Hibernate Tools is a toolset for Hibernate3 implemented as an integrated suite of Eclipse plugins, together with a unified Ant task for integration into the build cycle. Hibernate Tools is a core component of JBoss Tools and hence also part of JBoss Developer Studio.
The previous paragraph is the definition of Hibernate tools that you can find in the Hibernate official webpage. This post is going to show you how to generate your domain Java classes from the database schema using 3 different perspectives:
- Using the integrated Hibernate tools plugin in Eclipse (the easiest way).
- Through the Hibernate 3 Maven plugin.
- Creating an Ant task.
