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diff --git a/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks021.htm b/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks021.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 358ebb8f33..0000000000 --- a/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks021.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" - "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"> -<head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii" /> - -<meta http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css" /> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript" /> -<title>Generating entities from tables</title> -<meta name="generator" content="Oracle DARB XHTML Converter (Mode = ohj/ohw) - Version 5.1.1" /> -<meta name="date" content="2010-05-19T8:12:45Z" /> -<meta name="robots" content="noarchive" /> -<meta name="doctitle" content="Generating entities from tables" /> -<meta name="relnum" content="Release 2.3" /> -<meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2000, 2008 oracle . All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html. Contributors: Oracle - initial API and implementation" /> -<link rel="copyright" href="dcommon/html/cpyr.htm" title="Copyright" type="text/html" /> -<link rel="stylesheet" href="dcommon/css/blafdoc.css" title="Oracle BLAFDoc" type="text/css" /> -<!-- contents --> -</head> -<body> -<p><a id="BABBAGFI" name="BABBAGFI"></a></p> -<div class="sect1"> -<h1>Generating entities from tables</h1> -<p><a id="sthref158" name="sthref158"></a><a id="sthref159" name="sthref159"></a>Use this procedure to generate Java persistent entities from database tables. You must create a JPA project and establish a database connection <span class="italic">before</span> generating persistent entities. See <a href="task_create_new_project.htm#CIHHEJCJ">"Creating a new JPA project"</a> for more information.<a id="sthref160" name="sthref160"></a><a id="sthref161" name="sthref161"></a></p> -<ol> -<li> -<p>Right-click the JPA project in the <span class="gui-object-title">Project Explorer</span> and select <span class="gui-object-action">JPA Tools > Generate Entities from Tables</span>.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref162" name="sthref162"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Generating Entities</p> -<img src="img/generate_entities.png" alt="Using the JPA Tools > Generate Entities menu option." title="Using the JPA Tools > Generate Entities menu option." /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --></li> -<li> -<p>On the <a href="ref_selectTables.htm#CIAHCGEE">Select Tables</a> page, select your database connection and schema.</p> -<p>To create a new database connection, click <span class="bold">Add connection</span>.</p> -<p>If you are not currently connected to the database, the Database Connection page appears. Select your database connection and schema, and click <span class="bold">Reconnect</span>.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref163" name="sthref163"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Select Tables</p> -<img src="img/select_tables.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --></li> -<li> -<p>After selecting a schema, select the tables from which to generate Java persistent entities and click <span class="bold">Next</span>.</p> -</li> -<li> -<p>On the <a href="ref_tableAssociations.htm#CIACDICB">Table Associations</a> page, select the associations to generate. You can specify to generate specific references for each association.</p> -<p>To create a new association, click <span class="bold">Add Association</span>. Use the <a href="ref_create_new_association_wizard.htm#CIAFGHIF">Create New Association</a> wizard to define the association.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref164" name="sthref164"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Table Associations</p> -<img src="img/table_associations.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --></li> -<li> -<p>After editing the table associations, click <span class="bold">Next</span>.</p> -</li> -<li> -<p>On the <a href="ref_customizeDefaultEntityGeneration.htm#CIAEJDBE">Customize Default Entity Generation</a> page, customize the mapping and class information for each generated entity.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref165" name="sthref165"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Customize Default Entity Generation</p> -<img src="img/customize_default_entity_generation.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --></li> -<li> -<p>After customizing the mappings, click <span class="bold">Next</span>.</p> -</li> -<li> -<p>On the <a href="ref_customizIndividualEntities.htm#CIACIGEE">Customize Individual Entities</a> page, review the mapping and class information for each entity that will be generated, then click <span class="bold">Finish</span>.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref166" name="sthref166"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Customize Individual Entities</p> -<img src="img/customize_individual_entities.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --></li> -</ol> -<p>Eclipse creates a Java persistent entity for each database table. Each entity contains fields based on the table's columns. Eclipse will also generate entity relationships (such as one-to-one) based on the table constraints. <a href="#CIHJIJJC">Figure: Generating Entities from Tables</a> illustrates how Eclipse generates entities from tables.</p> -<div class="figure"><a id="CIHJIJJC" name="CIHJIJJC"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Generating Entities from Tables</p> -<img src="img/table_entity.png" alt="This figure shows the EMPLOYEE and ADDRESS entities generated from database tables." title="This figure shows the EMPLOYEE and ADDRESS entities generated from database tables." /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --> -<p> </p> -<img src="img/ngrelt.png" alt="Related task" title="Related task" /><br /> -<p><a href="task_create_new_project.htm#CIHHEJCJ">Creating a new JPA project</a></p> -<p> </p> -<img src="img/ngrelr.png" alt="Related reference" title="Related reference" /><br /> -<br /> -<a href="ref_project_properties.htm#BABJHBCI">Project Properties page – Java Persistence Options</a></div> -<!-- class="sect1" --> -<!-- Start Footer --> -<div class="footer"> -<table class="simple oac_no_warn" summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> -<col width="86%" /> -<col width="*" /> -<tr> -<td align="left"><span class="copyrightlogo">Copyright © 2006, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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