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<h2>Opening the JPA Diagram Editor</h2>
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<li><p>
In the <i>Project Explorer</i>, select the project that you want
to use for your entities.
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<li><p>
From the project context menu, choose <span
title="Navigation path"> <i>JPA Tools</i> → <i>Open
Diagram</i>
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<h2>Creating New Entity</h2>
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In the <i>Entities</i> list of the <i>Palette</i>, choose <span><img
src="../img/jpaeditor_entity.gif" alt="Entity" title="Entity" /> (<i
title="Quick info">Entity</i>)</span>, and then click upon the diagram
area.
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<p>The Eclipse IDE creates the new entity with a predefined name
and a primary key.</p></td>
<h2>Creating New Embeddable</h2>
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In the <i>Entities</i> list of the <i>Palette</i>, choose <span><img
src="../img/jpaeditor_embeddable.gif" alt="Embeddable"
title="Embeddable" /> (<i title="Quick info">Embeddable</i>)</span>, and
then click upon the diagram area.
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<p>The Eclipse IDE creates the new embeddable with a predefined
name.</p></td>
<h2>Creating New Mapped Superclass</h2>
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In the <i>Entities</i> list of the <i>Palette</i>, choose <span><img
src="../img/jpaeditor_mapped_superclass.gif"
alt="Mapped Superclass" title="Mapped Superclass" /> (<i
title="Quick info">Mapped Superclass</i>)</span>, and then click upon the
diagram area.
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<p>The Eclipse IDE creates the new mapped superclass with a
predefined name.</p></td>
<h2>Displaying Existing Persistent Types within a Project on the Diagram</h2>
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<li><p>
To display a single persistent type, copy the persistent type,
using drag and drop, from the <i>Project Explorer</i> to the JPA
diagram.
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<li><p>
To display all persistent types, click on the JPA diagram with the
secondary mouse button and choose <i>Show all Persistent
Types</i>. The alternative way is to copy the <i>JPA Content</i>
node from the project, in the <i>Project Explorer</i>, to the JPA
diagram, using drag and drop.
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