapping metadata (in the form of metadata annotations and/or XML metadata) that specifies the mapping of the classes to the database.
A persistence unit is a logical grouping that includes:
� An entity manager factory and its entity managers, together with their configuration information.
� The set of managed classes included in the persistence unit and managed by the entity managers
of the entity manager factory.
� Mapping metadata (in the form of metadata annotations and/or XML metadata) that specifies the mapping of the classes to the database.
SCJP5
| It is sorta covered in the JavaRanch Style Guide. |