Java Persistence API 2.1

This feature enables support for applications that use application-managed and container-managed JPA. This feature includes Java Persistence API 2.1 specification interfaces and container-managed JPA integration. EclipseLink is also included as the default JPA provider implementation.

Enabling this feature

To enable the Java Persistence API 2.1 feature, add the following element declaration into your server.xml file, inside the featureManager element:

<feature>jpa-2.1</feature>

Feature configuration elements

Third-party API packages provided by this feature

org.eclipse.persistence
org.eclipse.persistence.annotations
org.eclipse.persistence.config
org.eclipse.persistence.core.descriptors
org.eclipse.persistence.core.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.core.mappings.converters
org.eclipse.persistence.core.queries
org.eclipse.persistence.core.sessions
org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors
org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.copying
org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.invalidation
org.eclipse.persistence.descriptors.partitioning
org.eclipse.persistence.dynamic
org.eclipse.persistence.eis
org.eclipse.persistence.eis.interactions
org.eclipse.persistence.eis.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions
org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.i18n
org.eclipse.persistence.expressions
org.eclipse.persistence.expressions.spatial
org.eclipse.persistence.history
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.cache
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.codegen
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.databaseaccess
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.descriptors
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.helper
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.queries
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.core.sessions
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.databaseaccess
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.descriptors.changetracking
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.dynamic
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.expressions
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.helper.linkedlist
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.history
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.indirection
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.deployment
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.deployment.xml.parser
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jdbc
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.jpql
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.classes
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.accessors.objects
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.additionalcriteria
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.cache
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.changetracking
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.columns
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.converters
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.copypolicy
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.inheritance
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.listeners
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.locking
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.multitenant
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.nosql
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.partitioning
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.queries
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.sequencing
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.structures
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.tables
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.transformers
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metadata.xml
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.metamodel
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.parsing
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.parsing.jpql
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.parsing.jpql.antlr
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.querydef
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.transaction
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.weaving
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.antlr.runtime
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.antlr.runtime.debug
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.antlr.runtime.misc
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.antlr.runtime.tree
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.asm
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.asm.commons
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.asm.signature
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.asm.tree
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.libraries.asm.tree.analysis
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.localization
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.localization.i18n
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.accessor
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.conversion
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.documentpreservation
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record.deferred
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record.json
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.record.namespaces
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.schema
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.schema.model
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.oxm.unmapped
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.platform.database
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.queries
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.security
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sequencing
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.broadcast
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.corba
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.corba.sun
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.jms
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.rmi
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.coordination.rmi.iiop
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.event
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.log
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.login
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.platform
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.pool
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.project
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.property
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.rcm
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.rcm.command
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.sequencing
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.session
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.transport
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.transport.discovery
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.factories.model.transport.naming
org.eclipse.persistence.internal.sessions.remote
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.dynamic
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.parser
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.model
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.model.query
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.resolver
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.spi
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.utility
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.utility.filter
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.utility.iterable
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.tools.utility.iterator
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.utility
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.utility.filter
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.utility.iterable
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.jpql.utility.iterator
org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.metadata
org.eclipse.persistence.logging
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.converters
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.foundation
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.querykeys
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.structures
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.transformers
org.eclipse.persistence.mappings.xdb
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.annotations
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.attachment
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.documentpreservation
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.converters
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.mappings.nullpolicy
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.platform
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.record
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.schema
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.sequenced
org.eclipse.persistence.oxm.unmapped
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.converters
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.events
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.jdbc
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.oracle.annotations
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.oracle.jdbc
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.oracle.plsql
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.database.partitioning
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.server
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.xml
org.eclipse.persistence.platform.xml.jaxp
org.eclipse.persistence.sequencing
org.eclipse.persistence.services
org.eclipse.persistence.services.websphere
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.broker
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.changesets
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination.broadcast
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination.corba
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination.corba.sun
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination.jms
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.coordination.rmi
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.factories
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.interceptors
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.remote
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.remote.corba.sun
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.remote.rmi
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.remote.rmi.iiop
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.serializers
org.eclipse.persistence.sessions.server
org.eclipse.persistence.tools
org.eclipse.persistence.tools.file
org.eclipse.persistence.tools.profiler
org.eclipse.persistence.tools.schemaframework
org.eclipse.persistence.tools.tuning
org.eclipse.persistence.tools.weaving.jpa
org.eclipse.persistence.transaction
org.eclipse.persistence.transaction.was

Features that this feature enables

Supported Java versions

JavaSE-1.8
JavaSE-11.0
JavaSE-17.0
JavaSE-20.0

Features that enable this feature

webProfile-7.0

Developing a feature that depends on this feature

If you are developing a feature that depends on this feature, include the following item in the Subsystem-Content header in your feature manifest file.

com.ibm.websphere.appserver.jpa-2.1; type="osgi.subsystem.feature"