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# Understanding Target Platforms

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TopLink supports any enterprise architecture that uses Java, including the following:

- Java application servers and J2EE containers, such as Oracle Application Server and Oracle Containers for J2EE (OC4J)

- Java-supporting databases, such as Oracle Database

- Java-compatible browsers, such as Netscape and Internet Explorer

- Server Java platforms, such as AS/400, OS/390, and UNIX

Application packaging requirements of the specific target platform (for deployment in the host Java or J2EE environment) influences how you use and configure TopLink. For example, you package a J2EE application in an Enterprise Archive (EAR) file. Within the EAR file, there are several ways to package persistent entities within Web Archive (WAR) and Java Archive (JAR). How you configure TopLink depends, in part, on how you package the application and how you use the host application server class loader.

In addition, TopLink provides custom CMP integration for a variety of application servers.

For detailed information about supported application server versions, custom integration, and configuration requirements, see "Integrating TopLink With an Application Server ".