Generating a Persistence Unit and Java Service Facade

A persistence unit identifies a subset (or possibly all) of the entities included in a deployed project (an EJB JAR or WAR file). The persistence unit associates metadata with this entity group, including whether it runs inside or outside a Java EE container.

A Java service facade is a Java class that wraps JPA entities and provides query and transaction methods. In the IDE you can quickly generate a Java service facade by using the Create Java Service Facade wizard. In the same wizard, you can also create a new persistence unit that is configured to run outside of a container.

To begin generating a persistence unit and Java service facade, you will right-click the persistence.xml file in the Application Navigator and choose New Java Service Facade to launch the Create Java Service Facade wizard.

In the wizard, you will enter a new service class name and choose to generate a main() method.

Then you will create a new persistence unit that runs outside of a container.

After creating a new persistence unit, you will choose to generate all Java service facade methods for the entity.

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