About Empire-DB =============== Empire-db is a lightweight relational database access library for JAVA dealing with all aspects of storing, manipulating, retrieving and modelling data in Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS). As an alternative to traditional Object-Relational-Mapping (ORM) solutions like JDO and JPA, it provides an SQL centric, no-compromise approach that uses a Java-Object-Model rather than Mapping Files or Annotations. Apache Empire-db is intended for developers who strive to have full SQL freedom when formulating queries and DML-Statements - without ever having to use string literals - and who also want to be able to control when and how statements are executed. Apache Empire-db also deals with all aspects of creating, reading, updating and deleting records such as identity management and concurrency control (aka optimistic locking) in a easy to use, DMBS independed way. Empire-db is DBMS vendor independent and provides handlers for Oracle, Microsoft SQLServer, PostgreSQL, MySQL, HsqlDB, Derby, H2 and more. Further information can be found on our project website https://empire-db.apache.org/