Sessions

A session is the primary interface between the client application and the TopLink runtime, and represents the connection to the underlying data source.

For non-container-managed persistence (non-CMP) projects, TopLink offers several different session types (see "Understanding TopLink Sessions"), each optimized for different design requirements and architectures. The most commonly used session is the server session–a session that clients access on the server through a client session. The server session provides a shared cache and shared connection resources.

For CMP projects, the TopLink runtime creates and uses a session internally, but your application does not acquire or use this session directly. Depending on the application server you use, you can specify some of the parameters for this internal session (see "<J2EE-Container>-ejb-jar.xml File").