Creating Derby databases for read-only use

You can create Derby databases for use on read-only media such as CD-ROMs.

Derby databases in zip or jar files are also read-only databases. Typically, read-only databases are deployed with an application in an embedded environment.

• Creating and preparing the database for read-only use
  
• Deploying the database on the read-only media
  
• Transferring read-only databases to archive (jar or zip) files
  
• Accessing a read-only database in a zip/jar file
  
• Accessing databases within a jar file using the classpath
  
• Databases on read-only media and DatabaseMetaData