Many JPA tools become active in Eclipse JEE only if the project is a JPA project. Although we have created a Maven project, it is easy to add an Eclipse JPA facet to it:
- Right-click on the project and select Configure | Convert to JPA Project:
Figure 4.20: Addding a JPA facet to a project
- Make sure JPA is selected.
- On the next page, select EclipseLink 2.5.x as the platform.
- For the JPA implementation type, select Disable Library Configuration.
- The drop-down list for Connection lists any connections you might have configured in Data Source Explorer. For now, do not select any connection. At the bottom ...
