DB Visual ARCHITECT (DB-VA) is an Object-Relational Mapping tool which supports building database application faster, better and cheaper. This guide shows you on how to work with DB-VA so as to aid your database application development.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Working with DB Visual ARCHITECT

This chapter gives you an introduction to DB-VA and describes the key benefits of DB-VA. And how to configure the database connection and describes the supported database driver for connecting database to DB-VA environment.

Chapter 2 - Using Wizard

DB-VA provides various ORM Wizard which assist you to perform different operations, such as generating persistent code and reversing database. In this chapter, we will walk through different wizards inside DB-VA and show you how to use it in your development.

Chapter 3 - Designing Object Model with UML Class Diagram

This chapter shows you how to depict the object models by using a Class Diagram or an EJB diagram and describes how DB-VA maps the object model to the data model.

Chapter 4 - Designing Data Model by Entity Relationship Diagram

In this chapter, you will learn how to depict the object models by using Entity Relationship Diagram and describes how DB-VA maps the data model to the object model.

Chapter 5 - Reverse Engineering Classes and Databases

This chapter shows you how to reverse engineer the existing classes and database by the reverse facility and the ORM pane.

Chapter 6 - Mapping Object Model to Data Model and vice versa

This chapter describes how DB-VA maps the object model to data model and vice versa, and introduces the usage of ORM diagram.