The Apache OpenJPA project is proud to release OpenJPA 2.0.0 Beta 2 [1]. This distribution is based on the final JSR 317 Java Persistence API, Version 2.0 specification [2] and passes the JPA 2.0 TCK. This release includes several bugs fixes and enhancements since the first Beta release as listed in the release notes [3]. This 2.0 release includes many new enhancements and fixes; giving developers access to a JPA 2.0 compliant implementation, while maintaining backwards compatibility for existing JPA 1.0 applications.
Some of the new JPA 2.0 features worth noting, include: Access Types, Embeddables, Enhanced Map Collections, Derived Identities, Typed and type-safe Query and Query Results APIs, enhanced Locking, JPQL updates, L2 Cache, Bean Validation, Metamodel and Criteria APIs for programmatic construction of type-safe queries, new properties and query hints, and many more.... Please visit the OpenJPA 2.0.0 Beta 2 page [1] to download the release and obtain more details on the new JPA 2.0 features or visit the JPA 2.0 Roadmap page [4] for the latest status on the upcoming 2.0.0 release. [1] http://cwiki.apache.org/openjpa/openjpa-200-beta-2.html [2] http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317 [3] http://openjpa.apache.org/builds/2.0.0-beta2/apache-openjpa-2.0.0-beta2/RELEASE-NOTES.html [4] http://cwiki.apache.org/openjpa/jpa-20-roadmap.html Thanks, Donald Woods Apache OpenJPA PMC
