Hands-on with MicroStream: A fresh approach to Java persistence
MicroStream is one of the most interesting projects in the Java space currently. It takes a fresh approach to Java persistence, acting as a kind of seamless object persistence data layer. MicroStream eliminates the friction of figuring out how to persist an application's runtime graph. I've introduced MicroStream in a previous article, so this time we'll get right into a demonstration. You'll learn how to use MicroStream with a default filesystem first, then we'll update our demo program to use the MariaDB RDBMS.
Set up a Java project
Let's start by creating a new Java project. We’ll use a simple Maven project, but any approach works. Open your command line and enter the code in Listing 1 to create a new project with a Maven archetype.