TopLink Initial Release
Object Technology International (OTI) released TopLink, initially for Smalltalk, providing one of the first commercial object-relational mapping frameworks. It later transitioned to Java.
Significance
TopLink was a pioneering commercial ORM, demonstrating the viability and value of automated object-relational persistence before open-source alternatives gained prominence. It highlighted the market need for such tools.
Key facts
- Date
- 1994-01-01
- Type
- release
- Location
- Canada (Object Technology International)