This exists due to the JCP not provided an official JPA API jar via maven central. This definition of JPA API intended for use with Ebean ORM and is compiled to Java 8.
Refer to the JPA spec at http://java.net/projects/jpa-spec/downloads
The following are changes in the persistence-api that have not yet been officially approved and released.
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Add @Repeatable to annotations that can be repeated (JPA_SPEC-115) #1
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Add prefix mechanism to @Embedded (as per JPA_SPEC-23) #2
Takes the published API in the JPA specification(s), so consequently we apply the following license.
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