3.12. Types of Object Identity
The JDO specification requires that either datastore or application identity be supported (support for both is optional) and support for non-durable identity is optional. Most JDO implementations support datastore identity as their default, and some also support application identity (notably, those that are designed to run on top of a relational database).
3.12.1. Datastore identity
Datastore identity is the simplest form of identity. The JDO object identity of a persistent object is assigned and managed by the JDO implementation, typically in conjunction with the underlying datastore. The identity is orthogonal to the values of any of the fields of a persistent object.
There is nothing an application itself needs ...
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