# The Java EE 7 Tutorial

# Part VIII

# Persistence

Part VIII explores the Java Persistence API. This part contains the following chapters:

- Chapter 37, "Introduction to the Java Persistence API"

- Chapter 38, "Running the Persistence Examples"

- Chapter 39, "The Java Persistence Query Language"

- Chapter 40, "Using the Criteria API to Create Queries"

- Chapter 41, "Creating and Using String-Based Criteria Queries"

- Chapter 42, "Controlling Concurrent Access to Entity Data with Locking"

- Chapter 43, "Creating Fetch Plans with Entity Graphs"

- Chapter 44, "Using a Second-Level Cache with Java Persistence API Applications"