public static PersistenceManagerFactory getPersistenceManagerFactory (Properties props);
You can use the getPersistenceManagerFactory method of the JDOHelper to obtain PersistenceManagerFactory objects in a vendor-neutral fashion. This method takes a single argument, a java.util.Properties instance. The Properties instance is used to configure the PersistenceManagerFactory before it is returned from the method. Vendors may construct a new PersistenceManagerFactory with each invocation of this method, or may pool PersistenceManagerFactory instances and return a pooled instance that matches the supplied properties. The available configuration options and their associated property names are discussed in the next chapter detailing the PersistenceManagerFactory interface.
Example 6.1. Obtaining a PersistenceManagerFactory
// this is usually just done once in your application somewhere, and then
// you cache the factory for easy retrieval by application components; often
// the properties are read from a properties file
Properties props = new Properties ();
// this property key tells the jdohelper what pmfactory class to instantiate
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.PersistenceManagerFactoryClass",
"kodo.jdbc.runtime.JDBCPersistenceManagerFactory");
// these properties define the default settings for persistence managers
// produced by this factory; these settings are covered in the next chapter
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.Optimistic", "true");
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.RetainValues", "true");
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName", "solarmetric");
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword", "kodo");
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL", "jdbc:hsql:database");
props.setProperty ("javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName",
"org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver");
PersistenceManagerFactory pmf = JDOHelper.getPersistenceManagerFactory (props);