Although the JPA specification emphasizes the use of annotations to specify persistence, you can also use the orm.xml file to store this metadata. Dali enables you to create a stub orm.xml file for a JPA project using the Create ORM Mapping File wizard. See "Managing the orm.xml file" for more information.
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Note: The metadata must match the XSD specification of your selected JPA implementation. |
Dali provides comprehensive support for configuring XML mapping files through the JPA Details view (for orm.xml) that is nearly identical to the annotation-based configuration in the Java source. Alternatively, you can also use the Eclipse XML Editor to create and maintain the metadata information in orm.xml.
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