How do I generate the JPA entity metamodel?

Eclipse’s JPA 2.0 support through Dali (which is included in “Eclipse IDE for JEE Developers”) has its own metamodel generator integrated with Eclipse.

  1. Select your project in the Package Explorer.
  2. Go to Properties -> JPA dialog.
  3. Select source folder from Canonical metamodel (JPA 2.0) group.

What is metamodel in JPA?

The JPA Metamodel API provides the ability to examine the persistent object model and retrieve details on managed classes and persistent fields and properties, similarly to the ability that Java reflection provides for general Java types.

What is static metamodel?

A static metamodel is a series of classes that “mirror” the entities and embeddables in the domain model and provide static access to the metadata about the mirrored class’s attributes.

What is singular attribute?

Interface SingularAttribute Instances of the type SingularAttribute represents persistent single-valued properties or fields. Return the type that represents the type of the attribute.

What is SingularAttribute in Java?

Instances of the type SingularAttribute represents persistent single-valued properties or fields. Since: Java Persistence 2.0. Nested Class Summary. Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.persistence.metamodel.Attribute.

How use JPA Criteria API?

Create an instance of CriteriaBuilder by calling the getCriteriaBuilder() method. Create an instance of CriteriaQuery by calling the CriteriaBuilder createQuery() method. Create an instance of Query by calling the Session createQuery() method. Call the getResultList() method of the query object, which gives us the …

Is there a metamodel API for criteriaquery JPA?

In the spirit of type safety associated with the CriteriaQuery JPA 2.0 also has an API to support Metamodel representation of entities. Is anyone aware of a fully functional implementation of this API (to generate the Metamodel as opposed to creating the metamodel classes manually)?

Is there a JPA API for metamodel representation of entities?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. In the spirit of type safety associated with the CriteriaQuery JPA 2.0 also has an API to support Metamodel representation of entities. Is anyone aware of a fully functional implementation of this API (to generate the Metamodel as opposed to creating the metamodel classes manually)?

Does Eclipse have a metamodel generator for JPA?

Eclipse’s JPA 2.0 support through Dali (which is included in “Eclipse IDE for JEE Developers”) has its own metamodel generator integrated with Eclipse. This should work on any JPA provider as the generated classes are standard. Also see here. Show activity on this post.

How is the JPA tag_metamodel class generated?

The Tag_ Metamodel class is generated like this: The SingularAttribute is used for the basic id and name Tag JPA entity attributes. The Post entity is mapped like this: