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diff --git a/documentation/jpacontainer/jpacontainer-overview.asciidoc b/documentation/jpacontainer/jpacontainer-overview.asciidoc index a622c0509d..44f33b5a09 100644 --- a/documentation/jpacontainer/jpacontainer-overview.asciidoc +++ b/documentation/jpacontainer/jpacontainer-overview.asciidoc @@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ layout: page [[jpacontainer.overview]] = Overview +NOTE: Using JPAContainer is no longer recommended. +While it works for simple data models, it is not as easy to use as it should be. +It also has architectural weaknesses and performance issues that cause problems in building more complex applications. +Instead, we recommend using JPA directly, while hiding it from your UI logic behind a DAO or service class. +In UI code, you should mainly handle beans and collections of beans, bound to a [classname]#BeanItemContainer#. You should also note the https://vaadin.com/directory#!addon/viritin[Viritin] add-on, which provides data binding features that help with JPA. + Vaadin JPAContainer add-on makes it possible to bind user interface components to a database easily using the Java Persistence API (JPA). It is an implementation of the [interfacename]#Container# interface described in @@ -116,8 +122,3 @@ following documentation about JPAContainer: * JPAContainer AddressBook Demo * JPAContainer Demo - - - - - |