To create the database schema (using create table SQL commands) we can use the SchemaManager tool that comes with JPA Objects. This is really just a wrapper around Hibernate's equivalent hbm2ddl tool.

The steps for doing this is described in Section 7.3, “Run the Schema Manager”, but the Maven archetype goes a little further by setting up some launch configurations for you. Use Run > Run Configurations... and locate the dba - SchemaManager - create only launch configuration. Then Run. Inspect your database using the PgAdmin III GUI admin tool (or equivalent if using your own database); you should see a number of tables created, as shown below:

For convenience, there are other launch configurations for drop, to recreate or to preview. The last of these, preview, will not hit the database, instead it will just print out the SQL.