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Abator: One who abates a nuisance. ( http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=abator)
Abator is a code generator for iBATIS. Abator will introspect a database table (or many tables) and will generate iBATIS artifacts that can be used to access the table(s). This lessens the initial nuisance of setting up objects and configuration files to interact with database tables. Abator seeks to make a major impact on the large percentage of database operations that are simple CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete). You will still need to hand code SQL and objects for join queries, or stored procedures.
Abator will generate:
There is an inheritance relationship between these classes as appropriate. Note that Abator may be configured to generate different types of POJO hierarchies - for example, you may choose to tell Abator to generate a single domain object for each table if you so desire.
There are different variations of these statements depending on the structure of the table (for example, if the table doesn't have a primary key, then Abator will not generate an update by primary key function).
SqlMapClientthrough either constructor or setter injection.
Abator is designed to run well in an iterative development environment, and Abator can even be included as an Ant task in a continuous build environment. Important things to note when running Abator iteratively include:
Abator has no dependencies beyond the JRE. Abator does require JRE 1.4 or
above. Abator also requires that the JDBC driver implements the
DatabaseMetaData interface, especially the
Support for Abator is provided through the iBATIS user mailing list. You may subscribe to the mailing list by sending a note to:
Once you have subscribed, you can mail questions or bug reports to:
If you want to unsubscribe from the mailing list, send a note to:
If you think you have found a bug, please ask a question about it on the user list first, before creating a JIRA issue. If you find a bug, or have a new feature request, you may open a JIRA issue for Abator at
Please select the "Tools" component when creating any JIRA issues for Abator.