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'''Apache Empire-db''' is a Java library that provides a high level object oriented API for accessing [[Relational database management system]]s (RDBMS) through [[JDBC]]. Apache Empire-db is Open Source and provided under the Apache 2.0 license from the [[Apache Software Foundation]].

Compared to [[Object-relational mapping]] (ORM) or other data persistence solutions such as [[Hibernate (Java)|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.

== Major benefits ==