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JPA Diagram Editor Project Tutorial

Overview

This tutorial provides a step by step walk-through of the Java Diagram Editor.

Prerequisites

This tutorial is based on the Eclipse Helios.

To install JPA Diagram Editor project follow the steps described in How to Install section of the JPA Diagram Editor wiki main page.

Open JPA Diagram Editor

In the Eclipse IDE create new JPA 1.0 project.

The Open Diagram action is available on two levels:

  • On project level: Select the newly created JPA project and from its context menu select JPA Tools -> Open Diagram

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  • On JPA node level: Expand the newly created JPA project and from the context menu of its JPA node, select Open Diagram

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Create new Entity

In the Eclipse IDE create new JPA 1.0 project. Download the persistence provider library and add it into the JPA project's classpath. Open the JPA Diagram Editor. For more information how to do this, follow the steps described in the previous section Open Diagram.

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