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diff --git a/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks024.htm b/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks024.htm index 2807c0cff3..0d37fafe14 100644 --- a/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks024.htm +++ b/jpa/plugins/org.eclipse.jpt.doc.user/tasks024.htm @@ -5,67 +5,81 @@ <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>Validating mappings and reporting problems</title> +<title>Generating dynamic entities from tables</title> <meta name="copyright" content="Copyright (c) 2000, 2009 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" /> <meta name="generator" content="Oracle DARB XHTML Converter (Mode = ohj/ohw) - Version 1.0.11" /> -<meta name="date" content="2012-09-13T10:27:40Z" /> +<meta name="date" content="2012-09-19T13:27:58Z" /> <meta name="robots" content="noarchive" /> -<meta name="doctitle" content="Validating mappings and reporting problems" /> +<meta name="doctitle" content="Generating dynamic entities from tables" /> <meta name="relnum" content="Release 3.2" /> <meta name="partnum" content="Release 3.2" /> <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" /> </head> <body> -<p class="betadraftsubtitle">Beta Draft: 2012-09-13</p> -<p><a id="BABFAIBA" name="BABFAIBA"></a></p> -<div class="sect1"> -<h1>Validating mappings and reporting problems</h1> -<p><a id="sthref284" name="sthref284"></a><a id="sthref285" name="sthref285"></a><a id="sthref286" name="sthref286"></a><a id="sthref287" name="sthref287"></a>Errors and warnings on persistent entities and mappings are indicated with a red error or yellow warning next to the resource with the error, as well as the parent containers up to the project.</p> -<div align="center"> -<div class="inftblnotealso"><br /> -<table class="NoteAlso oac_no_warn" summary="" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"> -<tbody> -<tr> -<td align="left"> -<p class="notep1">Tip:</p> -<p>Use the <a href="reference059.htm#CACEEJJB">Project Properties page – Errors/Warnings</a> and <a href="reference056.htm#CACFGIDG">Java Persistence Preferences page – Errors/Warnings</a> to specify which problems Dali will report.</p> -</td> -</tr> -</tbody> -</table> -<br /></div> -<!-- class="inftblnotealso" --></div> -<div class="figure"><a id="sthref288" name="sthref288"></a> -<p class="titleinfigure">Sample Errors and Warnings</p> -<img src="img/error_sample.png" alt="This figure shows sample error and warning icons in the Explorer view." title="This figure shows sample error and warning icons in the Explorer view." /><br /></div> -<!-- class="figure" --> -<p>This section contains information on the following:</p> -<ul> +<p class="betadraftsubtitle">Beta Draft: 2012-09-19</p> +<p><a id="CIHHFGIG" name="CIHHFGIG"></a></p> +<div class="sect1"><!-- infolevel="all" infotype="General" --> +<h1>Generating dynamic entities from tables</h1> +<p><a id="sthref288" name="sthref288"></a><a id="sthref289" name="sthref289"></a><a id="sthref290" name="sthref290"></a><a id="sthref291" name="sthref291"></a>When using EclipseLink JPA, you can create dynamic entities from your database tables. This dynamic persistence provides access to a relational database with all the benefits of JPA <span class="italic">without coding</span> or maintaining Java classes.</p> +<p>Dali dynamically creates the classes at runtime, as needed.</p> +<p>To generate dynamic entities:</p> +<ol> <li> -<p><a href="tasks025.htm#CIHFEDEI">Error messages</a></p> -</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 Dynamic Entities from Tables</span>.</p> +<img src="img/generate_dynamic_entities.png" alt="JPA Tools > Generate Dynamic Entities from Tables" title="JPA Tools > Generate Dynamic Entities from Tables" /><br /> +<p>The Select Tables page of the <a href="reference002.htm#CACGDFDJ">Generate Dynamic Entities from Tables wizard</a> appears.</p> +<div class="figure"><a id="sthref292" name="sthref292"></a> +<p class="titleinfigure">Select Tables</p> +<img src="img/select_tables_dynamic.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> +<!-- class="figure" --></li> <li> -<p><a href="tasks026.htm#CIHGEAIJ">Warning messages</a></p> -</li> -</ul> -<a id="sthref289" name="sthref289"></a> -<p class="subhead2">Related reference</p> -<ul> +<p>On the <a href="reference003.htm#CACFGHJF">Select Tables</a> page, select the tables from which to generate the entities and click <span class="bold">Next</span>.</p> +<p>The <a href="reference004.htm#CACBDJAC">Table Associations</a> page appears.</p> +<div class="figure"><a id="sthref293" name="sthref293"></a> +<p class="titleinfigure">Table Associations</p> +<img src="img/table_associations_dynamic.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> +<!-- class="figure" --></li> <li> -<p><a href="reference059.htm#CACEEJJB">Project Properties page – Errors/Warnings</a></p> -</li> +<p>On the <a href="reference004.htm#CACBDJAC">Table Associations</a> page, specify which table associations should be generated. Use the <a href="ref_create_new_association_wizard.htm#CIAFGHIF">Create New Association wizard</a> to create additional relationships.</p> +<p>Click <span class="bold">Next</span>. The <a href="reference005.htm#CACHHEEH">Customize Default Entity Generation</a> page appears.</p> +<div class="figure"><a id="sthref294" name="sthref294"></a> +<p class="titleinfigure">Customize Defaults</p> +<img src="img/customize_default_entity_generation_dynamic.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> +<!-- class="figure" --></li> +<li> +<p>On the <a href="reference005.htm#CACHHEEH">Customize Default Entity Generation</a> page, specify the default information to use when generating the entities, and click <span class="bold">Next</span>.</p> +<p>The <a href="reference006.htm#CACDGDIC">Customize Individual Entities</a> page appears.</p> +<div class="figure"><a id="sthref295" name="sthref295"></a> +<p class="titleinfigure">Customize Individual Entities</p> +<img src="img/customize_individual_entities_dynamic.png" alt="" title="" /><br /></div> +<!-- class="figure" --></li> <li> -<p><a href="reference056.htm#CACFGIDG">Java Persistence Preferences page – Errors/Warnings</a></p> +<p>Use the <a href="reference006.htm#CACDGDIC">Customize Individual Entities</a> page to customize specific generated entities.</p> </li> -</ul> -<a id="sthref290" name="sthref290"></a> -<p class="subhead2">Related concepts</p> -<ul> <li> -<p><a href="../org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/concepts/cprbview.htm">Problems view</a></p> +<p>Click <span class="bold">Finish</span> to complete the wizard and generate the entities.</p> </li> -</ul> +</ol> +<p>Dali generates the dynamic entities, using the <code>VIRTUAL</code> access type, as shown in <a href="#CIHIDHAB">Example: Sample eclipselink-orm.xml File with Dynamic Entities</a>.</p> +<div class="example"><a id="CIHIDHAB" name="CIHIDHAB"></a> +<p class="titleinexample"><a id="sthref296" name="sthref296"></a>Sample eclipselink-orm.xml File with Dynamic Entities</p> +<pre xml:space="preserve" class="oac_no_warn"> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<entity-mappings version="2.4" xmlns="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/xsds/persistence/orm" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/xsds/persistence/orm http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/xsds/eclipselink_orm_2_4.xsd"> + <entity class="quickstart.demo.model.Inventory" <span class="bold">access="VIRTUAL"</span>> + <attributes> + <id name="itemSku" attribute-type="long"> + + </id> + </attributes> + </entity> + <entity ..."> + </entity> +</entity-mappings> +</pre></div> +<!-- class="example" --></div> +<!-- class="sect1" --> <!-- Start Footer --> <div class="footer"> <table class="simple oac_no_warn" summary="" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> @@ -77,6 +91,6 @@ </tr> </table> </div> -<!-- class="footer" --></div> +<!-- class="footer" --> </body> </html>
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