[news.eclipse.rt.eclipselink] DDL generation without database access

[fs5@xxxxxxx (Frank Schwarz)]

Is it possible to let EclipseLink write the SQL schema definition files 
without accessing the database?

My approach so far still connects to the database:

String directory = args[0];
Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<String, String>();
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.DDL_GENERATION, 
PersistenceUnitProperties.CREATE_ONLY);
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.CREATE_JDBC_DDL_FILE, 
"create-tables.sql");
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.DROP_JDBC_DDL_FILE, 
"drop-tables.sql");
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.DDL_GENERATION_MODE, 
PersistenceUnitProperties.DDL_SQL_SCRIPT_GENERATION);
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.APP_LOCATION, directory);
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.JDBC_READ_CONNECTIONS_MIN, "0");
properties.put(PersistenceUnitProperties.JDBC_WRITE_CONNECTIONS_MIN, "0");
		
System.setProperty(PersistenceUnitProperties.JAVASE_DB_INTERACTION, 
"false");

EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory = 
Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("default", properties);
entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager().close();
entityManagerFactory.close();


Is there a best practice for this usecase?

Kind regards
Frank