Table 3.2. Code generation 'Main' tab fields The default build output directory and any JARs with a class implementing in the selected projectĬlicking 'Finish' creates the configuration and shows it in the 'Hibernate Configurations' view If you get ClassNotFound errors then check this list for possible missing or redundant directories/jars. Do not add Hibernate core libraries or dependencies, they are already included.

The classpath for loading POJO and JDBC drivers. If no file is found, all hbm.xml files found in the selected project Thus if these a duplicated here, you will get 'Duplicate mapping' errors when using the console configuration. List of additional mapping files that should be loaded. This feature requires running the Eclipse IDE with a JDK 5 runtime, otherwise you will get classloading and/or version errors. hbm.xml files are of course still possible to use too. Selecting this option enables usage of annotated classes.

Only required if you have special xml entity includes in your mapping files. Table 3.1. Hibernate Console Configuration Parametersįirst hibernate.properties file found in the selected projectįirst file found in the selected projectįully qualified classname of a custom EntityResolver. The tools make working with Hibernate easier, but you are still encouraged/required to read the documentation for Hibernate to fully utilize Hibernate Tools and especially Hibernate it self. Please note that these tools do not try to hide any functionality of Hibernate. The console allows you to execute HQL queries against your database and browse the result directly in Eclipse.Ĭonfiguration Wizards and Code generation: A set of wizards are provided with the Hibernate Eclipse tools you can use a wizard to quickly generate common Hibernate configuration (cfg.xml) files, and from these you can code generate a series of various artifacts, there is even support for completely reverse engineer an existing database schema and use the code generation to generate POJO source files and Hibernate mapping files.

It provides an overview of your Hibernate Console configurations, were also get an interactive view of your persistent classes and their relationships. Hibernate Console: The console is a new perspetive in Eclipse. It also supports semantic auto-completion for class names and property/field names, making it much more versatile than a normal XML editor. Mapping Editor: An editor for Hibernate XML mapping files, supporting auto-completion and syntax highlighting. The following features are available in the Hibernate Tools Eclipse plugins:

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