[dali-dev] JPQL query generation?

[Tom Mutdosch <tommut@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

Is there any way to assist in generating queries (using Java Persistence Query 
Language) in Dali?  For example, is there any visual query builder that can 
generate a JPQL query?  I know the Data Tools Platform provides a visual SQL 
Builder.  It might be nice if there was something similar that Dali could use. 
For example, someone who doesn't know much SQL but wants to "retrieve all 
Departments containing Employees with at least 5 years of experience".  I know 
that JPA can also be used with SQL Queries, so maybe that would be the 
recommended advice for such a user - to use the SQL Query Builder and then 
supply that query to the EntityManager.  How hard would it be for Dali to reuse 
the SQL Builder to have it generate JPQL instead?

Thanks
Tom