Chapter 3 Building Physical Diagrams

Automatic linking to a Java class after reverse engineering

When you reverse engineer a database that contains Java classes into a PDM, the Java classes are reverse engineered as abstract data types of the type JAVA.

The abstract data types of the type JAVA in the PDM are automatically linked to the Java classes in the OOM as follows:

• You need to reverse engineer the Java classes in the database that are used as data types for the columns and domains in an OOM
• You reverse engineer the database into a PDM
• PowerDesigner automatically searches the open OOM for the Java classes that correspond to the JAVA abstract data types in the PDM and makes the corresponding link

The Java classes that are reverse engineered into a PDM are listed automatically as abstract data types of type JAVA in the List of Abstract Data Types.

You can access the properties of a Java class from the property sheet of the corresponding abstract data type of type JAVA.

For more information on accessing the property sheet of a linked Java class, see section Accessing a linked Java class in an OOM.

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