Author: afedosik Date: 2007-12-07 11:00:03 -0500 (Fri, 07 Dec 2007) New Revision: 5226 Modified: trunk/seam/docs/reference/en/modules/generate_entities.xml Log: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/RHDS-342 "Seam Generate Entities" chapter updated according to Denis Golovin explanation Modified: trunk/seam/docs/reference/en/modules/generate_entities.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/seam/docs/reference/en/modules/generate_entities.xml 2007-12-07 15:53:20 UTC (rev 5225) +++ trunk/seam/docs/reference/en/modules/generate_entities.xml 2007-12-07 16:00:03 UTC (rev 5226) @@ -24,7 +24,26 @@ </mediaobject> </figure> + <para>In the Generate Seam Entities wizard there are two generation modes: Reverse Engineer from database + and Use existing entities.</para> + + <para>The <property>Reverse Engineer from database</property> mode can be described in four steps:</para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem><para>The wizard get in database, extracts the tables and + their connections</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>On basis of this metainfomation the Entity classes are generated into + <property>org.domain.project.entity</property> package</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>For the entities from step 2 the classes <property>EntityList</property> and <property>EntityHome</property> are generated + into <property>org.domain.project.session</property> package</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>The xhtml pages are generated.</para></listitem> + </orderedlist> + <para> + Checking the <property>Use existing entities</property> mode the wizard executes only 3 and 4 steps. It generates missing classes and + xhtml pages. + </para> + <para>Read the <link linkend="crud_database_application">Generate a CRUD Database Application</link> chapter in order to see how the <property>Generate Seam Entities</property> wizard can be used.</para> + </chapter>