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| Obtaining an EntityManagerFactory |
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| Obtaining EntityManagers |
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| Persistence Context |
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| Transaction Persistence Context |
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| Extended Persistence Context |
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| Closing the EntityManagerFactory |
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| The <code class="classname">EntityManagerFactory</code> creates <code class="classname"> |
| EntityManager</code> instances for application use. |
| </p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p> |
| OpenJPA extends the standard <code class="classname">EntityManagerFactory</code> |
| interface with the |
| <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/persistence/OpenJPAEntityManagerFactory.html" target="_top"> |
| <code class="classname">OpenJPAEntityManagerFactory</code></a> to provide additional |
| functionality. |
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| Obtaining an EntityManagerFactory |
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| Within a container, you will typically use <span class="emphasis"><em>injection</em></span> to |
| access an <code class="classname">EntityManagerFactory</code>. There are, however, |
| alternative mechanisms for <code class="classname">EntityManagerFactory</code> |
| construction. |
| </p><p> |
| Some vendors may supply public constructors for their <code class="classname"> |
| EntityManagerFactory</code> implementations, but we recommend using the |
| Java Connector Architecture (JCA) in a managed environment, or the <code class="classname"> |
| Persistence</code> class' <code class="methodname">createEntityManagerFactory |
| </code> methods in an unmanaged environment, as described in |
| <a href="jpa_overview_persistence.html" title="Chapter 6. Persistence">Chapter 6, <i xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> |
| Persistence |
| </i></a>. These strategies allow |
| vendors to pool factories, cutting down on resource utilization. |
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| JPA allows you to create and configure an <code class="classname"> |
| EntityManagerFactory</code>, then store it in a Java Naming and Directory |
| Interface (JNDI) tree for later retrieval and use. |
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