Conclusion

This introductory tutorial explained the basic steps required to create a Java project that accesses a relational database through OracleAS TopLink. The main concepts explained include:

• Creating Java classes which represent database tables

• Using OracleAS TopLink Mapping Workbench to create tables on the database

• Creating descriptors for those classes using OracleAS TopLink Mapping Workbench

• Registering the descriptors with the OracleAS TopLink session

• Logging in to the database and doing simple read and write operations