Generating “CREATE TABLE” SQL from a JPA / Hibernate Annotated POJO

Here’s an easy snippet of code to perform this task. It output’s the “CREATE TABLE” adjust for the desired SQL dialect

	public void entityToSQL() throws Exception{
		 Configuration cfg = new Configuration();
		  cfg.addAnnotatedClass(MyPOJO.class);
		  String[] lines = cfg.generateSchemaCreationScript(
new SQLServer2008Dialect());

		  for (String line : lines) {
			  System.out.println(line);
		  }
	}

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