Apache Empire-db

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Apache Empire-db

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	3.0.0 / March 11, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-03-11)
Repository	EmpireDB Repository
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Persistence Framework
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	empire-db.apache.org

Apache Empire-db is a Java library that provides a high level object-oriented API for accessing relational database management systems (RDBMS) through JDBC. Apache Empire-db is open source and provided under the Apache License 2.0 from the Apache Software Foundation.

Compared to Object-relational mapping (ORM) or other data persistence solutions such as Hibernate, iBATIS or TopLink Empire-db does not use XML files or Java annotations to provide a mapping of plain (old) Java object (POJO's) to database tables, views and columns. Instead Empire-db uses a Java object model to describe the underlying data model and an API that works almost solely with object references rather than string literals.

Empire-db's aim is to provide better software quality and improved maintainability through increased compile-time safety and reduced redundancy of metadata. Additionally applications may benefit from better performance due to full control over SQL statements and their execution by the developer compared to most OR-mapping solutions.^[1]