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Content Tagged with JSR-170 + Programming

Relational and object databases lack many data management features required by modern applications, such as versioning, rich data references, inheritence, or fine-grained security. Content repositories extend databases with such additional capabilities. The Java Content Repository API (JSR 170) defines a standard to access content repositories from Java code, and promises to greatly simplify Java database programming. This article reviews the Java Content Repository API and its open-source implementation, Apache Jackrabbit, from a developer's perspective.

With the growing popularity of content management applications, the need for a common, standardized API for content repositories has become apparent. The Content Repository for Java™ Technology API (JSR-170) aims to provide such an interface. In this article, you'll use the open source Apache Jackrabbit implementation of JSR-170 to explore the features offered by this promising framework by designing a simple Wikipedia-like encyclopedia back end.