One of more powerful features is being able to generate SQL tables from your code. This can be easily done in code through the SchemaModifier class.

Example:

EntityModel model = Models.DEFAULT;
dataSource = ...; // create a Datasource for your JDBC driver
new SchemaModifier(dataSource, model).createTables(TableCreationMode.DROP_CREATE);

There are various TableCreationMode options:

• CREATE - create the tables, the tables must not already exist
• DROP_CREATE - drop all tables and create them newly (ideal for testing)
• CREATE_NOT_EXISTS - create tables if they don't exist (requires IF EXISTS support)