Helidon MP supports JPA in much the same way that Java EE application servers do, but with much less weight. If you come from a Java EE background, you’ll feel right at home: you work with JPA in Helidon MP in all the ways that you’re familiar with.

For example, in Helidon MP’s JPA integration, you can work with a fully managed EntityManager by injecting it in the same way you would in a Java EE application server:

@PersistenceContext
private EntityManager em;

The Jakarta Persistence API is a specification that governs how Java objects map to relational databases, and has existed since 2006. Hibernate and Eclipselink, two of the most popular JPA implementations, are supported by Helidon MP JPA.

Learn more about the Java Persistence API (JPA)

Configure and use the Java Persistence API (JPA) from within a Helidon MP application. Helidon MP JPA Guide.