development/news/3.2M6/jpa.xml

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<release name="3.2 M6" root="../../..">
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	<component name="Dali Java Persistence Tools">
		<item title="EclipseLink 2.1 support">
			<description>
				Dali has added platform support for the Helios targeted EclipseLink 2.1 release.
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				<img src="jpt/EclipseLink2.1.png"
					alt="EclipseLink 2.1" />
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		<item title="JAXB Class Generation">
			<description>
				Dali has added JAXB class generation support to WTP.  Users can now generate classes
				for a given XML schema (XSD) in their workspace.  Use the "Generate" menu on any schema
				in a Java project to invoke the wizard.
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				<img src="jpt/JAXB_Generation.png"
					alt="JAXB Gen" />
				<br />
				<br />
				<img src="jpt/JAXB_Generation2.png"
					alt="JAXB Gen2" />	
			</description>
		</item>
		<item title="JoinTable support for Many to One and One to One mappings">
			<description>
				Full JoinTable support (UI and Validation) for single-valued associations 
				has been added to Dali.
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				<br />
				<img src="jpt/ManyOneJoinTable.png"
					alt="JoinTable" />
			</description>
		</item>
		<item title="Cascade Detach">
			<description>
				The JPA 2.0 Cascade Detach option has been added to Dali.
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				<br />
				<img src="jpt/CascadeDetach.png"
					alt="Cascade Detach" />
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		<item title="Collection-valued associations map key attribute overrides; MapKeyClass, and MapKeyColumn Model Support">
			<description>
				Dali has added significant model (validation) support for Map based mappings.  Not all of this support
				is currently visible in the UI.
			</description>
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