I'm a relative newbie at this, but I'm looking for an easier way. I'm
using the 1.4.2 SDK (can't upgrade to 1.5).

When I create an object, I always create the object and an associated
DAO to go with it. Here's a quick example:

public class User {
  private int userid;
  private String username;
  private String password;

  public int getUserid() {
     return this.userid;
  }

  // remainder of setter and getter functions
}

public class UserDAO extends GenericDatabaseAccess {

   public void addItem(User u) {
       // Adds a new user to the backend database
   }

   public void delItem(int key) {
       // Delete from the database based on the key
   {

   public void editItem(User u) {
       // Edits an existing record by replacing the existing record
with
       // information in the object passed
    }

   public User getItem(int key) {
       // Return a User object based on the key
    }

    public java.util.LinkedList getAllItems() {
        // Return all of the items from the database as a Linked List
of
        // User objects
    }

}

Since what I've been writing usually has several object types, I'm
interested in finding a quicker way to do the grunt work of creating
the DAOs. And since I'm a newb, I don't know much except basic JDBC and
a free pooled database connection package I've been using.

Any advice, hints, tricks, etc are appreciated.

Jason