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+=========
+
+## Core Java Persistence Examples
+
+### Relevant Articles: 
+- [Introduction to JDBC](http://www.baeldung.com/java-jdbc)
+- [Batch Processing in JDBC](http://www.baeldung.com/jdbc-batch-processing)
+- [Introduction to the JDBC RowSet Interface in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-jdbc-rowset)
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 - [How to Get a Name of a Method Being Executed?](http://www.baeldung.com/java-name-of-executing-method)
 - [Dynamic Proxies in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-dynamic-proxies)
 - [How to Copy an Array in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-array-copy)
-- [Introduction to JDBC](http://www.baeldung.com/java-jdbc)
 - [Period and Duration in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-period-duration)
 - [Converting a Stack Trace to a String in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stacktrace-to-string)
 - [Count Occurrences of a Char in a String](http://www.baeldung.com/java-count-chars)
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 - [Quick Guide to Java Stack](http://www.baeldung.com/java-stack)
 - [The Java continue and break Keywords](http://www.baeldung.com/java-continue-and-break)
 - [Guide to java.util.Formatter](http://www.baeldung.com/java-string-formatter)
-- [Batch Processing in JDBC](http://www.baeldung.com/jdbc-batch-processing)
 - [Check if a Java Array Contains a Value](http://www.baeldung.com/java-array-contains-value)
 - [How to Invert an Array in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-invert-array)
 - [Guide to the Cipher Class](http://www.baeldung.com/java-cipher-class)
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 - [Implementing a Binary Tree in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-binary-tree)
 - [A Guide to ThreadLocalRandom in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-thread-local-random)
 - [RegEx for matching Date Pattern in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-date-regular-expressions)
-- [Introduction to the JDBC RowSet Interface in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-jdbc-rowset)
 - [Nested Classes in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-nested-classes)
 - [A Guide to Java Loops](http://www.baeldung.com/java-loops)
 - [Varargs in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-varargs)
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 - [A Practical Guide to DecimalFormat](http://www.baeldung.com/java-decimalformat)
 - [How to Detect the OS Using Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-detect-os)
 - [ASCII Art in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/ascii-art-in-java)
-- [An Advanced Tagging Implementation with JPA](http://www.baeldung.com/jpa-tagging-advanced)
 - [Handling Daylight Savings Time in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-daylight-savings)
 - [Inheritance and Composition (Is-a vs Has-a relationship) in Java](http://www.baeldung.com/java-inheritance-composition)
 - [Finding Max/Min of a List or Collection](http://www.baeldung.com/java-collection-min-max)