Getting Started

At this point you should have gone through README.1.txt (Configure) and have sucessfully run your main() class and seen something like...

 INFO: Ebean Version[0.9.0-061028] Java Version[1.5.0_03]
 INFO: DataSourcePool [ora10] autoCommit[false] transIsolation[READ_COMMITTED] min[1] max[25]
 INFO: DataSourcePool [ora10] grow pool;  busy[0] size[0] max[25]
 INFO: IoRepository initialised dirs[C:/devjava/project/appzsite/webapp/WEB-INF/data] zips[]
 INFO: Plugin[][com.avaje.ebean.server.plugin.Oracle10Plugin]
DONE
 INFO: Stopping []
 INFO: ThreadPool [TransactionManager] Shutting down; threadCount[1] busyCount[0]
 INFO: DataSourcePool [ora10] shutdown
 INFO: Closing Connection[ora10.1] psReuse[0] psCreate[0] psSize[0]

Next Steps

1. If you are using BasePlugin refer to baseplugin_readme.txt

In the example above the Oracle10Plugin is being used. Ebean tries to detect the specific database based on the jdbc driver. If it can not, then the BasePlugin will be used instead and you may need to configure it for the specific database.

2. Servlet Container

If you are using Ebean in a Servlet Container refer to webapp_readme.txt I recommend playing around with Ebean in just a normal application first.

3. Database Dictionary

Ebean makes significant use of the Database Meta data. This can normally be very slow with some databases. Ebean speeds this up by serializing the Database Meta data in a file.

If you change your schema you should delete this file forcing Ebean to rebuild it.

You will see INFO: DictionaryInfo deserialized from file... on startup when the Database Meta data is being read from the file. Also note that this file grows as more Meta Data is needed automatically. Aka it generally does not read your entire database meta data but automatically gets more when it needs it.

INFO: DictionaryInfo deserialized from file -
[C:/devjava/project/appzsite/webapp/WEB-INF/data\primarydatabase.dictionary]

4. Log Files

Ebean will create transaction log files as well as the general avajeXXX.log. The transaction logs can contain all the SQL, binding and summary information and you can control this with system.properties.

The transaction logs will be a good place to look to see what Ebean is doing.

Implicit transactions are ones without any explicit beginTransaction() commitTransaction().

   // Example: Implicit Transaction
   Ebean.find(Topic.class, 1);

   // Example: Explicit Transaction
   Ebean.beginTransaction();
   try {
	Ebean.find(Topic.class,1);
	Ebean.commitTransaction();
   } finally {
	Ebean.endTransaction();
   }

Implicit transactions by default go into a shared log file as there is generally only one find/save/delete statement.

Explicit transactions by default go into their own separate file as generally there will be many statements and generally you wish to see them together and without all the other transactions intermingled.

Initially this may be confusing and you can change the configuration so that all the statements go into a single file.

To do this change system.properties... ebean.transactionlogging.share=2

5. Crack on: perhaps try the Code Generator

You can start creating your own annotated Entity Beans or use the Code Generator to build them from your database schema. codegenerator_readme.txt

Without any Annotated Entity Beans you can still use FindByNative, UpdateSql, CallableSql and also MapBeans.

package test;

import java.util.List;

import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
import com.avaje.ebean.FindByPredicates;
import com.avaje.ebean.MapBean;

public class TestQuery {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		FindByPredicates find = new FindByPredicates();
		find.setTableName("b_bug");
		
		List list = Ebean.findList(find);
		for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
			MapBean mp = (MapBean)list.get(i);
			System.out.println(mp);
		}
	}
}

Update using a MapBean

package test;

import com.avaje.ebean.Ebean;
import com.avaje.ebean.FindById;
import com.avaje.ebean.MapBean;

public class TestUpdate {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		FindById find = new FindById();
		find.setTableName("b_bug");
		find.setId(1);
		
		MapBean mb = (MapBean)Ebean.find(find);
		mb.set("priority_code", "LOW");
		
		Ebean.save(mb);
	}
}