STEP: Start JBDS and H2 db ( https://github.com/maxandersen/sakila-h2 ) STEP: Create JPA 2.0. Project with Hibernate STEP: Convert to maven project STEP: Add dependencies (see pom file below) STEP: Project -> JPA Tools -> Generate Entities from Table ASSERT: Entities should be generated Pom file Pom <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd "> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>testjpa</groupId> <artifactId>testjpa</artifactId> <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId> <version>4.0.0.Final</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId> <version>4.0.0.Final</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId> <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId> <version>1.0.0.Final</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.h2database</groupId> <artifactId>h2</artifactId> <version>1.3.161</version> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <sourceDirectory>src</sourceDirectory> <resources> <resource> <directory>src</directory> <excludes> <exclude>* / .java</exclude> </excludes> </resource> </resources> <plugins> <plugin> <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId> <version>3.1</version> <configuration> <source>1.8</source> <target>1.8</target> </configuration> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>