netbeans jpa customize entity generation from database

Question

I want to use existing active oracle database in my EE project. I try to find a way to generate entity classes from this database with more than 140 tables and many many relations.

I tried many generator wizards in Netbeans and eclipse but the result does not fit my customization requirements. NB JPA-Modeler plugin is good tool I've used but i need specific custom config to automate entity generation as i need, without any manual changes for each class/table in diagram.

For example type mapping customization for something like: NUMBER(1)->Boolean or NUMBER(15)->Long and so on...

Answer 1

I suggest you to try minuteproject for the track JPA2. It manages many-to-many, one-to-many, many-to-one relationships.

It bundles many customisation at model level (name of entities, columns, relationships) done via global conventions or entity/column centric enrichment. It does not have for the moment convention relation related to type mappings, those could be developed via sending a proposal/opening a discussion at (minuteproject@googlegroups.com).

Meanwhile the two mapping configuration required (NUMBER(1)->Boolean or NUMBER(15)->Long) should correspond to the default mapping behavior.