Re: [eclipselink-users] Full Identity Map that has relationships to obje

[Gordon Yorke <gordon.yorke@xxxxxxxxxx>]

This is still the case for Shared Cache usage in EclipseLink.  You 
should note that you can set the identity map type (cache type) on a per 
entity basis.
--Gordon

zebhed wrote:
> I have found an article by Yorke/Melanson on the web that is related to
> Toplink.
> (http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/java/newsletter/articles/toplink/toplink_caching_locking.html)
>
> There is a statement about entities held in Full Identity Maps:
> "It is important to make sure that types like this do not have relationships
> to objects cached in weaker types. Object types stored in a FullIdentityMap
> cache holding references to types in a weak cache effectively make the weak
> cached objects held indefinitely."
>
> I do not know how old this article is. I wonder if this statement is still
> true (for EclipseLink). If it is, I think I will have to alter my caching
> policy.
>