diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/AttributeConverterExtractor.java b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/AttributeConverterExtractor.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Other licenses:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Commercial licenses for this work are available. These replace the above
+ * ASL 2.0 and offer limited warranties, support, maintenance, and commercial
+ * database integrations.
+ *
+ * For more information, please visit: http://www.jooq.org/licenses
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.jooq.util.jpa;
+
+import static org.jooq.impl.DSL.name;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceUnitInfo;
+
+import org.jooq.Name;
+import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
+
+import org.hibernate.boot.Metadata;
+import org.hibernate.cfg.AvailableSettings;
+import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
+import org.hibernate.integrator.spi.Integrator;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.PersistenceUnitInfoDescriptor;
+import org.hibernate.jpa.boot.spi.IntegratorProvider;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Column;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.PersistentClass;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Property;
+import org.hibernate.mapping.Table;
+import org.hibernate.service.spi.SessionFactoryServiceRegistry;
+import org.hibernate.type.Type;
+import org.hibernate.type.descriptor.converter.AttributeConverterTypeAdapter;
+
+/**
+ * A Hibernate {@link Integrator} that walks the meta model to discover all
+ * {@link AttributeConverter} references and how they're tied to database
+ * columns.
+ *
+ * This class was implemented with the help of Vlad Mihalcea's excellent blog
+ * post about walking the Hibernate meta model: https://vladmihalcea.com/2017/08/24/how-to-get-the-entity-mapping-to-database-table-binding-metadata-from-hibernate/
+ *
+ * @author Lukas Eder
+ */
+final class AttributeConverterExtractor implements Integrator {
+
+ static final JooqLogger log = JooqLogger.getLogger(JPADatabase.class);
+
+ private Metadata meta;
+ private JPADatabase database;
+ private Collection extends Class>> classes;
+
+ AttributeConverterExtractor(JPADatabase database, Collection extends Class>> classes) {
+ this.database = database;
+ this.classes = classes;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final void integrate(Metadata m, SessionFactoryImplementor f, SessionFactoryServiceRegistry r) {
+ this.meta = m;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final void disintegrate(SessionFactoryImplementor f, SessionFactoryServiceRegistry r) {}
+
+ @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+ final Map> extract() {
+ Map> result = new LinkedHashMap>();
+
+ initEntityManagerFactory();
+ for (PersistentClass persistentClass : meta.getEntityBindings()) {
+ Table table = persistentClass.getTable();
+
+ Iterator propertyIterator = persistentClass.getPropertyIterator();
+
+ propertyLoop:
+ while (propertyIterator.hasNext()) {
+ Property property = propertyIterator.next();
+ Type type = property.getValue().getType();
+
+ if (type instanceof AttributeConverterTypeAdapter) {
+ AttributeConverter, ?> converter = ((AttributeConverterTypeAdapter>) type).getAttributeConverter();
+ Iterator columnIterator = property.getColumnIterator();
+
+ if (columnIterator.hasNext()) {
+ Column column = columnIterator.next();
+
+ if (columnIterator.hasNext()) {
+ log.info("AttributeConverter", "Cannot apply AttributeConverter of property " + property + " on several columns.");
+ continue propertyLoop;
+ }
+
+ result.put(name(table.getCatalog(), table.getSchema(), table.getName(), column.getName()), converter);
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ private final EntityManagerFactory initEntityManagerFactory() {
+ PersistenceUnitInfo persistenceUnitInfo = persistenceUnitInfo(getClass().getSimpleName());
+ Map configuration = new HashMap();
+ configuration.put("hibernate.integrator_provider", (IntegratorProvider) () -> Collections.singletonList(this));
+ configuration.put(AvailableSettings.CONNECTION_PROVIDER, database.connectionProvider());
+ PersistenceUnitInfoDescriptor descriptor = new PersistenceUnitInfoDescriptor(persistenceUnitInfo);
+ return new EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl(descriptor, configuration).build();
+ }
+
+ private final PersistenceUnitInfoImpl persistenceUnitInfo(String name) {
+ return new PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(name, entityClassNames(), properties());
+ }
+
+ private final Properties properties() {
+ Properties properties = new Properties();
+ properties.put("hibernate.dialect", JPADatabase.HIBERNATE_DIALECT);
+ properties.put("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", "create-drop");
+ return properties;
+ }
+
+ private final List entityClassNames() {
+ List result = new ArrayList();
+
+ for (Class> klass : classes)
+ result.add(klass.getName());
+
+ return result;
+ }
+}
diff --git a/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java b/jOOQ-meta-extensions/src/main/java/org/jooq/util/jpa/PersistenceUnitInfoImpl.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * Other licenses:
+ * -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Commercial licenses for this work are available. These replace the above
+ * ASL 2.0 and offer limited warranties, support, maintenance, and commercial
+ * database integrations.
+ *
+ * For more information, please visit: http://www.jooq.org/licenses
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ */
+package org.jooq.util.jpa;
+
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.persistence.SharedCacheMode;
+import javax.persistence.ValidationMode;
+import javax.persistence.spi.ClassTransformer;
+import javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceUnitInfo;
+import javax.persistence.spi.PersistenceUnitTransactionType;
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * A programmatic implementation of the persistence unit information.
+ *
+ * See also: https://vladmihalcea.com/2015/11/26/how-to-bootstrap-hibernate-without-the-persistence-xml-file/
+ *
+ * @author Vlad Mihalcea
+ * @author Lukas Eder
+ */
+final class PersistenceUnitInfoImpl implements PersistenceUnitInfo {
+
+ private final String persistenceUnitName;
+ private PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
+ private final List managedClassNames;
+ private final List mappingFileNames = new ArrayList();
+ private final Properties properties;
+ private DataSource jtaDataSource;
+ private DataSource nonJtaDataSource;
+
+ PersistenceUnitInfoImpl(String persistenceUnitName, List managedClassNames, Properties properties) {
+ this.persistenceUnitName = persistenceUnitName;
+ this.managedClassNames = managedClassNames;
+ this.properties = properties;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final String getPersistenceUnitName() {
+ return persistenceUnitName;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final String getPersistenceProviderClassName() {
+ return HibernatePersistenceProvider.class.getName();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final PersistenceUnitTransactionType getTransactionType() {
+ return transactionType;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final DataSource getJtaDataSource() {
+ return jtaDataSource;
+ }
+
+ public final PersistenceUnitInfoImpl setJtaDataSource(DataSource jtaDataSource) {
+ this.jtaDataSource = jtaDataSource;
+ this.nonJtaDataSource = null;
+ this.transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.JTA;
+
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final DataSource getNonJtaDataSource() {
+ return nonJtaDataSource;
+ }
+
+ public final PersistenceUnitInfoImpl setNonJtaDataSource(DataSource nonJtaDataSource) {
+ this.nonJtaDataSource = nonJtaDataSource;
+ this.jtaDataSource = null;
+ this.transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
+
+ return this;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final List getMappingFileNames() {
+ return mappingFileNames;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final List getJarFileUrls() {
+ return Collections.emptyList();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final URL getPersistenceUnitRootUrl() {
+ return null;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final List getManagedClassNames() {
+ return managedClassNames;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final boolean excludeUnlistedClasses() {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final SharedCacheMode getSharedCacheMode() {
+ return SharedCacheMode.UNSPECIFIED;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final ValidationMode getValidationMode() {
+ return ValidationMode.AUTO;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final Properties getProperties() {
+ return properties;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final String getPersistenceXMLSchemaVersion() {
+ return "2.1";
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+ return Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public final void addTransformer(ClassTransformer transformer) {}
+
+ @Override
+ public final ClassLoader getNewTempClassLoader() {
+ return null;
+ }
+}
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