Preferences

Entity generation from tables

Default package

Specify the default package name for generated entities.

JPQL Editing

Specify the case ...

Specify the case for JPQL identifiers when editing JPQL with content assist,

• Lowercase

• Uppercase

Match case of first character

If enabled, Dali will match the case with the first character.

Enable project specific settings

Select the severity level for reporting validation problem for each category:

• Project

• Persistence unit

• Type

• Attribute

• Database

• Inheritance

• Queries and generators

You can expand each category to display the possible error and warning messages.

Platform

Select the vendor-specific platform.

JPA Implementation

Type

Select User Library to select from the available user-defined or downloaded libraries.

If you select Disable, you must manually include the JPA implementation library on the project classpath.

Library

Select a specific JPA library configuration.

Click Manage libraries to create or update a user library.

Click Download libraries to download a specific library configuration.

Include libraries with this application

Specify if the selected libraries are included when deploying the application.

Connection

The database connection used to map the persistent entities.

• To create a new connection, click Add Connections.

• To reconnect to an existing connection, click Reconnect.

Override default catalog from connection

Select a catalog other than the default one derived from the connection information. Use this option if the default catalog is incorrect or cannot be used.

Override default schema from connection

Select a schema other than the default one derived from the connection information. Use this option if the default schema is incorrect or cannot be used. For example, use this option when the deployment login differs from the design-time login.

Persistent Class Management

Specify if Dali will discover annotated classes automatically, or if the annotated classes must be listed in the persistence.xml file.

Note: To insure application portability, you should explicitly list the managed persistence classes that are included in the persistence unit.

Canonical Metamodel

Select the location of the metamodel source.

Static weaving

Weave classes on build

If enabled, Dali will weave all applicable class files at build time so that you can deliver pre-woven class files.

Source classes

Specifies the location of the Java source files to weave: either a directory or a JAR file.

Target classes

Specifies the output location: either a directory or a JAR file.

Log level

Specifies the amount and detail of log output. See "Logging" for information on the different logging levels.

Persistence XML root

Specifies the location of the persistence.xml file if it is not in the same location as the source.

Entity generation from tables

Default package

Specify the default package name used for generated entities.

Enable project specific settings

Specify if Dali reports errors and warning for the following features:

• Project

• Persistence unit

• Type

• Attribute

• Database

• Inheritance

• Queries and generators

You can expand each category to display the possible error and warning messages.

Platform

Select the vendor-specific platform.

JAXB Implementation

Type

Select User Library to select from the available user-defined or downloaded libraries.

If you select Disable, you must manually include the JPA implementation library on the project classpath.

Library

Select a specific JPA library configuration.

Click Manage libraries to create or update a user library.

Click Download libraries to download a specific library configuration.

Include libraries with this application

Specify if the selected libraries are included when deploying the application.

Namespace

Location