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-<meta name="doctitle" content="Entity Class page" />
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+<meta name="doctitle" content="Mapping File" />
+<meta name="relnum" content="Release 2.2" />
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<div class="sect3"><!-- infolevel="all" infotype="General" -->
-<h1>Entity Class page</h1>
-<p>This table lists the properties of the Entity Class page of the <a href="reference002.htm#CIAGGGDF">Create JPA Entity wizard</a>.</p>
-<div class="tblformal"><a id="sthref169" name="sthref169"></a><a id="sthref170" name="sthref170"></a>
-<p class="titleintable">&nbsp;</p>
-<table class="Formal" title="" summary="This table describes the Entity Class page of the Create JPA Entities wizard." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="hsides" rules="groups" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
+<h1>Mapping File</h1>
+<p>This table lists the properties of the <a href="reference002.htm#CIAIJCCE">Mapping File Wizard</a>.</p>
+<div class="tblformal"><a id="sthref198" name="sthref198"></a><a id="sthref199" name="sthref199"></a>
+<p class="titleintable">Mapping File Wizard Properties</p>
+<table class="Formal" title="Mapping File Wizard Properties" summary="This table lists the properties of the Mapping File Wizard." dir="ltr" border="1" width="100%" frame="hsides" rules="groups" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
+<col width="24%" />
+<col width="*" />
+<col width="24%" />
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<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t4">Property</th>
-<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t4">Description</th>
-<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c3-t4">Default</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c1-t7">Property</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c2-t7">Description</th>
+<th align="left" valign="bottom" id="r1c3-t7">Default</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r2c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
+<td align="left" id="r2c1-t7" headers="r1c1-t7">
<p>Project</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>The name of t he JPA project.</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t7 r1c2-t7">
+<p>The name of the JPA project.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
-</tr>
-<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r3c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>Source Folder</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r2c1-t7 r1c3-t7">
+<p>Selected.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>The location of the JPA project's src folder.</p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r4c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>Java Package</p>
-</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>The name of the class package.</p>
+<td align="left" id="r3c1-t7" headers="r1c1-t7">
+<p>Source folder</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
-</tr>
-<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r5c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>Class name</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t7 r1c2-t7">
+<p>The location of the project's src folder. If needed, click <span class="bold">Browse</span> to point the wizard to the src file's location.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>The name of the Java class.</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r3c1-t7 r1c3-t7">
+<p>Selected.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r6c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>Superclass</p>
+<td align="left" id="r4c1-t7" headers="r1c1-t7">
+<p>File Path</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>Select the superclass.</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t7 r1c2-t7">
+<p>The location for the new <code>orm.xml</code> file.</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r4c1-t7 r1c3-t7">
+<p>Selected.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r7c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>Inheritance</p>
+<td align="left" id="r5c1-t7" headers="r1c1-t7">
+<p>Default Access</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>Because the wizard creates a Java class with an <code>@Entity</code> notation, the <span class="bold">Entity</span> option is selected by default.</p>
-<p>Select <span class="bold">Mapped Superclass</span> if you defined a superclass.</p>
-<p>To add an <code>@Inheritance</code> notation to the entity, select <span class="bold">Inheritance</span> and then select one of the inheritance mapping strategies (described in JSR 220):</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t7 r1c2-t7">
+<p>Select whether the access to the entity is field-based or property-based, as defined in JPA specification.</p>
<ul>
<li>
-<p>SINGLE_TABLE -- All classes in a hierarchy as mapped to a single table. This annotation is without an attribute for the inheritance strategy.</p>
+<p>None &ndash; No access type specified.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>TABLE_PER_CLASS -- Each class is mapped to a separate table.</p>
+<p><span class="bold">Property-based</span> &ndash; Persistent state accessed through the property accessor methods. The property accessor methods must be <span class="bold">public</span> or <span class="bold">private</span>.</p>
</li>
<li>
-<p>JOINED -- The root of the class hierarchy is represented by a single table. Each subclass is represented by a separate table that contains those fields that are specific to the subclass (not inherited from its superclass), as well as the column(s) that represent its primary key. The primary key column(s) of the subclass table serves as a foreign key to the primary key of the superclass table.</p>
+<p><span class="bold">Field-based</span> &ndash; Instance variables are accessed directly. All non-transient instance variables are persistent.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r7c1-t4 r1c3-t4">
-<p>Entity</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r5c1-t7 r1c3-t7">
+<p>None</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr align="left" valign="top">
-<td align="left" id="r8c1-t4" headers="r1c1-t4">
-<p>XML Entity Mappings</p>
+<td align="left" id="r6c1-t7" headers="r1c1-t7">
+<p>Add to persistence unit</p>
+</td>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t7 r1c2-t7">
+<p>Designates the persistence unit for this object map file.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t4 r1c2-t4">
-<p>Select <span class="bold">Add to entity mappings in XML</span> to create XML mappings in <code>orm.xml</code>, rather than annotations.</p>
+<td align="left" headers="r6c1-t7 r1c3-t7">
+<p>Selected.</p>
</td>
-<td align="left" headers="r8c1-t4 r1c3-t4"><br /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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-<!-- class="tblformal" --></div>
+<!-- class="tblformal" -->
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<img src="img/ngrelt.png" alt="Related task" title="Related task" /><br />
+<br />
+<a href="task_create_new_project.htm#CIHHEJCJ">Creating a new JPA project</a><br />
+<a href="task_create_jpa_entity.htm#BABFBJBG">Creating a JPA Entity</a><br />
+<a href="task_mapping.htm#BABDGBIJ">Mapping an entity</a>
+<p>&nbsp;</p>
+<img src="img/ngrelr.png" alt="Related task" title="Related task" /><br />
+<br />
+<a href="reference002.htm#CIAIJCCE">Mapping File Wizard</a><br /></div>
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