ObjectDB 2.9.2

Released on 2025-01-09 (see other available releases).

Use of ObjectDB is subject to the ObjectDB Licence. 

Changes in ObjectDB 2.9.2

• Added support of the Jakarta Persistence package names (jakarta.persistence).
  Note: Support of javax.persistence continues in this version, using separate jar files.
  Use Java 8 or above with the javax variant and Java 17 or above with the jakarta variant.
• Added Java 9 module support for the ObjectDB Jakarta variant.
• Added support of using ObjectDB in Jakarta EE 10.x application servers.
• Added support of using ObjectDB in Spring Framework (MVC) 6.x and Spring Boot 3.x.
• JDO updated to API version 3.2.1 (API only, no new functionality).
  Note: JDO is not expected to be included in ObjectDB 3.0. Applications should be updated to JPA.
• Removed old tutorials from the development kit distribution.

See the full change log.

ObjectDB with Maven

To use ObjectDB in a Java Maven project add the ObjectDB repositpory and dependency to the pom.xml file.

Use Java 8 or above with the javax variant and Java 17 or above with the jakarta variant.

<repositories>
			...
	<repository>
		<id>objectdb</id>
		<name>ObjectDB Repository</name>
		<url>https://m2.objectdb.com</url>
	</repository>
			...
</repositories>
			...
<dependencies>
			...
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.objectdb</groupId>
		<artifactId>objectdb</artifactId>
		<version>2.9.2</version>
	</dependency>
			...
</dependencies>

<repositories>
			...
	<repository>
		<id>objectdb</id>
		<name>ObjectDB Repository</name>
		<url>https://m2.objectdb.com</url>
	</repository>
			...
</repositories>
			...
<dependencies>
			...
	<dependency>
		<groupId>com.objectdb</groupId>
		<artifactId>objectdb-jk</artifactId>
		<version>2.9.2</version>
	</dependency>
			...
</dependencies>

ObjectDB Development Kit

The ObjectDB Development Kit includes:

• The ObjectDB runtime JAR (available also on Maven).
• The GUI ObjectDB Explorer.
• Sample ObjectDB databases that you can open in the Explorer.
• Command line tools for running the ObjectDB Server and the ObjectDB Enhancer.
• A sample objectdb.conf configuration file.
• Source code of the Java / Jakarta Persistence API (JPA).
• JavaDoc of the Java / Jakarta Persistence API (JPA).
• The complete ObjectDB Manual in PDF format.