You can use a wizard to create
a container-managed persistence (CMP) entity bean with XDoclet annotation
support and add it to your project.
Before you begin
Before you can create an enterprise
bean, you must:
Procedure
- In the Java™ EE perspective,
click . Select and click Next.
- Select Container Managed Entity Bean and
click Next.
- Select the Project that contains
the new bean.
- In the Folder field, select the
folder for the new bean.
- In the Java package field, enter
the package name for the new bean.
- In the Class name field, type a
name for the enterprise bean. By convention, bean names begin with
an uppercase letter.
Note: You can use Unicode characters
for the bean name, but Unicode characters are not supported for enterprise
bean packages and classes associated with enterprise beans.
- Change the Superclass for the bean
if you want it to inherit from a class other than java.lang.Object and
click Next.
- Provide an EJB Name for the bean.
This is the name of the enterprise bean class.
- Provide a Schema name to specify
the abstract schema of the bean.
- Provide a Display Name for the bean.
This is a short name for the enterprise bean that is used by tools.
- Provide a text Description for the
bean.
- Select a CMP Version for the new
bean:
- 1.x specifies you are adding the bean
to an EJB 1.0 or later project.
- 2.x specifies you are adding the bean
to an EJB 2.0 or later project.
- Select a Usecase for the new bean:
- Import attributes from table specifies
that the CMP entity bean attributes are imported from a database table.
Click Next and do one of the following:
- To select an available connection definition, click a connection
in the Available Connection Definitions list.
Click Next.
- To create a new JDBC connection definition, click New and
complete the following steps:
- Select a database manager in the Connection Profile Type window
and click Next.
- Enter a name and description for the new connection definition
and click Next.
- Select a JDBC driver from the drop-down menu or click the ... button
to add, edit, or remove driver definitions.
- Specify the other connection details in this window, test the
connection, and click Finish and then click Next.
- Define new attributes specifies that
the CMP entity bean attributes are user-defined. Click Next and
complete the following steps:
- To specify a table name for the entity bean, enter a name in the Table field.
- To create a CMP attribute for the entity bean, click Add.
- To specify a name for the attribute, click in the Name field
and enter a name.
- To specify a type for the attribute, click in the Type field
and enter a type.
- To make the attribute a key field for the entity bean, select
the Primary Key check box.
- To add more attributes, repeat procedures
b to e and click Next.
- Select the type of Modifiers to
use for the class.
- Optional: Select the Interfaces you
want the bean to implement. Click Add to select
interfaces that you want to implement and click Remove to
take away interfaces that you no longer want to implement.
- Select the method stubs that you want the wizard to create.
- Click Finish to add the new bean
to the specified EJB project.