How to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse?

Question

What is the proper way to install Hibernate Tools in Eclipse as a plugin? The Hibernate site doesn\'t really give any instructions.

Looking at the Hibernate Tools bi

Answer 1

uncompress the zip HibernateTools-3.2.4.Beta1-R20081031133 later in eclipse --> menu Help -> Update Sofwate -> add site -> local add, and select de folder uncompress an install automatic

Answer 2

Once you have copied the plugins and features folder to eclipse (eg. c:\program files\eclipse (or whereever you installed it). You will see a features and plugins folder there already) you can check if hibernate has installed by going to Help > Software updates > installed software. If hibernate is not listed close eclipse and launch it again via a command window with this command "eclipse -clean".

Answer 3

Step-by-step tutorial :

http://shivasoft.in/blog/sql/myqsl/step-by-step-hibernate-tutorial-using-eclipse-wtp/

Reverse Engineering Approach :

http://www.wikihow.com/Generate-Hibernate-Pojo-Classes-from-DB-Tables

Answer 4

For Eclipse plugins, you just unzip them and drop the folder in the Eclipse\Plugins directory. Simple as that.

Answer 5

Instructions for Eclipse Indigo:

• Help -> Install New Software
• Click on Add. Location: http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/
• Inside JBoss Web and Java EE Development folder, select Hibernate Tools
• Click on Next

Once installed click on Window -> Show View -> Others. A new window pops up. Click on folder Hibernate and select Hibernate Configurations to setup a DB connection. It is possible to setup a new connection using an existing Hiberbate properties file or creating a JDBC connection.

Once setup your DB connection click on Ping to test everything is correct.

Lastly, click on the Open HQL Editor button (third button on the top Hibernate Configurations menu) to run a HQL query.

Answer 6

Menu Help > Install new software

Use this url : http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/stable/