Using Hibernate Synchronizer Tool in Eclipse

Using Hibernate Synchronizer Tool in Eclipse

This tool is used to generate hibernate mapping xml directly from database tables. This is a reverse engineering process where in we directly use database tables to generate so called hbm files. 

Installing it in eclipse 

To use this tool download hibernate synchronizer from following location:

download hibernate synchronizer

Extract the zip file to plugins folder of you eclipse .
Then restart your eclipse .

Then go to windows then to preference.

You will see the hibernate synchronizer option at the left highlighted.

Using it in project

Now go to eclipse and create a project using  File then New and then  Dynamic Web project.


Add mysql jdbc jar to the lib folder of your project.

Now right click your project src folder and create a package say com.lara

Next right click lara folder and go to new then  other and then hibernate mapping file.

suppose following is the database server

suppose following is the database configuration in mysql server .

Container : the folder in which hbm xml needs to be gernerated.

Driver      : the mysql driver class name.

URL         : the url to connect to database . Here test is my database name

Username : mysql username 

password  : mysql password


Table       : select the table to generate Hibernate mapping file .

package   : the package name in here is com.lara . This will be specified in  hbm file generated

and click Finish.

Your hibernate mapping file will be generated inside lara folder.

Generate pojo classes from the hibernate mapping file

Right click the hbm file (eg user.hbm.xml in this case) then Hibernate synchronizer and then synchronize and overwrite as shown below

The java classes will be generated as shown below:

In addition two classes will be generate , one named User in your lara folder and the setters and getters in Base User under base folder in lara package.

Now you can directly use you User class in hibernate for database access.

SOURCE CODE  download from here