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TOTD #122: Creating a JPA Persistence Unit using NetBeans 6.8

Февраль 10th, 2010

Taking TOTD #121 forward, this blog explains how to create a JPA Persistence Unit for a MySQL sample database and package it as a library. This JAR file can then be easily included in other web applications.

Lets get started!

  1. Configure GlassFish for using the MySQL sample database (sakila) as described in TOTD #121.
  2. Add the GlassFish instance in NetBeans IDE using "Services" panel.
  3. Create JPA entities using NetBeans IDE.
    1. Create a Java class library:



      Our ultimate goal is to create a reusable JAR file and that's why this project type is chosen.
    2. Specify the name of project as "SakilaPU":


    3. Right-click on the project and select "New", "Entity Classes from Database ..." to initiate the process of entity generation:

    4. Choose the database connection as:



      If not configured, then can be easily done by clicking on "New Database Connection ..." in the list box.
      1. Click on "Add All >>" to generate the mapped JPA entities for all tables and views.
      2. The views do not have primary keys and will need to be appropriately annotated (described later).
      3. Click on "Next >".
    5. Give the package name as:



      and specify the package name as "sakila". Click on "Create Persistence Unit ...".
    6. Change the default PU name from "SakilaPUPU" to "SakilaPU":



      and click on "Finish". Notice that "EclipseLink", the Reference Implementation of JPA 2.0, is used as the persistence library.
    7. Add "@javax.persistence.Id" annotation to the following class/field combination:
      Class Field
      sakila.SalesByFilmCategory category
      sakila.ActorInfo actorId
      sakila.FilmList fid
      sakila.CustomerList id
      sakila.NicerButSlowerFilmList fid
      sakila.StaffList id
      sakila.SalesByStore store

      This is required because none of the "views" are defined with a primary key.
    8. Right-click on the project and select "Clean & Build". This generates "dist/SakilaPU.jar" and the structure looks like:



This JAR file can now be included in any web application. The pre-built JAR file can also be downloaded here. The key items to note about this pre-built JAR:

  • Persistence Unit Name: "SakilaPU"
  • All classes are in "sakila.*" package.
  • Each class has a pre-defined "<CLASS-NAME>.findAll" named query that returns all elements from the underlying view/table.
  • Can be easily added in "WEB-INF/lib" directory of your web application.

Even though this blog uses a MySQL sample database, these steps can be easily followed for any other database such as Oracle or JavaDB.

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TOTD #121: JDBC resource for MySQL and Oracle sample database in GlassFish v3

Февраль 9th, 2010

This blog clearly explains how to configure the MySQL sample database (sakila) with GlassFish. Even though the instructions use a specific database but should work for other databases (such as Oracle, JavaDB, PostgreSQL, and others) as well. The second half of the blog provide specific syntax for the Oracle sample database.

  1. Download sakila sample database and unzip the archive.
  2. Install the database as described here - basically load and run "sakila-schema.sql" and "sakila-data.sql" extracted from the archive.
  3. Create a new MySQL user account using MySQL CLI Admin and assign the privileges
    1. Using "root" user (sudo mysql --user root)
      CREATE USER glassfish IDENTIFIED BY 'glassfish';
      GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'glassfish'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'glassfish';
      FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
      
    2. Using "glassfish" user (sudo mysql --user glassfish)
      source sakila-schema.sql;
      source sakila-data.sql;
      
  4. Download Connector/J, unzip and copy "mysql-connector-java-5.x.x-bin.jar" to "glassfish/domains/domain1/lib/ext" directory.
  5. Start GlassFish server as:
    asadmin start-domain
    
    
  6. Create a JDBC resource
    1. Create JDBC connection pool as:
      asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool --datasourceclassname com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.optional.MysqlConnectionPoolDataSource --restype javax.sql.DataSource --property "User=glassfish:Password=glassfish:URL=jdbc\:mysql\://localhost/sakila" jdbc/sakilaPool
      
    2. Test the JDBC connection pool as:
      asadmin ping-connection-pool jdbc/sakilaPool
      
    3. Create the JDBC resource as:
      asadmin create-jdbc-resource --connectionpoolid jdbc/sakilaPool jdbc/sakila
      

That's it!

Creating a JDBC resource for any other database requires the following updates to the steps mentioned above. Lets consider modifying these steps for the Oracle sample database.

  1. Use the client interface SQL*PLus and connect as:
    sqlplus "/ as sysdba"
    

    create user and grant the privileges as:
    CREATE USER glassfish IDENTIFIED BY glassfish DEFAULT tablespace users TEMPORARY tablespace temp;
    GRANT CONNECT TO glassfish IDENTIFIED BY glassfish;
    GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO glassfish;
    GRANT CREATE TABLE TO glassfish;
    GRANT CREATE SEQUENCE TO glassfish;
    
  2. Copy the appropriate JDBC driver (ojdbc6.jar).
  3. Create the JDBC resource as:
    asadmin create-jdbc-connection-pool --datasourceclassname oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource --restype javax.sql.DataSource --property "User=hr:Password=hr:URL=jdbc\:oracle\:thin\:@localhost\:1521\:orcl" jdbc/hr
    asadmin ping-connection-pool jdbc/hr
    asadmin create-jdbc-resource --connectionpoolid jdbc/hr jdbc/hr
    

    as explained in TOTD #108.

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