Visual Paradigm is pleased to announce the release of DB Visual Architect
(DB-VA) 1.0, a powerful, full featured Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
toolset that act as a bridge between object model, data model and
relational model by automating the mapping between relational rows in a
database and object models which can be manipulated by a Java program, and
helps realizing UML design to database implementation.

DB-VA 1.0 supports Object Relational Mapping (ORM) and ER Diagram (ERD)
extensively. The tool helps generating the persistent Java source code you
need to access database(s). It provides multiple database support which
allows you to access various database system (MYSQL, Oracle, HSQLDB, MS
SQL, Sybase …) with the same set of persistent source code. Another
feature is the ability to generate database from Class Diagram or ERD. You
can design your application with Class Diagram and ERD and generate
database table from the resulting diagrams. The tool also facilitate in
the reverse engineering of relational database(s). You can reverse
engineer legacy database system (MySQL, Oracle, DB2, HypersonicSQL, MS
SQL, Pointbase, Sybase, jTDS …) and  reverse XML, Hibernate format, XML
schema, .NET dll or exe files, Java source/class/jar files, C++ source
files, CORBA IDL source files, Ada9x to Class Diagram and ERD.

Core features of DB-VA 1.0
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* Object Relational Mapping (ORM) support.
* ER Diagram (ERD) support
* Bi-directional code generation between UML models and EJBs.
* Ad-hoc documentation generation with content synchronization with
project
* Microsoft Office Visio integration
* PDF and HTML report generation
* Teamwork Support
* Support of XMI import
* Support of Rose project import
* Sophisticated Diagram layout facility

The latest release of DB Visual Architect is available and well-tested in
platforms such as Windows, Linux and Java Desktop. You can download it
from:
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/download.php?shortName=dbva

For more details, please refer to the product homepage:
http://www.visual-paradigm.com/dbva.php