Session Creation Overview

Each TopLink session is contained within a sessions configuration (sessions.xml) file. You can create a sessions configuration using TopLink Workbench or Java code. Oracle recommends that you use TopLink Workbench to create and manage your sessions (see "Creating a Sessions Configuration").

Alternatively, you can create sessions in Java. For more information on creating sessions in Java, see Oracle TopLink API Reference.

After you create a session, you must configure its various options (see "Configuring a Session"). After configuring the session, you can use it in your application to manage persistence (see "Acquiring and Using Sessions at Run Time").