Overview
EclipseLink has two types of caches: the shared cache (L2) maintains objects read from database; and the isolated cache (L1) holds objects for various operations during the lifecycle of a transaction. L2 lifecycle is tied to a particular JVM and spans multiple transactions. Cache coordination between different JVMs is off by default. EclipseLink provides a distributed cache coordination feature that you can enable to ensure data in distributed applications remains current. Both L1 and L2 cache store domain objects.
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