DAO(Data Access Object) Generator generates high quality source code for the Data Access Layer in service-oriented and object-orinted architecture for accessing relational database schemas. DAO-Generator follows the Data Access Object(DAO) design pattern and generates java code.Current Version of this tool supports DB2 UDB, Informix, Ingres, MaxDB, Mimer SQL, Mckoi, Oracle, SQL Server, MySql and PostfreSQL databases to connect and generate code .
The DAO-Generator connects to a database and generates the following types of files for each entity in that database: DAO Interface which contains insert method, update method, delete method, finder methos; DAO implementation; exception class; value object (data transfer object); DAO factory interface; primary key class; record count class; record count interface and implementation.
System Requirements: JRE and JDBC type 4 driver - Microsoft operating system: Windows 3.1x/9x/ME/NT 3.x/NT/2000/XP/2003.
Pluses: It's freeware and supports all MS operatind systems: Windows 3.1x/9x/ME/NT 3.x/NT/2000/XP/2003.
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In conclusion: The DAO-Generator lets you generate java code for developing persistent objects. It follows the Data access object design pattern and completely generates extremely fine-grained classes for the data access layer.
