Oracle TopLink Contributed to Open Source Community
ECLIPSECON, SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Today, at the EclipseCon Conference, Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL), a newly
appointed Eclipse Board Member and Strategic Developer, announced it will
donate its award winning Java persistence framework, Oracle(R) TopLink, to
the open source community. In addition, Oracle announced the proposal of a
new Eclipse project to deliver a comprehensive persistence platform based
on the contribution of Oracle TopLink, a component of Oracle Fusion
Middleware, source code and test cases.
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With its latest contribution and project proposal, Oracle continues to
demonstrate its commitment to the developer and open source communities.
Oracle TopLink is the industry's most advanced persistence architecture,
offering object-to-relational, object-to-XML, and Enterprise Information
System data access through all of the major standards, including the Java
Persistence API, Java API for XML Binding, Service Data Objects, and the
Java Connector Architecture. It has consistently provided developers with
superior performance and choice. Built on industry standards, Oracle
TopLink works with any database, any application server, any development
toolset and process and any Java application architecture. Since its first
commercial release in 1994, thousands of customers have chosen Oracle
TopLink to bring greater agility, better decision-making and reduced cost
and risk to diverse IT environments. Now, by donating the source code and
test cases of Oracle TopLink, Oracle is making the first complete
enterprise persistence platform available in open source and to the greater
developer community.
"Oracle has been an Eclipse member since its inception and significant
contributor," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse
Foundation. "The donation of Oracle TopLink to the open source community is
a win-win for Eclipse and the community. We are excited about the
opportunities this proposed project presents and for the community which
will gain a complete and comprehensive open source persistence platform."
In addition to its code contribution, Oracle proposes to lead a new
Eclipse run-time project to provide a set of persistence services that can
be utilized in Java and OSGi environments. Working closely with the Eclipse
Foundation, Eclipse member companies and other contributors, Oracle will
use the existing code base of Oracle TopLink as the starting point for this
project. Through its participation in the OSGi Enterprise Expert Group,
Oracle will also work with the group members to create a set of blueprints
that define how OSGi applications can access standardized persistence
technologies.
"Our latest contribution and added commitment to Eclipse demonstrates
Oracle's continued efforts to initiate, lead, support and contribute
technology, innovation and resources to the open source community," said
Dennis Leung, vice president software development, Oracle. "From our
experience in leading several projects, we know that Eclipse has an
enthusiastic and vibrant following. We are very excited to grow our
involvement by bringing all of TopLink to Eclipse and delivering a
comprehensive persistence platform."
"Interface21 has worked closely with Oracle on the integration of
Oracle TopLink technology with the Spring Framework 2.0, which has been
tremendously successful with the open source community," said Rod Johnson,
founder of the Spring Framework and CEO of Interface21. "Now with all of
TopLink being available under open source, this provides an even richer
persistence platform for the community and we are excited about the
proposed move to Eclipse. This will enhance the community involvement that
is so important to Spring customers."
Oracle's Commitment to Eclipse
The Eclipse Foundation is one of several open source communities in
which Oracle invests significant development resources. As a leading
participant in both the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) and the Technology
project, Oracle currently leads the JavaServer Faces tooling, Dali JPA
tools and BPEL tools projects.
The Eclipse Persistence Platform project will be available free of
charge under the Eclipse Public License. For more information about
Oracle's development and contribution of open source solutions, visit
http://otn.oracle.com/tech/eclipse
About Oracle Fusion Middleware
The Company's comprehensive, standards-based family of middleware
software, Oracle Fusion Middleware enables customers to adopt and manage
SOAs in heterogeneous computing environments. More than 31,000 customers
now use Oracle Fusion Middleware and include leading organizations in the
Financial Services, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, Retail,
Pharmaceuticals, Health Care and Public Sector industries. Oracle Fusion
Middleware is also supported by 9,000 partners, including leading
independent software vendors, value added resellers and system integrators.
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