Join the Apache OpenJPA Community

The Apache OpenJPA project is being built by the open source community for the open source community - we welcome your input and contributions!

What we are looking for

  • Source code and fixes contributions
  • Test cases for issues encountered during application development
  • Documentation assistance
  • Product and feature suggestions
  • Detailed and constructive feedback
  • Articles and whitepapers

How do I Contribute?

  • To discuss Apache OpenJPA topics check out the mailing lists.
  • Bugs and other issues can be posted on the project JIRA.

I have encountered an issue with OpenJPA. What do I do now?

  • Post a message to OpenJPA User's list to discuss the issue.
  • Search existing issues to see whether someone had already encountered the same issue.
  • If this issue is never encountered before, create a JIRA issue.
  • Develop a test case to demonstrate the issue. Here are some useful tips and guidelines on how to develop a test case to contribute to OpenJPA repository.
  • Attach the new test to JIRA issue.
  • Check out the Found a Bug page for more details on creating and submitting patches.

I have encountered an issue with OpenJPA and have fixed it in the OpenJPA source code. How do I get the changes into OpenJPA?

  • Create a JIRA issue that describes the changes you've made (you'll need an Apache JIRA account to do this).
  • Check out the OpenJPA source code and make your changes.
  • Create test cases to validate your changes. Here are some useful tips and guidelines on how to develop a test case to contribute to OpenJPA repository.
  • 'svn add' any new files.
  • Run 'mvn test -Dtest=<MyTestCase>' to validate your change. You need to specify the test to run by its simple name without package name.
  • Run the checkin tests by running 'mvn test' for any possible regression. This should take 20-50 minutes or so depending on the release branch.
  • Check out the Found a Bug page for more details on creating and submitting patches.
  • Wait for a committer to review and check in your changes.
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