Step 2: Creating a CMP Bean from a Table

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Creating a CMP entity bean from a table is very easy to do using the UML Modeler; you drag the table from the Navigator onto the UML diagram.

To create a CMP bean from a table:

1. You'll be using the UML diagram again. To bring the UML diagram window to the front, from the Window menu, choose hr_class_diagram.
2. In the Navigator, expand the nodes for Connections, Database, tutorial_jdbc_connection, HR, and then Tables.
   
3. Click on DEPARTMENTS and drag it to the UML diagram.
4. In the Create from Tables dialog, accept the default option for EJB 2.0 Entity Beans. Click OK.
   The new CMP bean appears on the UML diagram.
   Notice that a new node, Departments, appears in the Navigator as well.
   
5. On the UML diagram, you may want to resize the bean so that it will be easier to work with.