Overview
You could easily generate Java and Kotlin entities for a database with help of the IDEA. In the post, we are going to discuss how to generate Java and Kotlin entities for a database with the help of the IDEA.
How to generate entities for Java
Firstly, open View/Tool Windows/Persistence.
Secondly, right-click on a module/Generate Persistence Mapping/By Database Schema
Thirdly, choose Data Source.
Finally, select a table, set package name and click OK.
How to generate entities for Kotlin
Firstly, select any table in the Database view.
Then call Scripted Extensions->Generate Kotlin Entitiese.kts.
Notice: do not forget to remove open specifier before a class name in case of usage kotlin-maven-allopen plugin otherwise you will get a compiler error.
If you will get an error then simply restart the IDE.
Conclusion
We have described how to generate Java and Kotlin entities for a database with the help of the IDEA.
