JPA java code generation

Question

I am specifically looking for JPA code generation technique

First, what are all the project could generate JPA compliant code? (Eg. HibernateTools)

Second, I

Answer 1

Project lombok seems allowing you to generate basic named queries, this is another approach using annotations and code generation at compile time.

See:

• http://groups.google.com/group/project-lombok/browse_thread/thread/a8c01b2226c081cb
• http://projectlombok.org

A guy over the hibernate forum seems using a traditionnal code generation approach with Hibernate Tools : https://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=962223&p=2315766&hilit=named+queries+generate#p2315766

I agree with cletus on the point that you cannot generate all named queries, but I guess we can imagine generating basic named queries such finders based on one or several fields of the object.