J2ME applications often need to store their data locally to enable working in offline mode.
Several approaches are possible for persistent storage of data on a mobile phone: using
the file system, record store, special database manamegent systems etc. When developing a
J2ME application one needs to decide how local data storage should be achieved. The criteria
for selecting a persistence solution differ greatly from application to application: sometimes
performance is important, in other cases it is important to store as much data as possible;
some applications need to update data frequently, others rarely update the data on the device etc.
The thesis intends to provide a guidance for selecting the suitable persistence solution
for diferent types of J2ME applications. The main objective of the thesis is to investigate
different persistence solutions for
J2ME applications on mobile phones. The advantages and shortcommings of the different
solutions are to be evaluated and compared. By means of suitable programs the student
must compare different aspects of the available solutions: performance, updatability,
ease of development, support for synchronisation etc.
