Setting Up JDeveloper for jAllora Tools

These instructions are for setting up Oracle JDeveloper 9.0.3 or above for Oracle 9i. If you are using any other version, contact HiT Software Technical Support, xml-support@hitsw.com. 

  1. Copy the jar files jAlloraJDeveloper.jar and jAlloraJDeveloperMapper.jar from
    jallora-3.1-x/lib/jdeveloper     to JDEV_INSTALL_DIR\jdev\lib\ext.

  2. Edit the jallora-3.1-x/bin/jdbc-config.xml file to add your JDBC driver and connection URL.

  3. Make a backup copy of the file JDEV_INSTALL_DIR\jdev\bin\jdev.conf.

  4. Add the following 3 lines to the jdev.conf file, replacing C:/jAllora-3.1-x with the directory in which jAllora was installed.

    Make sure all pathnames use the "/" character as the file separator, even when using the Windows operating system.

    AddVMOption -Dcom.hitsw.mapper.jAlloraHomeDirectory=C:/jAllora-3.1-x
    AddVMOption -Dcom.hitsw.mapper.jdbcConfigFile=C:/jAllora-3.1-x/bin/jdbc_config.xml
    AddJavaLibPath C:/jAllora-3.1-x/lib

  5. Optionally, append the following to the jdev.conf file to generate traces for both jAllora Mapper and jAllora engine activity.

    For jAllora Mapper traces, append:

    AddVMOption -Dcom.hitsw.mapper.debugLevel=1

    For jAllora engine traces (activated when running wizards you have created or when marshalling/unmarshalling in the Mapper), append and edit ENGINE_TRACE_FILE_NAME:

AddVMOption -Dcom.hitsw.xml.databinding.traceFlag=true
AddVMOption -Dcom.hitsw.xml.databinding.traceStream=ENGINE_TRACE_FILE_NAME

  1. Start (or restart) JDeveloper.
    Three menu items have been added to the "Tools" menu:

    Marshal Data from RDB to XML
    Unmarshal Data from XML to RDB
    Start the jAllora Mapper