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jOOQ generates type-safe Java code from your database schema and provides a fluent API for building SQL queries. It has been actively maintained since 2009, stays close to SQL rather than hiding it, and produces readable, debuggable code.

jOOQ is where you work. When you need custom logic (filtering, calculated fields, complex conditions) you write it using jOOQ’s DSL. You’ll work with generated table classes, write Condition methods, and think in jOOQ’s terms. Familiarity with jOOQ is essential for extending what Graphitron generates.

Licensing: jOOQ uses dual licensing. The open source edition covers PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and others. Commercial databases require a commercial license. We use the commercial license, which includes source rights: if jOOQ’s maintainers disappeared, we could continue.

GraphQL-Java is the reference implementation of GraphQL for Java. It parses schemas, executes queries, and provides the DataFetcher and TypeResolver interfaces that Graphitron’s generated code plugs into.

GraphQL-Java is under the hood. You won’t typically write GraphQL-Java code directly: Graphitron handles that. But understanding how it executes queries helps when reading generated code or debugging.