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Project Description
implements parts of the JPA specification targeting Azure Storage as the persistence mechanism.

jpa4azure implements a subset of the JPA 2.0 specification for Java. It simplifies Azure Table persistence via simple Java objects as an interface to Azure Table data. Here are some key features:
  • Automatic table creation from entity model.
  • Automated key generation strategy for UUID's.
  • Support for parent child relationships (absent from the raw Azure Table api).
  • Support for storing enum fields (absent from raw Azure Table api).
  • Support for storing embedded objects (absent from raw Azure Table api).
  • Support for time based keys and before/after/within temporal queries (absent from raw Azure Table api).

The easiest way to get started is via this simple maven project:
hello4azure example project
jpa4azure is hosted on the main maven repo, and can be included in your project with the following dependency declaration:
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.codeplex.jpa4azure</groupId>
  <artifactId>jpa4azure</artifactId>
  <version>0.6</version>
</dependency>

jpa4azure isn't a full implementation of the JPA spec, however, it greatly simplifies Azure Storage use from a java app, and adds some features to the standard Azure Storage client. See the quick start quide to find out more about it.
quick start

Last edited Sep 12 2011 at 1:02 AM by taylor_cowan, version 10