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| <h2>Opening JPA Diagram Editor</h2> |
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| In the <i>Project Explorer</i>, select the project that you are |
| using or want to use for your entities. |
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| In the context menu, choose <span title="Navigation path"> |
| <i>JPA Tools</i> -&grt; <i>Open Diagram</i> |
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| <h2>Creating new entities</h2> |
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| In the <i>Entities</i> list of the <i>Palette</i>, choose <span><img |
| src="../img/jpaeditor_entity.gif" alt="Entity" title="Entity" /> (<i |
| title="Quick info">Entity</i>)</span>, then click the diagram area. |
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| <p>The Eclipse IDE creates the new entity with a predefined name |
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| <h2>Displaying existing entities (if any) within a project on the |
| diagram</h2> |
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| To display a single entity, copy the entity using drag and drop |
| from the <i>Project Explorer</i> to the JPA diagram. |
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| To display all entities, click the JPA diagram with the secondary |
| mouse button and choose <i>Show All Entities</i>, or copy the <i>JPA |
| Content</i> node from the project in the <i>Project Explorer</i> to |
| the JPA diagram, using drag and drop. |
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