IBM WebSphere JPA 2.0 Open Alpha

Hi,
The WebSphere JPA team is proud to announce the availability of the IBM WebSphere Application Server V7 Java Persistence API (JPA) 2.0 Open Alpha. Details can be found here...

https://www14.software.ibm.com/iwm/web/cc/earlyprograms/websphere/wsasjpaoa/

This JPA 2.0 Open Alpha is based off the Public Final Draft #2 of the JPA 2.0 specification, which can be found here...

http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=317

If you are looking for something a bit more readable that highlights the new JPA 2.0 features, you could also reference the following two articles...

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0909_col_sutter/0909_col_sutter.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-typesafejpa/

Since the WebSphere JPA solution is built on top of the Apache OpenJPA project, you can always follow our progress via these URLs...

http://openjpa.apache.org/
http://openjpa.apache.org/jpa-20-roadmap.html

Enjoy!
Kevin

Update on JPA 2.0 and Apache OpenJPA

Developerworks just posted an article from Kevin Sutter, our lead for Java persistence, on JPA 2.0 and the work at Apache on OpenJPA. Click here to learn about the new features that are coming in JPA 2.0 and get an early preview via early access drivers at Apache here.