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Persistence in the enterprise : a guide to persistence technologies / Roland Barcia ... [et al.]. p. cm. ISBN 0-13-158756-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Object-oriented databases. 2. Java (Computer programlanguage) I. Barcia, Roland. QA76.9.D3P494 2008 005.75'7—dc22 2008001531
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