Preface

Oracle Coherence (Coherence) is an in-memory data grid solution that enables organizations to predictably scale mission-critical applications by providing fast access to frequently used data. Data grid software is a middleware that reliably manages data objects in memory across many servers. By automatically and dynamically partitioning data, Coherence enables continuous data availability and transactional integrity, even in the event of a server failure.

Developers can easily take advantage of the features of Coherence using the standard Java collections API to access and modify data, and use the standard JavaBeans event model to receive data change notifications.  

Audience

This tutorial is intended for software developers, architects, and administrators. It describes how to develop applications for the Oracle Coherence data grid

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Related Documents

For more information, see the following in the Oracle Coherence documentation set:

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Applications with Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Remote Clients for Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Integrating Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering HTTP Session Management with Oracle Coherence*Web

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Managing Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Securing Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Oracle Coherence Applications for Oracle WebLogic Server

• Oracle Fusion Middleware Java API Reference for Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware .NET API Reference for Oracle Coherence

• Oracle Fusion Middleware C++ API Reference for Oracle Coherence

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