[maven-release-plugin] prepare release avaje-ebeanorm-4.5.2

Add support for java.time types, tidy up ScalarTypes

.gitignore

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 target/
 logs/
 log/
+/db
 /mydb.db
 
 

README.md

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
+[![Stories in Ready](https://badge.waffle.io/ebean-orm/avaje-ebeanorm.png?label=ready&title=Ready)](https://waffle.io/ebean-orm/avaje-ebeanorm)
 avaje-ebeanorm
 ==============
 
-Main EbeanORM artifact
-
 Maven Dependency
 ----------------
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm</artifactId>
-      <version>3.3.2</version>
+      <version>4.4.1</version>
     </dependency>
     
-    

pom.xml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
   <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm</artifactId>
-  <version>4.0.2</version>
+  <version>4.5.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>avaje-ebeanorm</name>
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@
       <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
       <version>1.0</version>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.7</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.4.3</version>
+    </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
@@ -78,10 +90,10 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.2</version>
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp</groupId>
+      <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -94,14 +106,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>4.1.2</version>
+      <version>4.5.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
         
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.3.153</version>
+      <version>1.4.182</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
@@ -174,23 +186,21 @@
   <!-- Enhance the meta beans -->
   <build>
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.avaje.ebeanorm</groupId>
         <artifactId>avaje-ebeanorm-mavenenhancer</artifactId>
-        <version>4.1.2</version>
+        <version>4.5.1</version>
         <executions>
-           <execution>
-            <id>main</id>
-            <phase>process-classes</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <classSource>target/classes</classSource>
-              <packages>com.avaje.ebean.meta.**</packages>
-              <transformArgs>debug=1</transformArgs>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>enhance</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
+          <!--   Not going to enhance Model bean -->
           <execution>
             <id>test</id>
             <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
@@ -220,9 +230,56 @@
           </includes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+ 	 <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <doctitle>Ebean 4</doctitle>
+          <overview>src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/overview.html</overview>
+         <!-- <excludePackageNames>com.avaje.ebeaninternal.*:com.avaje.ebean.util</excludePackageNames> -->
+          <!--<additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>-->
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <doclet>org.avaje.doclet.PygmentsDoclet</doclet>
+          <excludePackageNames>com.avaje.ebeaninternal.*:com.avaje.ebean.util</excludePackageNames>
+          <docletArtifact>
+            <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pygments-doclet</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.0</version>
+          </docletArtifact>
+          <additionalparam>
+            -Xdoclint:none
+            -include-basedir ${project.basedir}
+            -attributes "idseparator=-; project_name=${project.name}; \
+            project_version=${project.version}; \
+            project_desc=${project.description}"
+          </additionalparam>
+          <linksource>true</linksource>
+          <overview>src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/overview.html</overview>
 
+        </configuration>
+
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
   </build>
-
+ 
 </project>

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/BeanState.java

@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ public interface BeanState {
    * {@link EbeanServer#createEntityBean(Class)}, then populate its properties
    * and then call this method specifying which properties where loaded or null
    * for a fully loaded entity bean.
-   * 
-   * @param loadedProperties
-   *          the properties that where loaded or null for a fully loaded entity
-   *          bean.
    */
   public void setLoaded();
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/DRawSqlParser.java

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class DRawSqlParser {
 
   public static final String $_WHERE = "${where}";
 
-  private static final String ORDER_BY = "order by";
-
   private final SimpleTextParser textParser;
 
   private String sql;
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ class DRawSqlParser {
   private int groupByPos = -1;
   private int havingPos = -1;
   private int orderByPos = -1;
+  private int orderByStmtPos = -1;
 
   private boolean whereExprAnd;
   private int whereExprPos = -1;
@@ -66,12 +65,12 @@ class DRawSqlParser {
     String preFrom = removeWhitespace(findPreFromSql());
     String preWhere = removeWhitespace(findPreWhereSql());
     String preHaving = removeWhitespace(findPreHavingSql());
+    String orderByPrefix = findOrderByPrefixSql();
     String orderBySql = findOrderBySql();
 
     preFrom = trimSelectKeyword(preFrom);
 
-    return new Sql(sql.hashCode(), preFrom, preWhere, whereExprAnd, preHaving, havingExprAnd,
-        orderBySql, (distinctPos > -1));
+    return new Sql(sql.hashCode(), preFrom, preWhere, whereExprAnd, preHaving, havingExprAnd, orderByPrefix, orderBySql, (distinctPos > -1));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -142,12 +141,12 @@ class DRawSqlParser {
     return preWhereExprSql;
   }
 
+  private String findOrderByPrefixSql() {
+    return (orderByPos < 1) ? null : sql.substring(orderByPos, orderByStmtPos);
+  }
+
   private String findOrderBySql() {
-    if (orderByPos > -1) {
-      int pos = orderByPos + ORDER_BY.length();
-      return sql.substring(pos).trim();
-    }
-    return null;
+    return (orderByStmtPos < 1) ? null : sql.substring(orderByStmtPos).trim();
   }
 
   private String findPreHavingSql() {
@@ -226,6 +225,11 @@ class DRawSqlParser {
     }
 
     orderByPos = textParser.findWordLower("order", startOrderBy);
+    if (orderByPos > 1) {
+      // there might be keywords like siblings in between the order
+      // and by so search for the by keyword explicitly
+      orderByStmtPos = 2 + textParser.findWordLower("by", orderByPos);
+    }
   }
 
   private int findWhereExprPosition() {

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Ebean.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.annotation.CacheStrategy;
 import com.avaje.ebean.cache.ServerCacheManager;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
 import com.avaje.ebean.text.csv.CsvReader;
 import com.avaje.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
@@ -63,34 +62,38 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
  * created automatically they are configured using information in the
  * ebean.properties file.
  * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   // fetch shipped orders (and also their customer)
+ *   List<Order> list = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+ * 	  .fetch("customer")
+ * 	  .where()
+ * 	  .eq("status.code", Order.Status.SHIPPED)
+ * 	  .findList();
+ *
+ *   // read/use the order list ...
+ *   for (Order order : list) {
+ * 	   Customer customer = order.getCustomer();
+ * 	   ...
+ *   }
+ *
+ * }</pre>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * // fetch shipped orders (and also their customer)
- * List&lt;Order&gt; list = Ebean.find(Order.class)
- * 	.fetch(&quot;customer&quot;)
- * 	.where() 
- * 	.eq(&quot;status.code&quot;, Order.Status.SHIPPED) 
- * 	.findList();
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   // fetch order 10, modify and save
+ *   Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class, 10);
  * 
- * // read/use the order list ... 
- * for (Order order : list) { 
- * 	Customer customer = order.getCustomer(); 
- * 	... 
- * }
- * </pre>
+ *   OrderStatus shipped = Ebean.getReference(OrderStatus.class,"SHIPPED");
+ *   order.setStatus(shipped);
+ *   order.setShippedDate(shippedDate);
+ *   ...
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * // fetch order 10, modify and save 
- * Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class, 10);
- * 
- * OrderStatus shipped = Ebean.getReference(OrderStatus.class,&quot;SHIPPED&quot;); 
- * order.setStatus(shipped);
- * order.setShippedDate(shippedDate); 
- * ...
- * 
- * // implicitly creates a transaction and commits 
- * Ebean.save(order);
- * </pre>
+ *   // implicitly creates a transaction and commits
+ *   Ebean.save(order);
+ *
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * When you have multiple databases and need access to a specific one the
@@ -98,20 +101,22 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
  * specific database.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * // Get access to the Human Resources EbeanServer/Database
- * EbeanServer hrDb = Ebean.getServer(&quot;hr&quot;);
+ * <pre> {@code
+ *
+ *   // Get access to the Human Resources EbeanServer/Database
+ *   EbeanServer hrDb = Ebean.getServer("hr");
  * 
  * 
- * // fetch contact 3 from the HR database 
- * Contact contact = hrDb.find(Contact.class, 3);
+ *   // fetch contact 3 from the HR database
+ *   Contact contact = hrDb.find(Contact.class, 3);
  * 
- * contact.setName(&quot;I'm going to change&quot;); 
- * ...
+ *   contact.setName("I'm going to change");
+ *   ...
  * 
- * // save the contact back to the HR database 
- * hrDb.save(contact);
- * </pre>
+ *   // save the contact back to the HR database
+ *   hrDb.save(contact);
+ *
+ * }</pre>
  */
 public final class Ebean {
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Ebean.class);
@@ -149,14 +154,14 @@ public final class Ebean {
 
       // skipDefaultServer is set by EbeanServerFactory
       // ... when it is creating the primaryServer
-      if (GlobalProperties.isSkipPrimaryServer()) {
+      if (PrimaryServer.isSkip()) {
         // primary server being created by EbeanServerFactory
         // ... so we should not try and create it here
-        logger.debug("GlobalProperties.isSkipPrimaryServer()");
+        logger.debug("PrimaryServer.isSkip()");
 
       } else {
         // look to see if there is a default server defined
-        String primaryName = getPrimaryServerName();
+        String primaryName = PrimaryServer.getPrimaryServerName();
         logger.debug("primaryName:" + primaryName);
         if (primaryName != null && primaryName.trim().length() > 0) {
           primaryServer = getWithCreate(primaryName.trim());
@@ -164,12 +169,6 @@ public final class Ebean {
       }
     }
 
-    private String getPrimaryServerName() {
-
-      String serverName = GlobalProperties.get("ebean.default.datasource", null);
-      return GlobalProperties.get("datasource.default", serverName);
-    }
-
     private EbeanServer getPrimaryServer() {
       if (primaryServer == null) {
         String msg = "The default EbeanServer has not been defined?";
@@ -214,14 +213,13 @@ public final class Ebean {
      * Register a server so we can get it by its name.
      */
     private void register(EbeanServer server, boolean isPrimaryServer) {
+      registerWithName(server.getName(), server, isPrimaryServer);
+    }
+    
+    private void registerWithName(String name, EbeanServer server, boolean isPrimaryServer) {
       synchronized (monitor) {
-        concMap.put(server.getName(), server);
-        EbeanServer existingServer = syncMap.put(server.getName(), server);
-        if (existingServer != null) {
-          String msg = "Existing EbeanServer [" + server.getName() + "] is being replaced?";
-          logger.warn(msg);
-        }
-
+        concMap.put(name, server);
+        syncMap.put(name, server);
         if (isPrimaryServer) {
           primaryServer = server;
         }
@@ -243,12 +241,12 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Ebean.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // use the &quot;hr&quot; database
-   * EbeanServer hrDatabase = Ebean.getServer(&quot;hr&quot;);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   * // use the "hr" database
+   * EbeanServer hrDatabase = Ebean.getServer("hr");
    * 
    * Person person = hrDatabase.find(Person.class, 10);
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param name
    *          the name of the server, use null for the 'default server'
@@ -282,10 +280,19 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Register the server with this Ebean singleton. Specify if the registered
    * server is the primary/default server.
    */
-  protected static void register(EbeanServer server, boolean isPrimaryServer) {
+  public static void register(EbeanServer server, boolean isPrimaryServer) {
     serverMgr.register(server, isPrimaryServer);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Backdoor for registering a mock implementation of EbeanServer as the default  server.
+   */
+  protected static EbeanServer mock(String name, EbeanServer server, boolean isPrimaryServer) {
+    EbeanServer originalPrimaryServer = serverMgr.primaryServer;
+    serverMgr.registerWithName(name, server, isPrimaryServer);
+    return originalPrimaryServer;
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Return the next identity value for a given bean type.
    * <p>
@@ -315,22 +322,24 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * etc.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // start a transaction (stored in a ThreadLocal)
-   * Ebean.beginTransaction(); 
-   * try { 
-   * 	Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class,10); ...
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // start a transaction (stored in a ThreadLocal)
+   *   Ebean.beginTransaction();
+   *   try {
+   * 	   Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class,10); ...
+   *
+   * 	   Ebean.save(order);
    * 
-   * 	Ebean.save(order);
+   * 	   Ebean.commitTransaction();
    * 
-   * 	Ebean.commitTransaction();
-   * 
-   * } finally { 
-   * 	// rollback if we didn't commit 
-   * 	// i.e. an exception occurred before commitTransaction(). 
-   * 	Ebean.endTransaction(); 
-   * }
-   * </pre>
+   *   } finally {
+   * 	   // rollback if we didn't commit
+   * 	   // i.e. an exception occurred before commitTransaction().
+   * 	   Ebean.endTransaction();
+   *   }
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * If you want to externalise the transaction management then you should be
@@ -364,6 +373,19 @@ public final class Ebean {
     return serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().currentTransaction();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Register a TransactionCallback on the currently active transaction.
+   * <p/>
+   * If there is no currently active transaction then a PersistenceException is thrown.
+   *
+   * @param transactionCallback the transaction callback to be registered with the current transaction
+   *
+   * @throws PersistenceException if there is no currently active transaction
+   */
+  public static void register(TransactionCallback transactionCallback) throws PersistenceException {
+    serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().register(transactionCallback);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Commit the current transaction.
    */
@@ -389,17 +411,19 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Code example:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Ebean.beginTransaction();
-   * try {
-   *   // do some fetching and or persisting
-   *   // commit at the end Ebean.commitTransaction();
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   Ebean.beginTransaction();
+   *   try {
+   *     // do some fetching and or persisting
+   *
+   *     // commit at the end
+   *     Ebean.commitTransaction();
    * 
-   * } finally {
-   *   // if commit didn't occur then rollback the transaction
-   *   Ebean.endTransaction();
-   * }
-   * </pre>
+   *   } finally {
+   *     // if commit didn't occur then rollback the transaction
+   *     Ebean.endTransaction();
+   *   }
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static void endTransaction() {
     serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().endTransaction();
@@ -432,15 +456,15 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * saving an order will also save all its details.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * public class Order { ...
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   public class Order { ...
    * 	
-   * 	&#064;OneToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy=&quot;order&quot;)
-   * 	&#064;JoinColumn(name=&quot;order_id&quot;) 
-   * 	List&lt;OrderDetail&gt; details; 
-   * 	... 
-   * }
-   * </pre>
+   * 	   @OneToMany(cascade=CascadeType.ALL, mappedBy="order")
+   * 	   @JoinColumn(name="order_id")
+   * 	   List<OrderDetail> details;
+   * 	   ...
+   *   }
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * When a save cascades via a OneToMany or ManyToMany Ebean will automatically
@@ -467,7 +491,31 @@ public final class Ebean {
   public static void insert(Collection<?> beans) {
     serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().insert(beans);
   }
-  
+
+  /**
+   * Marks the entity bean as dirty.
+   * <p>
+   * This is used so that when a bean that is otherwise unmodified is updated with the version
+   * property updated.
+   * <p>
+   * An unmodified bean that is saved or updated is normally skipped and this marks the bean as
+   * dirty so that it is not skipped.
+   * 
+   * <pre>{@code
+   * 
+   *   Customer customer = Ebean.find(Customer, id);
+   * 
+   *   // mark the bean as dirty so that a save() or update() will
+   *   // increment the version property
+   *   Ebean.markAsDirty(customer);
+   *   Ebean.save(customer);
+   * 
+   * }</pre>
+   */
+  public static void markAsDirty(Object bean) throws OptimisticLockException {
+    serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().markAsDirty(bean);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Saves the bean using an update. If you know you are updating a bean then it is preferrable to
    * use this update() method rather than save().
@@ -491,15 +539,15 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * properties are included instead.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
    * 
-   * // A 'stateless update' example
-   * Customer customer = new Customer();
-   * customer.setId(7);
-   * customer.setName(&quot;ModifiedNameNoOCC&quot;);
-   * ebeanServer.update(customer);
+   *   // A 'stateless update' example
+   *   Customer customer = new Customer();
+   *   customer.setId(7);
+   *   customer.setName("ModifiedNameNoOCC");
+   *   ebeanServer.update(customer);
    * 
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @see ServerConfig#setUpdatesDeleteMissingChildren(boolean)
    * @see ServerConfig#setUpdateChangesOnly(boolean)
@@ -623,7 +671,8 @@ public final class Ebean {
   /**
    * Refresh the values of a bean.
    * <p>
-   * Note that this does not refresh any OneToMany or ManyToMany properties.
+   * Note that this resets OneToMany and ManyToMany properties so that if they
+   * are accessed a lazy load will refresh the many property.
    * </p>
    */
   public static void refresh(Object bean) {
@@ -633,12 +682,14 @@ public final class Ebean {
   /**
    * Refresh a 'many' property of a bean.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Order order = ...;
-   * ...
-   * // refresh the order details...
-   * Ebean.refreshMany(order, &quot;details&quot;);
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Order order = ...;
+   *   ...
+   *   // refresh the order details...
+   *   Ebean.refreshMany(order, "details");
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param bean
    *          the entity bean containing the List Set or Map to refresh.
@@ -655,16 +706,18 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * This is sometimes described as a proxy (with lazy loading).
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Product product = Ebean.getReference(Product.class, 1);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Product product = Ebean.getReference(Product.class, 1);
    * 
-   * // You can get the id without causing a fetch/lazy load
-   * Integer productId = product.getId();
+   *   // You can get the id without causing a fetch/lazy load
+   *   Integer productId = product.getId();
    * 
-   * // If you try to get any other property a fetch/lazy loading will occur
-   * // This will cause a query to execute...
-   * String name = product.getName();
-   * </pre>
+   *   // If you try to get any other property a fetch/lazy loading will occur
+   *   // This will cause a query to execute...
+   *   String name = product.getName();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param beanType
    *          the type of entity bean
@@ -694,23 +747,23 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * not invoke a DB query.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
    * 
-   * // find orders and their customers
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; list = Ebean.find(Order.class)
-   *     .fetch(&quot;customer&quot;)
-   *     .orderBy(&quot;id&quot;)
+   *   // find orders and their customers
+   *   List<Order> list = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+   *     .fetch("customer")
+   *     .orderBy("id")
    *     .findList();
    * 
-   * // sort by customer name ascending, then by order shipDate
-   * // ... then by the order status descending
-   * Ebean.sort(list, &quot;customer.name, shipDate, status desc&quot;);
+   *   // sort by customer name ascending, then by order shipDate
+   *   // ... then by the order status descending
+   *   Ebean.sort(list, "customer.name, shipDate, status desc");
    * 
-   * // sort by customer name descending (with nulls low)
-   * // ... then by the order id
-   * Ebean.sort(list, &quot;customer.name desc nullsLow, id&quot;);
+   *   // sort by customer name descending (with nulls low)
+   *   // ... then by the order id
+   *   Ebean.sort(list, "customer.name desc nullsLow, id");
    * 
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param list
    *          the list of entity beans
@@ -724,41 +777,43 @@ public final class Ebean {
   /**
    * Find a bean using its unique id. This will not use caching.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // Fetch order 1
-   * Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class, 1);
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   // Fetch order 1
+   *   Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class, 1);
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * If you want more control over the query then you can use createQuery() and
    * Query.findUnique();
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // ... additionally fetching customer, customer shipping address,
-   * // order details, and the product associated with each order detail.
-   * // note: only product id and name is fetch (its a &quot;partial object&quot;).
-   * // note: all other objects use &quot;*&quot; and have all their properties fetched.
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   // ... additionally fetching customer, customer shipping address,
+   *   // order details, and the product associated with each order detail.
+   *   // note: only product id and name is fetch (its a "partial object").
+   *   // note: all other objects use "*" and have all their properties fetched.
    * 
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class);
-   * query.setId(1);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;customer&quot;);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;customer.shippingAddress&quot;);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;details&quot;);
+   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+   *     .setId(1)
+   *     .fetch("customer")
+   *     .fetch("customer.shippingAddress")
+   *     .fetch("details")
+   *     .query();
    * 
-   * // fetch associated products but only fetch their product id and name
-   * query.fetch(&quot;details.product&quot;, &quot;name&quot;);
+   *   // fetch associated products but only fetch their product id and name
+   *   query.fetch("details.product", "name");
    * 
-   * // traverse the object graph...
+   *   // traverse the object graph...
    * 
-   * Order order = query.findUnique();
-   * Customer customer = order.getCustomer();
-   * Address shippingAddress = customer.getShippingAddress();
-   * List&lt;OrderDetail&gt; details = order.getDetails();
-   * OrderDetail detail0 = details.get(0);
-   * Product product = detail0.getProduct();
-   * String productName = product.getName();
-   * </pre>
+   *   Order order = query.findUnique();
+   *   Customer customer = order.getCustomer();
+   *   Address shippingAddress = customer.getShippingAddress();
+   *   List<OrderDetail> details = order.getDetails();
+   *   OrderDetail detail0 = details.get(0);
+   *   Product product = detail0.getProduct();
+   *   String productName = product.getName();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param beanType
    *          the type of entity bean to fetch
@@ -770,7 +825,7 @@ public final class Ebean {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create a <a href="SqlQuery.html">SqlQuery</a> for executing native sql
+   * Create a SqlQuery for executing native sql
    * query statements.
    * <p>
    * Note that you can use raw SQL with entity beans, refer to the SqlSelect
@@ -828,15 +883,17 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * deployment orm xml file.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // Use a namedQuery
-   * UpdateSql update = Ebean.createNamedSqlUpdate(&quot;update.topic.count&quot;);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // Use a namedQuery
+   *   UpdateSql update = Ebean.createNamedSqlUpdate("update.topic.count");
    * 
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;count&quot;, 1);
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;topicId&quot;, 50);
+   *   update.setParameter("count", 1);
+   *   update.setParameter("topicId", 50);
    * 
-   * int modifiedCount = update.execute();
-   * </pre>
+   *   int modifiedCount = update.execute();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static SqlUpdate createNamedSqlUpdate(String namedQuery) {
     return serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().createNamedSqlUpdate(namedQuery);
@@ -851,12 +908,14 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * need to bind required parameters and then execute the query.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // example
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createNamedQuery(Order.class, &quot;new.for.customer&quot;);
-   * query.setParameter(&quot;customerId&quot;, 23);
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; newOrders = query.findList();
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // example
+   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.createNamedQuery(Order.class, "new.for.customer");
+   *   query.setParameter("customerId", 23);
+   *   List<Order> newOrders = query.findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param beanType
    *          the class of entity to be fetched
@@ -879,14 +938,15 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * moved to {@link #createNamedQuery(Class, String)}.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
    * 
-   * String q = &quot;find order fetch details where status = :st&quot;;
+   *   String q = "find order fetch details where status = :st";
    * 
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; newOrders = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, q)
-   *     .setParameter(&quot;st&quot;, Order.Status.NEW)
+   *   List<Order> newOrders = Ebean.>findOrder.class, q)
+   *     .setParameter("st", Order.Status.NEW)
    *     .findList();
-   * </pre>
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param query
    *          the object query
@@ -911,40 +971,43 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Example named updates:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * package app.data;
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   package app.data;
    * 
-   * import ...
+   *   import ...
    * 
-   * &#064;NamedUpdates(value = { 
-   * 	&#064;NamedUpdate( name = &quot;setTitle&quot;, 
-   * 		isSql = false, 
-   * 		notifyCache = false, 
-   * 		update = &quot;update topic set title = :title, postCount = :postCount where id = :id&quot;), 
-   * 	&#064;NamedUpdate( name = &quot;setPostCount&quot;,
-   * 		notifyCache = false,
-   * 		update = &quot;update f_topic set post_count = :postCount where id = :id&quot;), 
-   * 	&#064;NamedUpdate( name = &quot;incrementPostCount&quot;, 
-   * 		notifyCache = false, 
-   * 		isSql = false,
-   * 		update = &quot;update Topic set postCount = postCount + 1 where id = :id&quot;) }) 
-   * &#064;Entity 
-   * &#064;Table(name = &quot;f_topic&quot;) 
-   * public class Topic { ...
-   * </pre>
+   *   @NamedUpdates(value = {
+   *    @NamedUpdate( name = "setTitle",
+   * 	    isSql = false,
+   * 		  notifyCache = false,
+   * 		  update = "update topic set title = :title, postCount = :postCount where id = :id"),
+   * 	  @NamedUpdate( name = "setPostCount",
+   * 		  notifyCache = false,
+   * 		  update = "update f_topic set post_count = :postCount where id = :id"),
+   * 	  @NamedUpdate( name = "incrementPostCount",
+   * 		  notifyCache = false,
+   * 		  isSql = false,
+   * 		  update = "update Topic set postCount = postCount + 1 where id = :id") })
+   *   @Entity
+   *   @Table(name = "f_topic")
+   *   public class Topic { ...
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * Example using a named update:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Update&lt;Topic&gt; update = Ebean.createNamedUpdate(Topic.class, &quot;setPostCount&quot;);
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;postCount&quot;, 10);
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;id&quot;, 3);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Update<Topic> update = Ebean.createNamedUpdate(Topic.class, "setPostCount");
+   *   update.setParameter("postCount", 10);
+   *   update.setParameter("id", 3);
    * 
-   * int rows = update.execute();
-   * System.out.println(&quot;rows updated: &quot; + rows);
-   * </pre>
+   *   int rows = update.execute();
+   *   System.out.println("rows updated: " + rows);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static <T> Update<T> createNamedUpdate(Class<T> beanType, String namedUpdate) {
 
@@ -963,21 +1026,22 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * An example:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
    * 
-   * // The bean name and properties - &quot;topic&quot;,&quot;postCount&quot; and &quot;id&quot;
+   *   // The bean name and properties - "topic","postCount" and "id"
    * 
-   * // will be converted into their associated table and column names
-   * String updStatement = &quot;update topic set postCount = :pc where id = :id&quot;;
+   *   // will be converted into their associated table and column names
+   *   String updStatement = "update topic set postCount = :pc where id = :id";
    * 
-   * Update&lt;Topic&gt; update = Ebean.createUpdate(Topic.class, updStatement);
+   *   Update<Topic> update = Ebean.createUpdate(Topic.class, updStatement);
    * 
-   * update.set(&quot;pc&quot;, 9);
-   * update.set(&quot;id&quot;, 3);
+   *   update.set("pc", 9);
+   *   update.set("id", 3);
    * 
-   * int rows = update.execute();
-   * System.out.println(&quot;rows updated:&quot; + rows);
-   * </pre>
+   *   int rows = update.execute();
+   *   System.out.println("rows updated:" + rows);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static <T> Update<T> createUpdate(Class<T> beanType, String ormUpdate) {
 
@@ -1008,38 +1072,37 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * which is was created.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // Find order 2 additionally fetching the customer, details and details.product
-   * // name.
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   // Find order 2 additionally fetching the customer, details and details.product
+   *   // name.
    * 
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;customer&quot;);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;details&quot;);
-   * query.fetch(&quot;detail.product&quot;, &quot;name&quot;);
-   * query.setId(2);
+   *   Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+   *     .fetch("customer")
+   *     .fetch("details")
+   *     .fetch("detail.product", "name")
+   *     .setId(2)
+   *     .findUnique();
    * 
-   * Order order = query.findUnique();
+   *   // Find order 2 additionally fetching the customer, details and details.product
+   *   // name.
+   *   // Note: same query as above but using the query language
+   *   // Note: using a named query would be preferred practice
    * 
-   * // Find order 2 additionally fetching the customer, details and details.product
-   * // name.
-   * // Note: same query as above but using the query language
-   * // Note: using a named query would be preferred practice
+   *   String oql = "find order fetch customer fetch details fetch details.product (name) where id = :orderId ";
    * 
-   * String oql = &quot;find order fetch customer fetch details fetch details.product (name) where id = :orderId &quot;;
+   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.find(Order.class);
+   *   query.setQuery(oql);
+   *   query.setParameter("orderId", 2);
    * 
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class);
-   * query.setQuery(oql);
-   * query.setParameter(&quot;orderId&quot;, 2);
+   *   Order order = query.findUnique();
    * 
-   * Order order = query.findUnique();
+   *   // Using a named query
+   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.find(Order.class, "with.details");
+   *   query.setParameter("orderId", 2);
    * 
-   * // Using a named query
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, &quot;with.details&quot;);
-   * query.setParameter(&quot;orderId&quot;, 2);
+   *   Order order = query.findUnique();
    * 
-   * Order order = query.findUnique();
-   * 
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param beanType
    *          the class of entity to be fetched
@@ -1099,19 +1162,21 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Example:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // example that uses 'named' parameters 
-   * String s = &quot;UPDATE f_topic set post_count = :count where id = :id&quot;
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // example that uses 'named' parameters
+   *   String s = "UPDATE f_topic set post_count = :count where id = :id"
    * 
-   * SqlUpdate update = Ebean.createSqlUpdate(s);
+   *   SqlUpdate update = Ebean.createSqlUpdate(s);
    * 
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;id&quot;, 1);
-   * update.setParameter(&quot;count&quot;, 50);
+   *   update.setParameter("id", 1);
+   *   update.setParameter("count", 50);
    * 
-   * int modifiedCount = Ebean.execute(update);
+   *   int modifiedCount = Ebean.execute(update);
    * 
-   * String msg = &quot;There where &quot; + modifiedCount + &quot;rows updated&quot;;
-   * </pre>
+   *   String msg = "There where " + modifiedCount + "rows updated";
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param sqlUpdate
    *          the update sql potentially with bind values
@@ -1132,19 +1197,21 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * Example:
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * String sql = &quot;{call sp_order_modify(?,?,?)}&quot;;
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   String sql = "{call sp_order_modify(?,?,?)}";
    * 
-   * CallableSql cs = Ebean.createCallableSql(sql);
-   * cs.setParameter(1, 27);
-   * cs.setParameter(2, &quot;SHIPPED&quot;);
-   * cs.registerOut(3, Types.INTEGER);
+   *   CallableSql cs = Ebean.createCallableSql(sql);
+   *   cs.setParameter(1, 27);
+   *   cs.setParameter(2, "SHIPPED");
+   *   cs.registerOut(3, Types.INTEGER);
    * 
-   * Ebean.execute(cs);
+   *   Ebean.execute(cs);
    * 
-   * // read the out parameter
-   * Integer returnValue = (Integer) cs.getObject(3);
-   * </pre>
+   *   // read the out parameter
+   *   Integer returnValue = (Integer) cs.getObject(3);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @see CallableSql
    * @see Ebean#execute(SqlUpdate)
@@ -1160,18 +1227,19 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * semantics.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // set specific transactional scope settings 
-   * TxScope scope = TxScope.requiresNew().setIsolation(TxIsolation.SERIALIZABLE);
-   * 
-   * Ebean.execute(scope, new TxRunnable() { 
-   * 	public void run() { 
-   * 		User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1); 
-   * 		...
-   * 
-   * 	} 
-   * });
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // set specific transactional scope settings
+   *   TxScope scope = TxScope.requiresNew().setIsolation(TxIsolation.SERIALIZABLE);
+   *
+   *   Ebean.execute(scope, new TxRunnable() {
+   * 	   public void run() {
+   * 		   User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
+   * 		   ...
+   * 	   }
+   *   });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static void execute(TxScope scope, TxRunnable r) {
     serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().execute(scope, r);
@@ -1184,20 +1252,22 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * exception (checked or runtime).
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Ebean.execute(new TxRunnable() {
-   *   public void run() {
-   *     User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
-   *     User u2 = Ebean.find(User.class, 2);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Ebean.execute(new TxRunnable() {
+   *     public void run() {
+   *       User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
+   *       User u2 = Ebean.find(User.class, 2);
    * 
-   *     u1.setName(&quot;u1 mod&quot;);
-   *     u2.setName(&quot;u2 mod&quot;);
+   *       u1.setName("u1 mod");
+   *       u2.setName("u2 mod");
    * 
-   *     Ebean.save(u1);
-   *     Ebean.save(u2);
-   *   }
-   * });
-   * </pre>
+   *       Ebean.save(u1);
+   *       Ebean.save(u2);
+   *     }
+   *   });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static void execute(TxRunnable r) {
     serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().execute(r);
@@ -1210,18 +1280,20 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * semantics.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * // set specific transactional scope settings 
-   * TxScope scope = TxScope.requiresNew().setIsolation(TxIsolation.SERIALIZABLE);
-   * 
-   * Ebean.execute(scope, new TxCallable&lt;String&gt;() {
-   * 	public String call() { 
-   * 		User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1); 
-   * 		...
-   * 		return u1.getEmail(); 
-   * 	} 
-   * });
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   // set specific transactional scope settings
+   *   TxScope scope = TxScope.requiresNew().setIsolation(TxIsolation.SERIALIZABLE);
+   *
+   *   Ebean.execute(scope, new TxCallable<String>() {
+   * 	   public String call() {
+   * 		   User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
+   * 		   ...
+   * 		   return u1.getEmail();
+   * 	   }
+   *   });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    */
   public static <T> T execute(TxScope scope, TxCallable<T> c) {
@@ -1239,22 +1311,24 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * (and you specify the return type via generics).
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Ebean.execute(new TxCallable&lt;String&gt;() {
-   *   public String call() {
-   *     User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
-   *     User u2 = Ebean.find(User.class, 2);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Ebean.execute(new TxCallable<String>() {
+   *     public String call() {
+   *       User u1 = Ebean.find(User.class, 1);
+   *       User u2 = Ebean.find(User.class, 2);
    * 
-   *     u1.setName(&quot;u1 mod&quot;);
-   *     u2.setName(&quot;u2 mod&quot;);
+   *       u1.setName("u1 mod");
+   *       u2.setName("u2 mod");
    * 
-   *     Ebean.save(u1);
-   *     Ebean.save(u2);
+   *       Ebean.save(u1);
+   *       Ebean.save(u2);
    * 
-   *     return u1.getEmail();
-   *   }
-   * });
-   * </pre>
+   *       return u1.getEmail();
+   *     }
+   *   });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public static <T> T execute(TxCallable<T> c) {
     return serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().execute(c);
@@ -1275,7 +1349,7 @@ public final class Ebean {
    * </p>
    * <p>
    * If there is a transaction then this information is placed into the current
-   * transactions event information. When the transaction is commited this
+   * transactions event information. When the transaction is committed this
    * information is registered (with the transaction manager). If this
    * transaction is rolled back then none of the transaction event information
    * registers including the information you put in via this method.
@@ -1303,8 +1377,7 @@ public final class Ebean {
   /**
    * Return the BeanState for a given entity bean.
    * <p>
-   * This will return null if the bean is not an enhanced (or subclassed) entity
-   * bean.
+   * This will return null if the bean is not an enhanced entity bean.
    * </p>
    */
   public static BeanState getBeanState(Object bean) {
@@ -1351,10 +1424,18 @@ public final class Ebean {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Create a JsonContext that will use the default configuration options.
+   * Return the JsonContext for reading/writing JSON.
+   */
+  public static JsonContext json() {
+    return serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().json();
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the JsonContext for reading/writing JSON.
+   * @deprecated Please use #json instead.
    */
   public static JsonContext createJsonContext() {
-    return serverMgr.getPrimaryServer().createJsonContext();
+    return json();
   }
 
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServerFactory.java

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
-import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
-
 import com.avaje.ebean.common.BootupEbeanManager;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.ContainerConfig;
 import com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
-import com.avaje.ebean.util.ClassUtil;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 /**
  * Creates EbeanServer instances.
@@ -26,39 +25,46 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  * methods on the Ebean singleton such as {@link Ebean#find(Class)} are just a
  * convenient way of using the 'default/primary' EbeanServer.
  * </p>
- * 
- * @author Rob Bygrave
- * 
  */
 public class EbeanServerFactory {
 
-  private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EbeanServerFactory.class);
 
-  private static BootupEbeanManager serverFactory = createServerFactory();
+  private static BootupEbeanManager bootupEbeanManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Initialise the container with clustering configuration.
+   *
+   * Call this prior to creating any EbeanServer instances or alternatively set the
+   * ContainerConfig on the ServerConfig when creating the first EbeanServer instance.
+   */
+  public static synchronized void initialiseContainer(ContainerConfig containerConfig) {
+    getServerFactory(containerConfig);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Create using ebean.properties to configure the server.
    */
-  public static EbeanServer create(String name) {
+  public static synchronized EbeanServer create(String name) {
 
-    EbeanServer server = serverFactory.createServer(name);
-
-    return server;
+    // construct based on loading properties files
+    // and if invoked by Ebean then it handles registration
+    BootupEbeanManager serverFactory = getServerFactory(null);
+    return serverFactory.createServer(name);
   }
 
   /**
    * Create using the ServerConfig object to configure the server.
    */
-  public static EbeanServer create(ServerConfig config) {
+  public static synchronized EbeanServer create(ServerConfig config) {
 
     if (config.getName() == null) {
       throw new PersistenceException("The name is null (it is required)");
     }
 
-    EbeanServer server = serverFactory.createServer(config);
+    EbeanServer server = createInternal(config);
 
     if (config.isDefaultServer()) {
-      GlobalProperties.setSkipPrimaryServer(true);
+      PrimaryServer.setSkip(true);
     }
     if (config.isRegister()) {
       Ebean.register(server, config.isDefaultServer());
@@ -67,30 +73,45 @@ public class EbeanServerFactory {
     return server;
   }
 
-  private static BootupEbeanManager createServerFactory() {
 
-    // String d___ =
-    // com.avaje.ebean.server.core.DefaultServerFactory.class.getName();
-    String dflt = "com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.DefaultServerFactory";
-    String implClassName = GlobalProperties.get("ebean.serverfactory", dflt);
+  private static EbeanServer createInternal(ServerConfig config) {
 
-    int delaySecs = GlobalProperties.getInt("ebean.start.delay", 0);
-    if (delaySecs > 0) {
-      try {
-        // perhaps useful to delay the startup to give time to
-        // attach a debugger when running in a server like tomcat.
-        String m = "Ebean sleeping " + delaySecs + " seconds due to ebean.start.delay";
-        logger.info(m);
-        Thread.sleep(delaySecs * 1000);
+    return getServerFactory(config.getContainerConfig()).createServer(config);
+  }
 
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        String m = "Interrupting debug.start.delay of " + delaySecs;
-        logger.error(m, e);
-      }
+  /**
+   * Get the BootupEbeanManager initialising it if necessary.
+   *
+   * @param containerConfig the configuration controlling clustering communication
+   */
+  private static BootupEbeanManager getServerFactory(ContainerConfig containerConfig) {
+
+    if (bootupEbeanManager != null) {
+      return bootupEbeanManager;
     }
+
+    if (containerConfig == null) {
+      // effectively load configuration from ebean.properties
+      Properties properties = PrimaryServer.getProperties();
+      containerConfig = new ContainerConfig();
+      containerConfig.loadFromProperties(properties);
+    }
+    bootupEbeanManager = createServerFactory(containerConfig);
+    return bootupEbeanManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create the container instance using the configuration.
+   */
+  private static BootupEbeanManager createServerFactory(ContainerConfig containerConfig) {
+
+    String dflt = "com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.DefaultServerFactory";
+    String implClassName = System.getProperty("ebean.serverfactory", dflt);
+
     try {
-      // use a client side implementation?
-      return (BootupEbeanManager) ClassUtil.newInstance(implClassName);
+      Class<?> cls = Class.forName(implClassName);
+      Constructor<?> constructor = cls.getConstructor(ContainerConfig.class);
+      return (BootupEbeanManager) constructor.newInstance(containerConfig);
     } catch (Exception ex) {
       throw new RuntimeException(ex);
     }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/ExpressionList.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties;
+
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -87,6 +89,11 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> extends Serializable {
    */
   public Query<T> setOrderBy(String orderBy);
 
+  /**
+   * Apply the path properties to the query replacing the select and fetch clauses.
+   */
+  public Query<T> apply(PathProperties pathProperties);
+
   /**
    * Execute the query iterating over the results.
    * 
@@ -95,9 +102,25 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> extends Serializable {
   public QueryIterator<T> findIterate();
 
   /**
-   * Execute the query visiting the results.
-   * 
-   * @see Query#findVisit(QueryResultVisitor)
+   * Execute the query process the beans one at a time.
+   *
+   * @see Query#findEach(QueryEachConsumer)
+   */
+  public void findEach(QueryEachConsumer<T> consumer);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query processing the beans one at a time with the ability to
+   * stop processing before reading all the beans.
+   *
+   * @see Query#findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer)
+   */
+  public void findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer<T> consumer);
+
+  /**
+   * Deprecated in favor of #findEachWhile which is functionally exactly the same
+   * but has a much better name.
+   *
+   * @deprecated
    */
   public void findVisit(QueryResultVisitor<T> visitor);
 
@@ -185,25 +208,6 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> extends Serializable {
    */
   public FutureList<T> findFutureList();
 
-  /**
-   * Return a PagingList for this query.
-   * <p>
-   * This can be used to break up a query into multiple queries to fetch the
-   * data a page at a time.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * This typically works by using a query per page and setting
-   * {@link Query#setFirstRow(int)} and and {@link Query#setMaxRows(int)} on the
-   * query. This usually would translate into SQL that uses limit offset, rownum
-   * or row_number function to limit the result set.
-   * </p>
-   * 
-   * @param pageSize
-   *          the number of beans fetched per Page
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  public PagingList<T> findPagingList(int pageSize);
-
   /**
    * Return a PagedList for this query.
    * <p>
@@ -238,22 +242,6 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> extends Serializable {
    */
   public Query<T> select(String properties);
 
-  /**
-   * Specify a property (associated bean) to join and <em>fetch</em> including
-   * all its properties.
-   * 
-   * @see Query#join(String)
-   */
-  public Query<T> join(String assocProperties);
-
-  /**
-   * Specify a property (associated bean) to join and <em>fetch</em> with its
-   * specific properties to include (aka partial object).
-   * 
-   * @see Query#join(String,String)
-   */
-  public Query<T> join(String assocProperty, String assocProperties);
-
   /**
    * Set the first row to fetch.
    * 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/FutureList.java

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 /**
  * FutureList represents the result of a background query execution that will
@@ -15,13 +19,13 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  * A simple example:
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  *  // create a query to find all orders
- * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.find(Order.class);
+ * Query<Order> query = Ebean.find(Order.class);
  * 
  *  // execute the query in a background thread
  *  // immediately returning the futureList
- * FutureList&lt;Order&gt; futureList = query.findFutureList();
+ * FutureList<Order> futureList = query.findFutureList();
  * 
  *  // do something else ... 
  * 
@@ -35,13 +39,11 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  * 
  * if (!futureList.isCancelled()){
  * 	// wait for the query to finish and return the list
- * 	List&lt;Order&gt; list = futureList.get();
+ * 	List<Order> list = futureList.get();
  * 	...
  * }
  * 
- * </pre>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
+ * }</pre>
  */
 public interface FutureList<T> extends Future<List<T>> {
 
@@ -50,4 +52,25 @@ public interface FutureList<T> extends Future<List<T>> {
    */
   public Query<T> getQuery();
 
+  /**
+   * Same as {@link #get()} but wraps InterruptedException and ExecutionException in the
+   * unchecked PersistenceException.
+   *
+   * @return The query list result
+   *
+   * @throws PersistenceException when a InterruptedException or ExecutionException occurs.
+   */
+  public List<T> getUnchecked();
+
+  /**
+   * Same as {@link #get(long, java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)} but wraps InterruptedException
+   * and ExecutionException in the unchecked PersistenceException.
+   *
+   * @return The query list result
+   *
+   * @throws TimeoutException if the wait timed out
+   * @throws PersistenceException if a InterruptedException or ExecutionException occurs.
+   */
+  public List<T> getUnchecked(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws TimeoutException;
+
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Model.java

@@ -0,0 +1,737 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
+
+/**
+ * A MappedSuperclass base class that provides convenience methods for inserting, updating and
+ * deleting beans.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * By having your entity beans extend this it provides a 'Active Record' style programming model for
+ * Ebean users.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * Note that there is a avaje-ebeanorm-mocker project that enables you to use Mockito or similar
+ * tools to still mock out the underlying 'default EbeanServer' for testing purposes.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * You may choose not use this Model mapped superclass if you don't like the 'Active Record' style
+ * or if you believe it 'pollutes' your entity beans.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * You can use Dependency Injection like Guice or Spring to construct and wire a EbeanServer instance
+ * and have that same instance used with this Model and Finder. The way that works is that when the
+ * DI container creates the EbeanServer instance it can be registered with the Ebean singleton. In this
+ * way the EbeanServer instance can be injected as per normal Guice / Spring dependency injection and
+ * that same instance also used to support the Model and Finder active record style.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * If you choose to use the Model mapped superclass you will probably also chose to additionally add
+ * a {@link Finder} as a public static field to complete the active record pattern and provide a
+ * relatively nice clean way to write queries.
+ *
+ * <h3>Typical common @MappedSuperclass</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // Typically there is a common base model that has some
+ *     // common properties like the ones below
+ *
+ *     @MappedSuperclass
+ *     public class BaseModel extends Model {
+ *
+ *       @Id Long id;
+ *
+ *       @Version Long version;
+ *
+ *       @CreatedTimestamp Timestamp whenCreated;
+ *
+ *       @UpdatedTimestamp Timestamp whenUpdated;
+ *
+ *       ...
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Extend the Model</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // Extend the mappedSuperclass
+ *
+ *     @Entity @Table(name="oto_account")
+ *     public class Account extends BaseModel {
+ *
+ *       // add a static Finder
+ *       // ... with Long being the type of our ID property ...
+ *
+ *       public static final Finder<Long,Account> find =
+ *             new Finder<Long,Account>(Long.class, Account.class);
+ *
+ *       String name;
+ *
+ *       @OneToOne(mappedBy = "account",optional = true)
+ *       User user;
+ *
+ *       ...
+ *     }
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Modal: save()</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // Active record style ... save(), delete() etc
+ *     Account account = new Account();
+ *     account.setName("AC234");
+ *
+ *     // save() method inherited from Model
+ *     account.save();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Finder: find byId</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // find byId
+ *     Account account = Account.find.byId(42);
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Finder: find where</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // find where ...
+ *     List<Account> accounts =
+ *         Account.find
+ *         .where().gt("startDate", lastMonth)
+ *         .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+@MappedSuperclass
+public abstract class Model {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the underlying 'default' EbeanServer.
+   * 
+   * <p>
+   * This provides full access to the API such as explicit transaction demarcation etc.
+   * 
+   * <p>
+   * Example:
+   * <pre class="code">
+   * Transaction transaction = Customer.db().beginTransaction();
+   * try {
+   * 
+   *   // turn off cascade persist for this transaction
+   *   transaction.setPersistCascade(false);
+   * 
+   *   // extra control over jdbc batching for this transaction
+   *   transaction.setBatchGetGeneratedKeys(false);
+   *   transaction.setBatchMode(true);
+   *   transaction.setBatchSize(20);
+   * 
+   *   Customer customer = new Customer();
+   *   customer.setName(&quot;Roberto&quot;);
+   *   customer.save();
+   * 
+   *   Customer otherCustomer = new Customer();
+   *   otherCustomer.setName(&quot;Franko&quot;);
+   *   otherCustomer.save();
+   * 
+   *   transaction.commit();
+   * 
+   * } finally {
+   *   transaction.end();
+   * }
+   * 
+   * </pre>
+   */
+  public static EbeanServer db() {
+    return Ebean.getServer(null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a named EbeanServer that is typically different to the default server.
+   * 
+   * <p>
+   * If you are using multiple databases then each database has a name and maps to a single
+   * EbeanServer. You can use this method to get an EbeanServer for another database.
+   * 
+   * @param server
+   *          The name of the EbeanServer. If this is null then the default EbeanServer is returned.
+   */
+  public static EbeanServer db(String server) {
+    return Ebean.getServer(server);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Marks the entity bean as dirty.
+   * <p>
+   * This is used so that when a bean that is otherwise unmodified is updated the version
+   * property is updated.
+   * <p>
+   * An unmodified bean that is saved or updated is normally skipped and this marks the bean as
+   * dirty so that it is not skipped.
+   * 
+   * <pre class="code">
+   * 
+   * Customer customer = Customer.find.byId(id);
+   * 
+   * // mark the bean as dirty so that a save() or update() will
+   * // increment the version property
+   * customer.markAsDirty();
+   * customer.save();
+   * 
+   * </pre>
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#markAsDirty(Object)
+   */
+  public void markAsDirty() {
+    db().markAsDirty(this);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Insert or update this entity depending on its state.
+   * 
+   * <p>
+   * Ebean will detect if this is a new bean or a previously fetched bean and perform either an
+   * insert or an update based on that.
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#save(Object)
+   */
+  public void save() {
+    db().save(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Update this entity.
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#update(Object)
+   */
+  public void update() {
+    db().update(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Insert this entity.
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#insert(Object)
+   */
+  public void insert() {
+    db().insert(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Delete this entity.
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#delete(Object)
+   */
+  public void delete() {
+    db().delete(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform an update using this entity against the specified server.
+   */
+  public void update(String server) {
+    db(server).update(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform an insert using this entity against the specified server.
+   */
+  public void insert(String server) {
+    db(server).insert(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform a delete using this entity against the specified server.
+   */
+  public void delete(String server) {
+    db(server).delete(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Refreshes this entity from the database.
+   *
+   * @see EbeanServer#refresh(Object)
+   */
+  public void refresh() {
+    db().refresh(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper object for performing queries.
+   * 
+   * <p>
+   * Typically a Finder is defined as a public static field on an entity bean class to provide a
+   * nice way to write queries.
+   * 
+   * @param <I>
+   *          The Id type. This is most often a {@link Long} but is also often a {@link UUID} or
+   *          {@link String}.
+   *
+   * @param <T>
+   *          The bean type
+   */
+  public static class Finder<I, T> {
+
+    private final Class<I> idType;
+    private final Class<T> type;
+    private final String serverName;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a finder for entity of type <code>T</code> with ID of type <code>I</code>.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Typically you use this constructor to have a static "find" field on each entity bean.
+     */
+    public Finder(Class<I> idType, Class<T> type) {
+      this(null, idType, type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a finder for entity of type <code>T</code> with ID of type <code>I</code>, using a
+     * specific EbeanServer.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Typically you don't need to use this method.
+     */
+    public Finder(String serverName, Class<I> idType, Class<T> type) {
+      this.type = type;
+      this.idType = idType;
+      this.serverName = serverName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the underlying 'default' EbeanServer.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * This provides full access to the API such as explicit transaction demarcation etc.
+     * 
+     */
+    public EbeanServer db() {
+      return Ebean.getServer(serverName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return typically a different EbeanServer to the default.
+     * <p>
+     * This is equivilent to {@link Ebean#getServer(String)}
+     * 
+     * @param server
+     *          The name of the EbeanServer. If this is null then the default EbeanServer is
+     *          returned.
+     */
+    public EbeanServer db(String server) {
+      return Ebean.getServer(server);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a Finder for the named EbeanServer.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Create and return a new Finder for a different server.
+     */
+    public Finder<I, T> on(String server) {
+      return new Finder<I, T>(server, idType, type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Delete a bean by Id.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#delete(Class, Object)}
+     */
+    public void deleteById(I id) {
+      db().delete(type, id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves all entities of the given type.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * This is the same as (synonym for) {@link #findList()}
+     */
+    public List<T> all() {
+      return findList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves an entity by ID.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#find(Class, Object)}
+     */
+    public T byId(I id) {
+      return db().find(type, id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an entity reference for this ID.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#getReference(Class, Object)}
+     */
+    public T ref(I id) {
+      return db().getReference(type, id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a filter for sorting and filtering lists of entities locally without going back to
+     * the database.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#filter(Class)}
+     */
+    public Filter<T> filter() {
+      return db().filter(type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a query.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#find(Class)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> query() {
+      return db().find(type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a query applying the path properties to set the select and fetch clauses.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#apply(com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> apply(PathProperties pathProperties) {
+      return db().find(type).apply(pathProperties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the next identity value.
+     * 
+     * @see EbeanServer#nextId(Class)
+     */
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public I nextId() {
+      return (I) db().nextId(type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a query and returns the results as a list of IDs.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findIds()}
+     */
+    public List<Object> findIds() {
+      return query().findIds();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the query consuming each bean one at a time.
+     * <p>
+     * This is generally used to process large queries where unlike findList
+     * you do not want to hold all the results in memory at once but instead
+     * process them one at a time (requiring far less memory).
+     * </p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findEach(QueryEachConsumer)}
+     */
+    public void findEach(QueryEachConsumer<T> consumer) {
+      query().findEach(consumer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the query consuming each bean one at a time.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer)}
+     * <p>
+     * This is similar to #findEach except that you return boolean
+     * true to continue processing beans and return false to stop
+     * processing early.
+     * </p>
+     * <p>
+     * This is generally used to process large queries where unlike findList
+     * you do not want to hold all the results in memory at once but instead
+     * process them one at a time (requiring far less memory).
+     * </p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer)}
+     */
+    public void findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer<T> consumer) {
+      query().findEachWhile(consumer);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves all entities of the given type.
+     * <p>
+     * The same as {@link #all()}
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findList()}
+     */
+    public List<T> findList() {
+      return query().findList();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns all the entities of the given type as a set.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findSet()}
+     */
+    public Set<T> findSet() {
+      return query().findSet();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves all entities of the given type as a map of objects.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findMap()}
+     */
+    public Map<?, T> findMap() {
+      return query().findMap();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes the query and returns the results as a map of the objects specifying the map key
+     * property.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findMap(String, Class)}
+     */
+    public <K> Map<K, T> findMap(String keyProperty, Class<K> keyType) {
+      return query().findMap(keyProperty, keyType);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return a PagedList of all entities of the given type (use where() to specify predicates as
+     * needed).
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findPagedList(int, int)}
+     */
+    public PagedList<T> findPagedList(int pageIndex, int pageSize) {
+      return query().findPagedList(pageIndex, pageSize);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Executes a find row count query in a background thread.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findFutureRowCount()}
+     */
+    public FutureRowCount<T> findFutureRowCount() {
+      return query().findFutureRowCount();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the total number of entities for this type. *
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#findRowCount()}
+     */
+    public int findRowCount() {
+      return query().findRowCount();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the <code>ExpressionFactory</code> used by this query.
+     */
+    public ExpressionFactory getExpressionFactory() {
+      return query().getExpressionFactory();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Explicitly sets a comma delimited list of the properties to fetch on the 'main' entity bean,
+     * to load a partial object.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#select(String)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> select(String fetchProperties) {
+      return query().select(fetchProperties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies a path to load including all its properties.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#fetch(String)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> fetch(String path) {
+      return query().fetch(path);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Additionally specifies a <code>FetchConfig</code> to specify a 'query join' and/or define the
+     * lazy loading query.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#fetch(String, FetchConfig)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> fetch(String path, FetchConfig joinConfig) {
+      return query().fetch(path, joinConfig);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies a path to fetch with a specific list properties to include, to load a partial
+     * object.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#fetch(String, String)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> fetch(String path, String fetchProperties) {
+      return query().fetch(path, fetchProperties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Additionally specifies a <code>FetchConfig</code> to use a separate query or lazy loading to
+     * load this path.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#fetch(String, String, FetchConfig)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> fetch(String assocProperty, String fetchProperties, FetchConfig fetchConfig) {
+      return query().fetch(assocProperty, fetchProperties, fetchConfig);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Adds expressions to the <code>where</code> clause with the ability to chain on the
+     * <code>ExpressionList</code>.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#where()}
+     */
+    public ExpressionList<T> where() {
+      return query().where();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the <code>order by</code> clause so that you can append an ascending or descending
+     * property to the <code>order by</code> clause.
+     * <p>
+     * This is exactly the same as {@link #orderBy}.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#order()}
+     */
+    public OrderBy<T> order() {
+      return query().order();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the <code>order by</code> clause, replacing the existing <code>order by</code> clause if
+     * there is one.
+     * <p>
+     * This is exactly the same as {@link #orderBy(String)}.
+     */
+    public Query<T> order(String orderByClause) {
+      return query().order(orderByClause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the <code>order by</code> clause so that you can append an ascending or descending
+     * property to the <code>order by</code> clause.
+     * <p>
+     * This is exactly the same as {@link #order}.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#orderBy()}
+     */
+    public OrderBy<T> orderBy() {
+      return query().orderBy();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the <code>order by</code> clause replacing the existing <code>order by</code> clause if
+     * there is one.
+     * <p>
+     * This is exactly the same as {@link #order(String)}.
+     */
+    public Query<T> orderBy(String orderByClause) {
+      return query().orderBy(orderByClause);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the first row to return for this query.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#setFirstRow(int)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> setFirstRow(int firstRow) {
+      return query().setFirstRow(firstRow);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the maximum number of rows to return in the query.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#setMaxRows(int)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> setMaxRows(int maxRows) {
+      return query().setMaxRows(maxRows);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the ID value to query.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * Use this to perform a find byId query but with additional control over the query such as
+     * using select and fetch to control what parts of the object graph are returned.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#setId(Object)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> setId(Object id) {
+      return query().setId(id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create and return a new query using the OQL.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link EbeanServer#createQuery(Class, String)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> setQuery(String oql) {
+      return db().createQuery(type, oql);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create and return a new query based on the <code>RawSql</code>.
+     * <p>
+     * Equivalent to {@link Query#setRawSql(RawSql)}
+     */
+    public Query<T> setRawSql(RawSql rawSql) {
+      return query().setRawSql(rawSql);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query with explicit 'Autofetch' use.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setAutofetch(boolean autofetch) {
+      return query().setAutofetch(autofetch);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query with the select with "for update" specified.
+     * 
+     * <p>
+     * This will typically create row level database locks on the selected rows.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setForUpdate(boolean forUpdate) {
+      return query().setForUpdate(forUpdate);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query specifying whether the returned beans will be read-only.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setReadOnly(boolean readOnly) {
+      return query().setReadOnly(readOnly);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query specifying if the beans should be loaded into the L2 cache.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setLoadBeanCache(boolean loadBeanCache) {
+      return query().setLoadBeanCache(loadBeanCache);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query specifying if the L2 bean cache should be used.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setUseCache(boolean useBeanCache) {
+      return query().setUseCache(useBeanCache);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a query specifying if the L2 query cache should be used.
+     */
+    public Query<T> setUseQueryCache(boolean useQueryCache) {
+      return query().setUseQueryCache(useQueryCache);
+    }
+
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Page.java

@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Represents a Page of results that is part of a PagingList.
- * <p>
- * Typically a Page represents the data that is shown to the user at a single
- * time - and the user 'pages' through a large list.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
- * @param <T>
- *          the entity bean type
- * 
- * @see Query#findPagingList(int)
- * @see PagingList
- */
-public interface Page<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Return the list of entities for this page.
-   */
-  public List<T> getList();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the total row count for all pages.
-   */
-  public int getTotalRowCount();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the total number of pages.
-   */
-  public int getTotalPageCount();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the index position of this page.
-   */
-  public int getPageIndex();
-
-  /**
-   * Return true if there is a next page.
-   */
-  public boolean hasNext();
-
-  /**
-   * Return true if there is a previous page.
-   */
-  public boolean hasPrev();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the next page.
-   */
-  public Page<T> next();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the previous page.
-   */
-  public Page<T> prev();
-
-  /**
-   * Helper method to return a "X to Y of Z" string for this page where X is the
-   * first row, Y the last row and Z the total row count.
-   * 
-   * @param to
-   *          String to put between the first and last row
-   * @param of
-   *          String to put between the last row and the total row count
-   * 
-   * @return String of the format XtoYofZ.
-   */
-  public String getDisplayXtoYofZ(String to, String of);
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/PagedList.java

@@ -16,7 +16,44 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Future;
  * the query. This translates into SQL that uses limit offset, rownum or row_number function to
  * limit the result set.
  * </p>
- * 
+ *
+ * <h4>Example: typical use including total row count</h4>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // We want to find the first 100 new orders
+ *     //  ... 0 means first page
+ *     //  ... page size is 100
+ *
+ *     PagedList<Order> pagedList
+ *       = ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+ *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
+ *       .order().asc("id")
+ *       .findPagedList(0, 100);
+ *
+ *     // Optional: initiate the loading of the total
+ *     // row count in a background thread
+ *     pagedList.loadRowCount();
+ *
+ *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+ *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+ *
+ *     // get the total row count (from the future)
+ *     int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h4>Example: No total row count required</h4>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *     // If you are not getting the 'first page' often
+ *     // you do not bother getting the total row count again
+ *     // so instead just get the page list of data
+ *
+ *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+ *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
  * @param <T>
  *          the entity bean type
  * 
@@ -26,12 +63,53 @@ public interface PagedList<T> {
 
   /**
    * Initiate the loading of the total row count in the background.
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     // initiate the loading of the total row count
+   *     // in a background thread
+   *     pagedList.loadRowCount();
+   *
+   *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+   *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+   *
+   *     // get the total row count (from the future)
+   *     int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * Also note that using loadRowCount() and getTotalRowCount() rather than getFutureRowCount()
+   * means that exceptions ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException are instead
+   * wrapped in the unchecked PersistenceException (which might be preferrable).
+   * </p>
    */
   public void loadRowCount();
 
   /**
    * Return the Future row count. You might get this if you wish to cancel the total row count query
-   * or specify a timeout for that query.
+   * or specify a timeout for the row count query.
+   * <p>
+   * The loadRowCount() & getTotalRowCount() methods internally make use of this getFutureRowCount() method.
+   * Generally I expect people to prefer loadRowCount() & getTotalRowCount() over getFutureRowCount().
+   * </p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     // initiate the row count query in the background thread
+   *     Future<Integer> rowCount = pagedList.getFutureRowCount();
+   *
+   *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+   *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+   *
+   *     // now get the total count with a timeout
+   *     Integer totalRowCount = rowCount.get(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+   *
+   *     // or ge the total count without a timeout
+   *     Integer totalRowCountViaFuture = rowCount.get();
+   *
+   *     // which is actually the same as ...
+   *     int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public Future<Integer> getFutureRowCount();
 
@@ -42,11 +120,37 @@ public interface PagedList<T> {
 
   /**
    * Return the total row count for all pages.
+   * <p>
+   * If loadRowCount() has already been called then the row count query is already executing in a background thread
+   * and this gets the associated Future and gets the value waiting for the future to finish.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * If loadRowCount() has not been called then this executes the find row count query and returns the result and this
+   * will just occur in the current thread and not use a background thread.
+   * </p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     // Optional: initiate the loading of the total
+   *     // row count in a background thread
+   *     pagedList.loadRowCount();
+   *
+   *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+   *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+   *
+   *     // get the total row count (which was being executed
+   *     // in a background thread if loadRowCount() was used)
+   *     int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public int getTotalRowCount();
 
   /**
    * Return the total number of pages based on the page size and total row count.
+   * <p>
+   * This method requires that the total row count has been fetched and will invoke
+   * the total row count query if it has not already been invoked.
+   * </p>
    */
   public int getTotalPageCount();
 
@@ -57,6 +161,10 @@ public interface PagedList<T> {
 
   /**
    * Return true if there is a next page.
+   * <p>
+   * This method requires that the total row count has been fetched and will invoke
+   * the total row count query if it has not already been invoked.
+   * </p>
    */
   public boolean hasNext();
 
@@ -68,7 +176,11 @@ public interface PagedList<T> {
   /**
    * Helper method to return a "X to Y of Z" string for this page where X is the first row, Y the
    * last row and Z the total row count.
-   * 
+   * <p>
+   * This method requires that the total row count has been fetched and will invoke
+   * the total row count query if it has not already been invoked.
+   * </p>
+   *
    * @param to
    *          String to put between the first and last row
    * @param of

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/PagingList.java

@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean;
-
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.Future;
-
-/**
- * Used to page through a query result rather than fetching all the results in a
- * single query.
- * <p>
- * Has the ability to use background threads to 'fetch ahead' the next page and
- * get the total row count.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * If you are building a stateless web application and not keeping the
- * PagingList over multiple requests then there is not much to be gained in
- * using PagingList. Instead you can just use {@link Query#setFirstRow(int)} and
- * {@link Query#setMaxRows(int)}.
- * </p>
- * 
- * <p>
- * If you are using PagingList is a stateful web application where the
- * PagingList is held over multiple requests then PagingList provides the extra
- * benefits of
- * <ul>
- * <li>Fetch ahead - automatically fetching the next page via background query
- * execution</li>
- * <li>Automatic propagation of the persistence context</li>
- * </ul>
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * So with PagingList when you use Page 2 it can automatically fetch Page 3 data
- * in the background (using a findFutureList() query). It also automatically
- * propagates the persistence context so that all the queries executed by the
- * PagingList all use the same persistence context.
- * </p>
- * 
- * <pre>
- * PagingList&lt;TOne&gt; pagingList =
- *     Ebean.find(TOne.class)
- *         .where().gt(&quot;name&quot;, &quot;2&quot;)
- *         .findPagingList(10);
- * 
- * // get the row count in the background...
- * // ... otherwise it is fetched on demand
- * // ... when getRowCount() or getPageCount()
- * // ... is called
- * pagingList.getFutureRowCount();
- * 
- * // get the first page
- * Page&lt;TOne&gt; page = pagingList.getPage(0);
- * 
- * // get the beans from the page as a list
- * List&lt;TOne&gt; list = page.getList();
- * </pre>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
- * @param <T>
- *          the entity bean type
- */
-public interface PagingList<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Refresh will clear all the pages and row count forcing them to be
-   * re-fetched when next required.
-   */
-  public void refresh();
-
-  // public void fetchAll();
-  // public String? getOrderBy();
-  // public void setOrderBy(String?);
-
-  /**
-   * By default fetchAhead is true so use this to turn off fetchAhead.
-   * <p>
-   * Set this to false if you don't want to fetch ahead using background
-   * fetching.
-   * <p>
-   * If set to true (or left as to default) then the next page is fetched in the
-   * background as soon as the list is accessed.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public PagingList<T> setFetchAhead(boolean fetchAhead);
-
-  /**
-   * Return the Future for getting the total row count.
-   */
-  public Future<Integer> getFutureRowCount();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the data for all the pages in the form of a single List.
-   * <p>
-   * Iterating through this list will automatically fire the paging queries as
-   * required.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public List<T> getAsList();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the page size. This is the number of rows per page.
-   */
-  public int getPageSize();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the total row count.
-   * <p>
-   * This gets the result from getFutureRowCount and will wait until that query
-   * has completed.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public int getTotalRowCount();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the total page count.
-   * <p>
-   * This is based on the total row count. This will wait until the row count
-   * has returned if it has not already.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public int getTotalPageCount();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the page for a given page position (starting at 0).
-   */
-  public Page<T> getPage(int i);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/PersistenceContextScope.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the scope for PersistenceContext.
+ * <p/>
+ * Ebean has traditionally used Transaction scope for the PersistenceContext. This is used to change the scope to
+ * use (by default) and explicitly set the scope to use for an individual query.
+ *
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistenceContextScope(PersistenceContextScope)
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.Query#setPersistenceContextScope(PersistenceContextScope)
+ */
+public enum PersistenceContextScope {
+
+  /**
+   * PersistenceContext is scoped to the transaction.
+   * <p/>
+   * If a transaction spans 2 or more queries that fetch the same bean in terms of same type
+   * and same Id value then they share the same bean instance.
+   * <p/>
+   * You may want to change to use QUERY scope when you want a query executing in a transaction to effectively
+   * ignore beans that have already been loaded (by other queries in the same transaction) and instead get a
+   * 'fresh copy' of the bean.
+   */
+  TRANSACTION,
+
+  /**
+   * PersistenceContext is scoped to the query.
+   * <p/>
+   * This means that for this query running in an existing transaction then it will effectively ignore any beans
+   * that have already been queried/loaded by prior queries in the same transaction.
+   * <p/>
+   * You may use QUERY scope on a query that is executed in a transaction and you want to get a 'fresh copy' of the bean.
+   */
+  QUERY
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/PrimaryServer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.PropertyMap;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Provides singleton state for the default server.
+ * <p/>
+ * Intended for internal use as part of bootup, construction, registration of the default server.
+ */
+class PrimaryServer {
+
+  private static Properties globalProperties;
+
+  private static String defaultServerName;
+
+  private static boolean skip;
+
+  /**
+   * Set whether to skip automatically creating the primary server.
+   */
+  static synchronized void setSkip(boolean skip) {
+    PrimaryServer.skip = skip;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true to skip automatically creating the primary server.
+   */
+  static synchronized boolean isSkip() {
+    return skip;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the default server name.
+   */
+  static synchronized String getPrimaryServerName() {
+    getProperties();
+    return defaultServerName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the default configuration Properties.
+   */
+  static synchronized Properties getProperties() {
+    if (globalProperties == null) {
+      globalProperties = PropertyMap.defaultProperties();
+    }
+    defaultServerName = globalProperties.getProperty("datasource.default");
+    if (defaultServerName == null) {
+      defaultServerName = globalProperties.getProperty("ebean.default.datasource");
+    }
+    return globalProperties;
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Query.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties;
+
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -11,54 +13,57 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * Example: Create the query using the API.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * List&lt;Order&gt; orderList = 
- *   Ebean.find(Order.class)
- *     .fetch(&quot;customer&quot;)
- *     .fetch(&quot;details&quot;)
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * List<Order> orderList = 
+ *   ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+ *     .fetch("customer")
+ *     .fetch("details")
  *     .where()
- *       .like(&quot;customer.name&quot;,&quot;rob%&quot;)
- *       .gt(&quot;orderDate&quot;,lastWeek)
- *     .orderBy(&quot;customer.id, id desc&quot;)
+ *       .like("customer.name","rob%")
+ *       .gt("orderDate",lastWeek)
+ *     .orderBy("customer.id, id desc")
  *     .setMaxRows(50)
  *     .findList();
  *   
  * ...
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Example: The same query using the query language
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
  * String oql = 
- *   	&quot;  find  order &quot;
- *   	+&quot; fetch customer &quot;
- *   	+&quot; fetch details &quot;
- *   	+&quot; where customer.name like :custName and orderDate &gt; :minOrderDate &quot;
- *   	+&quot; order by customer.id, id desc &quot;
- *   	+&quot; limit 50 &quot;;
+ *   	"  find  order "
+ *   	+" fetch customer "
+ *   	+" fetch details "
+ *   	+" where customer.name like :custName and orderDate > :minOrderDate "
+ *   	+" order by customer.id, id desc "
+ *   	+" limit 50 ";
  *   
- * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, oql);
- * query.setParameter(&quot;custName&quot;, &quot;Rob%&quot;);
- * query.setParameter(&quot;minOrderDate&quot;, lastWeek);
+ * Query<Order> query = ebeanServer.createQuery(Order.class, oql);
+ * query.setParameter("custName", "Rob%");
+ * query.setParameter("minOrderDate", lastWeek);
  *   
- * List&lt;Order&gt; orderList = query.findList();
+ * List<Order> orderList = query.findList();
  * ...
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Example: Using a named query called "with.cust.and.details"
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createNamedQuery(Order.class,&quot;with.cust.and.details&quot;);
- * query.setParameter(&quot;custName&quot;, &quot;Rob%&quot;);
- * query.setParameter(&quot;minOrderDate&quot;, lastWeek);
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * Query<Order> query = ebeanServer.createNamedQuery(Order.class,"with.cust.and.details");
+ * query.setParameter("custName", "Rob%");
+ * query.setParameter("minOrderDate", lastWeek);
  *   
- * List&lt;Order&gt; orderList = query.findList();
+ * List<Order> orderList = query.findList();
  * ...
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <h3>Autofetch</h3>
  * <p>
@@ -96,13 +101,13 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * Refer to "ALL Properties/Columns" mode of Optimistic Concurrency checking.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * [ find  {bean type} [ ( * | {fetch properties} ) ] ]
  * [ fetch {associated bean} [ ( * | {fetch properties} ) ] ]
  * [ where {predicates} ]
  * [ order by {order by properties} ]
  * [ limit {max rows} [ offset {first row} ] ]
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * <b>FIND</b> <b>{bean type}</b> [ ( <i>*</i> | <i>{fetch properties}</i> ) ]
@@ -158,17 +163,17 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * Find orders fetching all its properties
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find order
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Find orders fetching all its properties
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find order (*)
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Find orders fetching its id, shipDate and status properties. Note that the id
@@ -176,30 +181,30 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * properties.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find order (shipDate, status)
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Find orders with a named bind variable (that will need to be bound via
  * {@link Query#setParameter(String, Object)}).
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find order
  * where customer.name like :custLike
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Find orders and also fetch the customer with a named bind parameter. This
  * will fetch and populate both the order and customer objects.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find  order
  * fetch customer
  * where customer.id = :custId
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <p>
  * Find orders and also fetch the customer, customer shippingAddress, order
@@ -210,13 +215,13 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * populated.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  * find  order
  * fetch customer (name)
  * fetch customer.shippingAddress
  * fetch details
  * fetch details.product (sku, name)
- * </pre>
+ * }</pre>
  * 
  * <h3>Early parsing of the Query</h3>
  * <p>
@@ -299,6 +304,21 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    */
   public Query<T> copy();
 
+  /**
+   * Specify the PersistenceContextScope to use for this query.
+   * <p/>
+   * When this is not set the 'default' configured on {@link com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistenceContextScope(PersistenceContextScope)}
+   * is used - this value defaults to {@link com.avaje.ebean.PersistenceContextScope#TRANSACTION}.
+   * <p/>
+   * Note that the same persistence Context is used for subsequent lazy loading and query join queries.
+   * <p/>
+   * Note that #findEach uses a 'per object graph' PersistenceContext so this scope is ignored for
+   * queries executed as #findIterate, #findEach, #findEachWhile.
+   *
+   * @param scope The scope to use for this query and subsequent lazy loading.
+   */
+  public Query<T> setPersistenceContextScope(PersistenceContextScope scope);
+
   /**
    * Return the ExpressionFactory used by this query.
    */
@@ -323,22 +343,37 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    */
   public Query<T> setAutofetch(boolean autofetch);
 
+  /**
+   * Set the default lazy loading batch size to use.
+   * <p>
+   * When lazy loading is invoked on beans loaded by this query then this sets the
+   * batch size used to load those beans.
+   *
+   * @param lazyLoadBatchSize the number of beans to lazy load in a single batch
+   */
+  public Query<T> setLazyLoadBatchSize(int lazyLoadBatchSize);
+
   /**
    * Explicitly set a comma delimited list of the properties to fetch on the
-   * 'main' entity bean (aka partial object). Note that '*' means all
+   * 'main' root level entity bean (aka partial object). Note that '*' means all
    * properties.
-   * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;Customer&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Customer.class);
-   * 
-   * // Only fetch the customer id, name and status.
-   * // This is described as a &quot;Partial Object&quot;
-   * query.select(&quot;name, status&quot;);
-   * query.where(&quot;lower(name) like :custname&quot;).setParameter(&quot;custname&quot;, &quot;rob%&quot;);
-   * 
-   * List&lt;Customer&gt; customerList = query.findList();
-   * </pre>
-   * 
+   * <p>
+   * You use {@link #fetch(String, String)} to specify specific properties to fetch
+   * on other non-root level paths of the object graph.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     // Only fetch the customer id, name and status.
+   *     // This is described as a "Partial Object"
+   *     .select("name, status")
+   *     .where.ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @param fetchProperties
    *          the properties to fetch for this bean (* = all properties).
    */
@@ -356,31 +391,35 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * "Partial Object" - a bean that only has some of its properties populated.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // query orders...
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class);
+   * List<Order> orders =
+   *     ebeanserver.find(Order.class)
+   *       // fetch the customer...
+   *       // ... getting the customers name and phone number
+   *       .fetch("customer", "name, phoneNumber")
    * 
-   * // fetch the customer...
-   * // ... getting the customer's name and phone number
-   * query.fetch(&quot;customer&quot;, &quot;name, phNumber&quot;);
-   * 
-   * // ... also fetch the customers billing address (* = all properties)
-   * query.fetch(&quot;customer.billingAddress&quot;, &quot;*&quot;);
-   * </pre>
+   *       // ... also fetch the customers billing address (* = all properties)
+   *       .fetch("customer.billingAddress", "*")
+   *       .findList();
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * If columns is null or "*" then all columns/properties for that path are
    * fetched.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // fetch customers (their id, name and status)
-   * Query&lt;Customer&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Customer.class);
-   * 
-   * // only fetch some of the properties of the customers
-   * query.select(&quot;name, status&quot;);
-   * List&lt;Customer&gt; list = query.findList();
-   * </pre>
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .select("name, status")
+   *     .fetch("contacts", "firstName,lastName,email")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param path
    *          the path of an associated (1-1,1-M,M-1,M-M) bean.
@@ -393,6 +432,17 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
   /**
    * Additionally specify a FetchConfig to use a separate query or lazy loading
    * to load this path.
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * // fetch customers (their id, name and status)
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .select("name, status")
+   *     .fetch("contacts", "firstName,lastName,email", new FetchConfig().lazy(10))
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public Query<T> fetch(String assocProperty, String fetchProperties, FetchConfig fetchConfig);
 
@@ -401,7 +451,17 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * <p>
    * The same as {@link #fetch(String, String)} with the fetchProperties as "*".
    * </p>
-   * 
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * // fetch customers (their id, name and status)
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     // eager fetch the contacts
+   *     .fetch("contacts")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @param path
    *          the property of an associated (1-1,1-M,M-1,M-M) bean.
    */
@@ -410,9 +470,29 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
   /**
    * Additionally specify a JoinConfig to specify a "query join" and or define
    * the lazy loading query.
+   *
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * // fetch customers (their id, name and status)
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     // lazy fetch contacts with a batch size of 100
+   *     .fetch("contacts", new FetchConfig().lazy(100))
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public Query<T> fetch(String path, FetchConfig joinConfig);
 
+  /**
+   * Apply the path properties replacing the select and fetch clauses.
+   * <p>
+   * This is typically used when the PathProperties is applied to both the query and the JSON output.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public Query<T> apply(PathProperties pathProperties);
+
   /**
    * Execute the query returning the list of Id's.
    * <p>
@@ -431,49 +511,119 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * (typically in a finally block).
    * </p>
    * <p>
+   * findEach() and findEachWhile() are preferred to findIterate() as they ensure
+   * the jdbc statement and resultSet are closed at the end of the iteration.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
    * This query will execute against the EbeanServer that was used to create it.
    * </p>
    */
   public QueryIterator<T> findIterate();
 
+  /**
+   * This is deprecated in favor of #findEachWhile.
+   * <p>
+   * This is functionally exactly the same as #findEachWhile.  It is
+   * replaced by findEachWhile because the method name is much better.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param visitor
+   *          the visitor used to process the queried beans.
+   *
+   * @deprecated
+   */
+  public void findVisit(QueryResultVisitor<T> visitor);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query processing the beans one at a time.
+   * <p>
+   * This method is appropriate to process very large query results as the
+   * beans are consumed one at a time and do not need to be held in memory
+   * (unlike #findList #findSet etc)
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Note that internally Ebean can inform the JDBC driver that it is expecting larger
+   * resultSet and specifically for MySQL this hint is required to stop it's JDBC driver
+   * from buffering the entire resultSet. As such, for smaller resultSets findList() is
+   * generally preferable.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Compared with #findEachWhile this will always process all the beans where as
+   * #findEachWhile provides a way to stop processing the query result early before
+   * all the beans have been read.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * This method is functionally equivalent to findIterate() but instead of using an
+   * iterator uses the QueryEachConsumer (SAM) interface which is better suited to use
+   * with Java8 closures.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .where().eq("status", Status.NEW)
+   *     .order().asc("id")
+   *     .findEach((Customer customer) -> {
+   *
+   *       // do something with customer
+   *       System.out.println("-- visit " + customer);
+   *     });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param consumer
+   *          the consumer used to process the queried beans.
+   */
+  public void findEach(QueryEachConsumer<T> consumer);
+
   /**
    * Execute the query using callbacks to a visitor to process the resulting
    * beans one at a time.
    * <p>
-   * Similar to findIterate() this query method does not require all the result
-   * beans to be all held in memory at once and as such is useful for processing
-   * large queries.
+   * This method is functionally equivalent to findIterate() but instead of using an
+   * iterator uses the QueryEachWhileConsumer (SAM) interface which is better suited to use
+   * with Java8 closures.
    * </p>
-   * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * 
-   * Query&lt;Customer&gt; query = server.find(Customer.class)
-   *     .fetch(&quot;contacts&quot;, new FetchConfig().query(2))
-   *     .where().gt(&quot;id&quot;, 0)
-   *     .orderBy(&quot;id&quot;)
-   *     .setMaxRows(2);
-   * 
-   * query.findVisit(new QueryResultVisitor&lt;Customer&gt;() {
-   * 
-   *   public boolean accept(Customer customer) {
-   *     // do something with customer
-   *     System.out.println(&quot;-- visit &quot; + customer);
-   *     return true;
-   *   }
-   * });
-   * </pre>
-   * 
-   * @param visitor
-   *          the visitor used to process the queried beans.
+
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .fetch("contacts", new FetchConfig().query(2))
+   *     .where().eq("status", Status.NEW)
+   *     .order().asc("id")
+   *     .setMaxRows(2000)
+   *     .findEachWhile((Customer customer) -> {
+   *
+   *       // do something with customer
+   *       System.out.println("-- visit " + customer);
+   *
+   *       // return true to continue processing or false to stop
+   *       return (customer.getId() < 40);
+   *     });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param consumer
+   *          the consumer used to process the queried beans.
    */
-  public void findVisit(QueryResultVisitor<T> visitor);
+  public void findEachWhile(QueryEachWhileConsumer<T> consumer);
 
   /**
    * Execute the query returning the list of objects.
    * <p>
    * This query will execute against the EbeanServer that was used to create it.
    * </p>
-   * 
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @see EbeanServer#findList(Query, Transaction)
    */
   public List<T> findList();
@@ -483,7 +633,16 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * <p>
    * This query will execute against the EbeanServer that was used to create it.
    * </p>
-   * 
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * Set<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .findSet();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @see EbeanServer#findSet(Query, Transaction)
    */
   public Set<T> findSet();
@@ -498,11 +657,14 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * on the map. If one is not specified then the id property is used.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;Product&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Product.class);
-   * query.setMapKey(&quot;sku&quot;);
-   * Map&lt;?, Product&gt; map = query.findMap();
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * Map<?, Product> map =
+   *   ebeanServer.find(Product.class)
+   *     .setMapKey("sku")
+   *     .findMap();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @see EbeanServer#findMap(Query, Transaction)
    */
@@ -525,32 +687,34 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * return 0 or 1 results.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // assuming the sku of products is unique...
    * Product product =
-   *     Ebean.find(Product.class)
-   *         .where(&quot;sku = ?&quot;)
-   *         .set(1, &quot;aa113&quot;)
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Product.class)
+   *         .where().eq("sku", "aa113")
    *         .findUnique();
    * ...
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * It is also useful with finding objects by their id when you want to specify
    * further join information.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // Fetch order 1 and additionally fetch join its order details...
    * Order order = 
-   *     Ebean.find(Order.class)
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
    *       .setId(1)
-   *       .fetch(&quot;details&quot;)
+   *       .fetch("details")
    *       .findUnique();
-   *       
-   * List&lt;OrderDetail&gt; details = order.getDetails();
+   *
+   * // the order details were eagerly loaded
+   * List<OrderDetail> details = order.getDetails();
    * ...
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public T findUnique();
 
@@ -589,21 +753,14 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
   /**
    * Execute find list query in a background thread.
    * <p>
-   * Deprecated with a view to simplifying internals.
+   * This query will execute in it's own PersistenceContext and using its own transaction.
+   * What that means is that it will not share any bean instances with other queries.
    * </p>
-   * 
+   *
    * @return a Future object for the list result of the query
-   * @deprecated
    */
   public FutureList<T> findFutureList();
 
-  /**
-   * This is being deprecated in favour of the simplier {@link Query#findPagedList(int, int)}.
-   * 
-   * @deprecated
-   */
-  public PagingList<T> findPagingList(int pageSize);
-
   /**
    * Return a PagedList for this query.
    * <p>
@@ -616,7 +773,32 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * the query. This translates into SQL that uses limit offset, rownum or row_number function to
    * limit the result set.
    * </p>
-   * 
+   *
+   * <h4>Example: typical use including total row count</h4>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     // We want to find the first 100 new orders
+   *     //  ... 0 means first page
+   *     //  ... page size is 100
+   *
+   *     PagedList<Order> pagedList
+   *       = ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
+   *       .order().asc("id")
+   *       .findPagedList(0, 100);
+   *
+   *     // Optional: initiate the loading of the total
+   *     // row count in a background thread
+   *     pagedList.loadRowCount();
+   *
+   *     // fetch and return the list in the foreground thread
+   *     List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+   *
+   *     // get the total row count (from the future)
+   *     int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
    * @param pageIndex
    *          The zero based index of the page.
    * @param pageSize
@@ -626,19 +808,20 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
   public PagedList<T> findPagedList(int pageIndex, int pageSize);
 
   /**
-   * Set a named bind parameter. Named parameters have a colon to prefix the
-   * name.
+   * Set a named bind parameter. Named parameters have a colon to prefix the name.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // a query with a named parameter
-   * String oql = &quot;find order where status = :orderStatus&quot;;
+   * String oql = "find order where status = :orderStatus";
    * 
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, oql);
+   * Query<Order> query = ebeanServer.find(Order.class, oql);
    * 
    * // bind the named parameter
-   * query.bind(&quot;orderStatus&quot;, OrderStatus.NEW);
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; list = query.findList();
-   * </pre>
+   * query.bind("orderStatus", OrderStatus.NEW);
+   * List<Order> list = query.findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param name
    *          the parameter name
@@ -652,17 +835,19 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * position starts at 1 to be consistent with JDBC PreparedStatement. You need
    * to set a parameter value for each ? you have in the query.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // a query with a positioned parameter
-   * String oql = &quot;where status = ? order by id desc&quot;;
+   * String oql = "where status = ? order by id desc";
    * 
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, oql);
+   * Query<Order> query = ebeanServer.createQuery(Order.class, oql);
    * 
    * // bind the parameter
    * query.setParameter(1, OrderStatus.NEW);
    * 
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; list = query.findList();
-   * </pre>
+   * List<Order> list = query.findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param position
    *          the parameter bind position starting from 1 (not 0)
@@ -678,12 +863,18 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * fetch joins.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class);
-   * Order order = query.setId(1).join(&quot;details&quot;).findUnique();
-   * List&lt;OrderDetail&gt; details = order.getDetails();
-   * ...
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * Order order =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   *     .setId(1)
+   *     .fetch("details")
+   *     .findUnique();
+   *
+   * // the order details were eagerly fetched
+   * List<OrderDetail> details = order.getDetails();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public Query<T> setId(Object id);
 
@@ -694,15 +885,17 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * {@link #setParameter(String, Object)}.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, &quot;top&quot;);
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * Query<Order> query = ebeanServer.createQuery(Order.class, "top");
    * ...
    * if (...) {
-   *   query.where(&quot;status = :status and lower(customer.name) like :custName&quot;);
-   *   query.setParameter(&quot;status&quot;, Order.NEW);
-   *   query.setParameter(&quot;custName&quot;, &quot;rob%&quot;);
+   *   query.where("status = :status and lower(customer.name) like :custName");
+   *   query.setParameter("status", Order.NEW);
+   *   query.setParameter("custName", "rob%");
    * }
-   * </pre>
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * Internally the addToWhereClause string is processed by removing named
@@ -722,13 +915,15 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
   /**
    * Add a single Expression to the where clause returning the query.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * List&lt;Order&gt; newOrders = 
-   *     Ebean.find(Order.class)
-   * 		.where().eq(&quot;status&quot;, Order.NEW)
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<Order> newOrders = 
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   * 		.where().eq("status", Order.NEW)
    * 		.findList();
    * ...
-   * </pre>
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    */
   public Query<T> where(Expression expression);
 
@@ -737,15 +932,16 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * ExpressionList. You can use this for adding multiple expressions to the
    * where clause.
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;Order&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, &quot;top&quot;);
-   * ...
-   * if (...) {
-   *   query.where()
-   *     .eq(&quot;status&quot;, Order.NEW)
-   *     .ilike(&quot;customer.name&quot;,&quot;rob%&quot;);
-   * }
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<Order> orders =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   *     .where()
+   *       .eq("status", Order.NEW)
+   *       .ilike("customer.name","rob%")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @see Expr
    * @return The ExpressionList for adding expressions to.
@@ -763,17 +959,18 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * week. In this case you can use filterMany() to filter the orders.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
    * 
-   * List&lt;Customer&gt; list = Ebean
-   *     .find(Customer.class)
-   *     // .fetch(&quot;orders&quot;, new FetchConfig().lazy())
-   *     // .fetch(&quot;orders&quot;, new FetchConfig().query())
-   *     .fetch(&quot;orders&quot;).where().ilike(&quot;name&quot;, &quot;rob%&quot;).filterMany(&quot;orders&quot;)
-   *     .eq(&quot;status&quot;, Order.Status.NEW).gt(
-   *         &quot;orderDate&quot;, lastWeek).findList();
+   * List<Customer> list =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     // .fetch("orders", new FetchConfig().lazy())
+   *     // .fetch("orders", new FetchConfig().query())
+   *     .fetch("orders")
+   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .filterMany("orders").eq("status", Order.Status.NEW).gt("orderDate", lastWeek)
+   *     .findList();
    * 
-   * </pre>
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * <p>
    * Please note you have to be careful that you add expressions to the correct
@@ -811,14 +1008,14 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * {@link #setParameter(String, Object)}.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * Query&lt;ReportOrder&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(ReportOrder.class);
-   * ...
-   * if (...) {
-   *   query.having(&quot;score &gt; :min&quot;);
-   *   query.setParameter(&quot;min&quot;, 1);
-   * }
-   * </pre>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<ReportOrder> query =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(ReportOrder.class)
+   *     .having("score > :min").setParameter("min", 1)
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param addToHavingClause
    *          the clause to append to the having clause which typically contains
@@ -950,17 +1147,17 @@ public interface Query<T> extends Serializable {
    * If no property is set then the id property is used.
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
    * // Assuming sku is unique for products...
    *    
-   * Query&lt;Product&gt; query = Ebean.createQuery(Product.class);
-   *   
-   * // use sku for keys...
-   * query.setMapKey(&quot;sku&quot;);
-   *   
-   * Map&lt;?,Product&gt; productMap = query.findMap();
-   * ...
-   * </pre>
+   * Map<?,Product> productMap =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Product.class)
+   *     // use sku for keys...
+   *     .setMapKey("sku")
+   *     .findMap();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    * @param mapKey
    *          the property to use as keys for a map.

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/QueryEachConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+/**
+ * Used to process a query result one bean at a time via a callback to this
+ * visitor.
+ * <p>
+ * If you wish to stop further processing return false from the accept method.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Unlike findList() and findSet() using a QueryResultVisitor does not require
+ * all the beans in the query result to be held in memory at once. This makes
+ * QueryResultVisitor useful for processing large queries.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * Query<Customer> query = server.find(Customer.class)
+ *     .where().eq("status", Status.NEW)
+ *     .order().asc("id");
+ *
+ * query.findEach((Customer customer) -> {
+ *
+ *     // do something with customer
+ *     System.out.println("-- visit " + customer);
+ * });
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ * 
+ * @param <T>
+ *          the type of entity bean being queried.
+ */
+public interface QueryEachConsumer<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Process the bean.
+   * 
+   * @param bean
+   *          the entity bean to process
+   */
+  public void accept(T bean);
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/QueryEachWhileConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+/**
+ * Used to process a query result one bean at a time via a callback to this
+ * visitor.
+ * <p>
+ * If you wish to stop further processing return false from the accept method.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Unlike findList() and findSet() using a QueryResultVisitor does not require
+ * all the beans in the query result to be held in memory at once. This makes
+ * QueryResultVisitor useful for processing large queries.
+ * </p>
+ * <p/>
+ * <pre class="code">
+ *
+ * Query&lt;Customer&gt; query = server.find(Customer.class)
+ *     .fetch(&quot;contacts&quot;, new FetchConfig().query(2))
+ *     .where().gt(&quot;id&quot;, 0)
+ *     .orderBy(&quot;id&quot;)
+ *     .setMaxRows(2);
+ *
+ * query.findEachWhile((Customer customer) -> {
+ *
+ *     // do something with customer
+ *     System.out.println(&quot;-- visit &quot; + customer);
+ *
+ *     // return true to continue processing or false to stop
+ *     return (customer.getId() < 40);
+ * });
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @param <T> the type of entity bean being queried.
+ */
+public interface QueryEachWhileConsumer<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Process the bean and return true if you want to continue processing more
+   * beans. Return false if you want to stop processing further.
+   *
+   * @param bean the entity bean to process
+   * @return true to continue processing more beans or false to stop.
+   */
+  public boolean accept(T bean);
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/RawSql.java

@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-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.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.util.CamelCaseHelper;
 
@@ -21,25 +17,25 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.util.CamelCaseHelper;
  * <b>Unparsed RawSql:</b>
  * </p>
  * <p>
- * When RawSql is created via RawSqlBuilder.unparsed(sql) then Ebean can not
+ * When RawSql is created via {@link RawSqlBuilder#unparsed(String)} then Ebean can not
  * modify the SQL at all. It can't add any extra expressions into the SQL.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * <b>Parsed RawSql:</b>
  * </p>
  * <p>
- * When RawSql is created via RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql) then Ebean will parse the
+ * When RawSql is created via {@link RawSqlBuilder#parse(String)} then Ebean will parse the
  * SQL and find places in the SQL where it can add extra where expressions, add
  * extra having expressions or replace the order by clause. If you want to
  * explicitly tell Ebean where these insertion points are you can place special
- * strings into your SQL (${where} or ${andWhere} and ${having} or
- * ${andHaving}).
+ * strings into your SQL ({@code ${where}} or {@code ${andWhere}} and {@code ${having}} or
+ * {@code ${andHaving})}.
  * </p>
  * <p>
- * If the SQL already includes a WHERE clause put in ${andWhere} in the location
+ * If the SQL already includes a WHERE clause put in {@code ${andWhere}} in the location
  * you want Ebean to add any extra where expressions. If the SQL doesn't have a
- * WHERE clause put ${where} in instead. Similarly you can put in ${having} or
- * ${andHaving} where you want Ebean put add extra having expressions.
+ * WHERE clause put {@code ${where}} in instead. Similarly you can put in {@code ${having}} or
+ * {@code ${andHaving}} where you want Ebean put add extra having expressions.
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * <b>Aggregates:</b>
@@ -55,23 +51,19 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.util.CamelCaseHelper;
  * to hold the values for the aggregate functions (sum etc) and a &#064;OneToOne
  * to Order.
  * </p>
- * <p>
- * &nbsp;
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * <b>Example OrderAggregate</b>
- * </p>
+ *
+ * <h3>Example OrderAggregate</h3>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
+ * <pre>{@code
  *  ...
- *  // &#064;Sql indicates to that this bean
+ *  // @Sql indicates to that this bean
  *  // is based on RawSql rather than a table
  * 
- * &#064;Entity
- * &#064;Sql    
+ * @Entity
+ * @Sql
  * public class OrderAggregate {
  * 
- *  &#064;OneToOne
+ *  @OneToOne
  *  Order order;
  *      
  *  Double totalAmount;
@@ -80,35 +72,38 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.util.CamelCaseHelper;
  *  
  *  // getters and setters
  *  ...
- * </pre>
- * <p>
- * <b>Example 1:</b>
- * </p>
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Example 1:</h3>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * String sql = &quot; select order_id, o.status, c.id, c.name, sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price) as totalAmount&quot;
- *     + &quot; from o_order o&quot;
- *     + &quot; join o_customer c on c.id = o.kcustomer_id &quot;
- *     + &quot; join o_order_detail d on d.order_id = o.id &quot; + &quot; group by order_id, o.status &quot;;
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   String sql = " select order_id, o.status, c.id, c.name, sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price) as totalAmount"
+ *     + " from o_order o"
+ *     + " join o_customer c on c.id = o.kcustomer_id "
+ *     + " join o_order_detail d on d.order_id = o.id " + " group by order_id, o.status ";
  * 
- * RawSql rawSql = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql)
+ *   RawSql rawSql = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql)
  *     // map the sql result columns to bean properties
- *     .columnMapping(&quot;order_id&quot;, &quot;order.id&quot;).columnMapping(&quot;o.status&quot;, &quot;order.status&quot;)
- *     .columnMapping(&quot;c.id&quot;, &quot;order.customer.id&quot;)
- *     .columnMapping(&quot;c.name&quot;, &quot;order.customer.name&quot;)
+ *     .columnMapping("order_id", "order.id")
+ *     .columnMapping("o.status", "order.status")
+ *     .columnMapping("c.id", "order.customer.id")
+ *     .columnMapping("c.name", "order.customer.name")
  *     // we don't need to map this one due to the sql column alias
- *     // .columnMapping(&quot;sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price)&quot;, &quot;totalAmount&quot;)
+ *     // .columnMapping("sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price)", "totalAmount")
  *     .create();
  * 
- * Query&lt;OrderAggregate&gt; query = Ebean.find(OrderAggregate.class);
- * query.setRawSql(rawSql).where().gt(&quot;order.id&quot;, 0).having().gt(&quot;totalAmount&quot;, 20);
+ *   List<OrderAggregate> list = Ebean.find(OrderAggregate.class)
+ *       .setRawSql(rawSql)
+ *       .where().gt("order.id", 0)
+ *       .having().gt("totalAmount", 20)
+ *       .findList();
  * 
- * List&lt;OrderAggregate&gt; list = query.findList();
- * </pre>
+ *
+ * }</pre>
  * 
- * <p>
- * <b>Example 2:</b>
- * </p>
+ * <h3>Example 2:</h3>
  * 
  * <p>
  * The following example uses a FetchConfig().query() so that after the initial
@@ -116,37 +111,90 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.util.CamelCaseHelper;
  * associated order status, orderDate along with the customer name.
  * </p>
  * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * String sql = &quot; select order_id, 'ignoreMe', sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price) as totalAmount &quot;
- *     + &quot; from o_order_detail d&quot;
- *     + &quot; group by order_id &quot;;
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *  String sql = " select order_id, 'ignoreMe', sum(d.order_qty*d.unit_price) as totalAmount "
+ *     + " from o_order_detail d"
+ *     + " group by order_id ";
  * 
- * RawSql rawSql = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql).columnMapping(&quot;order_id&quot;, &quot;order.id&quot;)
- *     .columnMappingIgnore(&quot;'ignoreMe'&quot;).create();
+ *   RawSql rawSql = RawSqlBuilder.parse(sql)
+ *     .columnMapping("order_id", "order.id")
+ *     .columnMappingIgnore("'ignoreMe'")
+ *     .create();
  * 
- * Query&lt;OrderAggregate&gt; query = Ebean.find(OrderAggregate.class);
- * query.setRawSql(rawSql).fetch(&quot;order&quot;, &quot;status,orderDate&quot;, new FetchConfig().query())
- *     .fetch(&quot;order.customer&quot;, &quot;name&quot;).where()
- *     .gt(&quot;order.id&quot;, 0).having().gt(&quot;totalAmount&quot;, 20).order().desc(&quot;totalAmount&quot;).setMaxRows(10);
- * 
- * </pre>
+ *   List<OrderAggregate> orders = Ebean.find(OrderAggregate.class)
+ *     .setRawSql(rawSql)
+ *     .fetch("order", "status,orderDate", new FetchConfig().query())
+ *     .fetch("order.customer", "name")
+ *     .where().gt("order.id", 0)
+ *     .having().gt("totalAmount", 20)
+ *     .order().desc("totalAmount")
+ *     .setMaxRows(10)
+ *     .findList();
  * 
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h3>Example 3: tableAliasMapping</h3>
+ * <p>
+ *   Instead of mapping each column you can map each table alias to a path using tableAliasMapping().
+ * </p>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   String rs = "select o.id, o.status, c.id, c.name, "+
+ *               " d.id, d.order_qty, p.id, p.name " +
+ *               "from o_order o join o_customer c on c.id = o.kcustomer_id " +
+ *               "join o_order_detail d on d.order_id = o.id  " +
+ *               "join o_product p on p.id = d.product_id  " +
+ *               "where o.id <= :maxOrderId  and p.id = :productId "+
+ *               "order by o.id, d.id asc";
+ *
+ *  RawSql rawSql = RawSqlBuilder.parse(rs)
+ *       .tableAliasMapping("c", "customer")
+ *       .tableAliasMapping("d", "details")
+ *       .tableAliasMapping("p", "details.product")
+ *       .create();
+ *
+ *  List<Order> ordersFromRaw = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+ *       .setRawSql(rawSql)
+ *       .setParameter("maxOrderId", 2)
+ *       .setParameter("productId", 1)
+ *       .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ *
  * <p>
  * Note that lazy loading also works with object graphs built with RawSql.
  * </p>
  * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
  */
 public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+  private final ResultSet resultSet;
+  
   private final Sql sql;
 
   private final ColumnMapping columnMapping;
 
-  protected RawSql(Sql sql, ColumnMapping columnMapping) {
+  /**
+   * Construct with a ResultSet and properties that the columns map to.
+   * <p>
+   * The properties listed in the propertyNames must be in the same order as the columns in the
+   * resultSet.
+   * <p>
+   * When a query executes this RawSql object then it will close the resultSet.
+   */
+  public RawSql(ResultSet resultSet, String... propertyNames) {
+    this.resultSet = resultSet;
+    this.sql = null;
+    this.columnMapping = new ColumnMapping(propertyNames);
+  }
+  
+  protected RawSql(ResultSet resultSet, Sql sql, ColumnMapping columnMapping) {
+    this.resultSet = resultSet;
     this.sql = sql;
     this.columnMapping = columnMapping;
   }
@@ -158,6 +206,14 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
     return sql;
   }
 
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the resultSet if this is a ResultSet based RawSql.
+   */
+  public ResultSet getResultSet() {
+    return resultSet;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the column mapping for the SQL columns to bean properties.
    */
@@ -169,6 +225,9 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
    * Return the hash for this query.
    */
   public int queryHash() {
+    if (resultSet != null) {
+      return 31 * columnMapping.queryHash();
+    }
     return 31 * sql.queryHash() + columnMapping.queryHash();
   }
 
@@ -195,6 +254,8 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
 
     private final boolean andHavingExpr;
 
+    private final String orderByPrefix;
+
     private final String orderBy;
 
     private final boolean distinct;
@@ -213,6 +274,7 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       this.preWhere = null;
       this.andHavingExpr = false;
       this.andWhereExpr = false;
+      this.orderByPrefix = null;
       this.orderBy = null;
       this.distinct = false;
     }
@@ -221,8 +283,7 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
      * Construct for parsed SQL.
      */
     protected Sql(int queryHashCode, String preFrom, String preWhere, boolean andWhereExpr,
-        String preHaving, boolean andHavingExpr,
-        String orderBy, boolean distinct) {
+        String preHaving, boolean andHavingExpr, String orderByPrefix, String orderBy, boolean distinct) {
 
       this.queryHashCode = queryHashCode;
       this.parsed = true;
@@ -232,6 +293,7 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       this.preWhere = preWhere;
       this.andHavingExpr = andHavingExpr;
       this.andWhereExpr = andWhereExpr;
+      this.orderByPrefix = orderByPrefix;
       this.orderBy = orderBy;
       this.distinct = distinct;
     }
@@ -310,6 +372,14 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       return andHavingExpr;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the 'order by' keywords.
+     * This can contain additional keywords, for example 'order siblings by' as Oracle syntax.
+     */
+    public String getOrderByPrefix() {
+      return (orderByPrefix == null) ? "order by" : orderByPrefix;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the SQL ORDER BY clause.
      */
@@ -329,6 +399,7 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
     private final LinkedHashMap<String, Column> dbColumnMap;
 
     private final Map<String, String> propertyMap;
+    
     private final Map<String, Column> propertyColumnMap;
 
     private final boolean parsed;
@@ -364,6 +435,26 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       this.propertyColumnMap = null;
       this.dbColumnMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Column>();
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Construct for ResultSet use.
+     */
+    protected ColumnMapping(String... propertyNames) {
+      this.immutable = false;
+      this.parsed = false;
+      this.propertyMap = null;
+      //this.propertyColumnMap = null;
+      this.dbColumnMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Column>();
+      
+      int hc = 31;
+      int pos = 0;
+      for (String prop : propertyNames) {
+        hc = 31 * hc + prop.hashCode();
+        dbColumnMap.put(prop, new Column(pos++, prop, null, prop));
+      }
+      propertyColumnMap = dbColumnMap;
+      this.queryHashCode = hc;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Construct an immutable ColumnMapping based on collected information.
@@ -381,9 +472,8 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       for (Column c : dbColumnMap.values()) {
         pMap.put(c.getPropertyName(), c.getDbColumn());
         pcMap.put(c.getPropertyName(), c);
-
-        hc = 31 * hc + c.getPropertyName() == null ? 0 : c.getPropertyName().hashCode();
-        hc = 31 * hc + c.getDbColumn() == null ? 0 : c.getDbColumn().hashCode();
+        hc = 31 * hc + ((c.getPropertyName() == null) ? 0 : c.getPropertyName().hashCode());
+        hc = 31 * hc + ((c.getDbColumn() == null) ? 0 : c.getDbColumn().hashCode());
       }
       this.propertyMap = Collections.unmodifiableMap(pMap);
       this.propertyColumnMap = Collections.unmodifiableMap(pcMap);
@@ -483,6 +573,22 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
       return dbColumnMap.values().iterator();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Modify any column mappings with the given table alias to have the path prefix.
+     * <p>
+     * For example modify all mappings with table alias "c" to have the path prefix "customer".
+     * </p>
+     */
+    public void tableAliasMapping(String tableAlias, String path) {
+
+      String startMatch = tableAlias+".";
+      for (Map.Entry<String, Column> entry : dbColumnMap.entrySet()) {
+        if (entry.getKey().startsWith(startMatch)) {
+          entry.getValue().tableAliasMapping(path);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     /**
      * A Column of the RawSql that is mapped to a bean property (or ignored).
      */
@@ -564,10 +670,23 @@ public final class RawSql implements Serializable {
         return propertyName;
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Set the property name mapped to this db column.
+       */
       private void setPropertyName(String propertyName) {
         this.propertyName = propertyName;
       }
 
+      /**
+       * Prepend the path to the property name.
+       * <p/>
+       * For example if path is "customer" then "name" becomes "customer.name".
+       */
+      public void tableAliasMapping(String path) {
+        if (path != null) {
+          propertyName = path + "." + propertyName;
+        }
+      }
     }
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/RawSqlBuilder.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+
 import com.avaje.ebean.RawSql.ColumnMapping;
 import com.avaje.ebean.RawSql.Sql;
 
@@ -10,8 +12,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.RawSql.Sql;
  * named query.
  * </p>
  * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
  * @see RawSql
  */
 public class RawSqlBuilder {
@@ -21,10 +21,23 @@ public class RawSqlBuilder {
    */
   public static final String IGNORE_COLUMN = "$$_IGNORE_COLUMN_$$";
 
+  private final ResultSet resultSet;
+  
   private final Sql sql;
 
   private final ColumnMapping columnMapping;
 
+  /**
+   * Create and return a RawSql object based on the resultSet and list of properties the columns in
+   * the resultSet map to.
+   * <p>
+   * The properties listed in the propertyNames must be in the same order as the columns in the
+   * resultSet.
+   */
+  public static RawSql resultSet(ResultSet resultSet, String... propertyNames) {
+    return new RawSql(resultSet, propertyNames);
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Return an unparsed RawSqlBuilder. Unlike a parsed one this query can not be
    * modified - so no additional WHERE or HAVING expressions can be added to
@@ -57,10 +70,11 @@ public class RawSqlBuilder {
     ColumnMapping mapping = DRawSqlColumnsParser.parse(select);
     return new RawSqlBuilder(sql2, mapping);
   }
-
+  
   private RawSqlBuilder(Sql sql, ColumnMapping columnMapping) {
     this.sql = sql;
     this.columnMapping = columnMapping;
+    this.resultSet = null;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -87,12 +101,23 @@ public class RawSqlBuilder {
     return columnMapping(dbColumn, IGNORE_COLUMN);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Modify any column mappings with the given table alias to have the path prefix.
+   * <p>
+   * For example modify all mappings with table alias "c" to have the path prefix "customer".
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public RawSqlBuilder tableAliasMapping(String tableAlias, String path) {
+    columnMapping.tableAliasMapping(tableAlias, path);
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Create the immutable RawSql object. Do this after all the column mapping
    * has been defined.
    */
   public RawSql create() {
-    return new RawSql(sql, columnMapping.createImmutableCopy());
+    return new RawSql(resultSet, sql, columnMapping.createImmutableCopy());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -101,4 +126,7 @@ public class RawSqlBuilder {
   protected Sql getSql() {
     return sql;
   }
+
+
+
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/SimpleTextParser.java

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
-public class SimpleTextParser {
+class SimpleTextParser {
 
   private final String oql;
   private final char[] chars;
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ public class SimpleTextParser {
   private String word;
   private String lowerWord;
 
-  private int openParenthesisCount;
-
-  public SimpleTextParser(String oql) {
+  SimpleTextParser(String oql) {
     this.oql = oql;
     this.chars = oql.toCharArray();
     this.eof = oql.length();
@@ -22,10 +20,6 @@ public class SimpleTextParser {
     return pos;
   }
 
-  public String getOql() {
-    return oql;
-  }
-
   public String getWord() {
     return word;
   }
@@ -104,7 +98,7 @@ public class SimpleTextParser {
   private void moveToClose() {
 
     pos++;
-    openParenthesisCount = 0;
+    int openParenthesisCount = 0;
 
     for (; pos < eof; pos++) {
       char c = chars[pos];
@@ -143,11 +137,7 @@ public class SimpleTextParser {
     if (isOperator(c)) {
       return !isOperator;
     }
-    if (c == '(') {
-      return true;
-    }
-
-    return isOperator;
+    return c == '(' || isOperator;
   }
 
   private boolean isOperator(char c) {

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/SqlUpdate.java

@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ public interface SqlUpdate {
    */
   public String getSql();
 
+  /**
+   * Return the generated sql that has named parameters converted to positioned parameters.
+   */
+  public String getGeneratedSql();
+
   /**
    * Return the timeout used to execute this statement.
    */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/Transaction.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch;
+
 import javax.persistence.OptimisticLockException;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import javax.persistence.RollbackException;
@@ -35,6 +37,11 @@ public interface Transaction extends Closeable {
    */
   public static final int SERIALIZABLE = java.sql.Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE;
 
+  /**
+   * Register a TransactionCallback with this transaction.
+   */
+  public void register(TransactionCallback callback);
+
   /**
    * Return true if this transaction is read only.
    */
@@ -123,47 +130,93 @@ public interface Transaction extends Closeable {
    * Example: batch processing executing every 3 rows
    * </p>
    * 
-   * <pre class="code">
-   * String data = &quot;This is a simple test of the batch processing&quot;
-   *     + &quot; mode and the transaction execute batch method&quot;;
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * String data = "This is a simple test of the batch processing"
+   *             + " mode and the transaction execute batch method";
    * 
-   * String[] da = data.split(&quot; &quot;);
+   * String[] da = data.split(" ");
    * 
-   * String sql = &quot;{call sp_t3(?,?)}&quot;;
+   * String sql = "{call sp_t3(?,?)}";
    * 
    * CallableSql cs = new CallableSql(sql);
    * cs.registerOut(2, Types.INTEGER);
    * 
    * // (optional) inform eBean this stored procedure
    * // inserts into a table called sp_test
-   * cs.addModification(&quot;sp_test&quot;, true, false, false);
+   * cs.addModification("sp_test", true, false, false);
    * 
-   * Transaction t = Ebean.beginTransaction();
-   * t.setBatchMode(true);
-   * t.setBatchSize(3);
+   * Transaction txn = ebeanServer.beginTransaction();
+   * txn.setBatchMode(true);
+   * txn.setBatchSize(3);
    * try {
-   *   for (int i = 0; i &lt; da.length;) {
-   * 
+   *   for (int i = 0; i < da.length;) {
    *     cs.setParameter(1, da[i]);
-   *     Ebean.execute(cs);
+   *     ebeanServer.execute(cs);
    *   }
    * 
    *   // NB: commit implicitly flushes
-   *   Ebean.commitTransaction();
+   *   txn.commit();
    * 
    * } finally {
-   *   Ebean.endTransaction();
+   *   txn.end();
    * }
-   * </pre>
+   *
+   * }</pre>
    * 
    */
   public void setBatchMode(boolean useBatch);
 
+  /**
+   * The JDBC batch mode to use for this transaction.
+   * <p>
+   * If this is NONE then JDBC batch can still be used for each request - save(), insert(), update() or delete()
+   * and this would be useful if the request cascades to detail beans.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param persistBatchMode the batch mode to use for this transaction
+   *
+   * @see com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatch(com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch)
+   */
+  public void setBatch(PersistBatch persistBatchMode);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the batch mode at the transaction level.
+   */
+  public PersistBatch getBatch();
+
+  /**
+   * Set the JDBC batch mode to use for a save() or delete() request.
+   * <p>
+   * This only takes effect when batch mode on the transaction has not already meant that
+   * JDBC batch mode is being used.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * This is useful when the single save() or delete() cascades. For example, inserting a 'master' cascades
+   * and inserts a collection of 'detail' beans. The detail beans can be inserted using JDBC batch.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param batchOnCascadeMode the batch mode to use per save(), insert(), update() or delete()
+   *
+   * @see com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatchOnCascade(com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch)
+   */
+  public void setBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch batchOnCascadeMode);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the batch mode at the request level (for each save(), insert(), update() or delete()).
+   */
+  public PersistBatch getBatchOnCascade();
+
   /**
    * Specify the number of statements before a batch is flushed automatically.
    */
   public void setBatchSize(int batchSize);
 
+  /**
+   * Return the current batch size.
+   */
+  public int getBatchSize();
+
   /**
    * Specify if you want batched inserts to use getGeneratedKeys.
    * <p>
@@ -223,20 +276,11 @@ public interface Transaction extends Closeable {
    * <li>the batch size is reached</li>
    * <li>A query is executed on the same transaction</li>
    * <li>UpdateSql or CallableSql are mixed with bean save and delete</li>
+   * <li>Transaction commit occurs</li>
    * </ul>
    */
   public void flushBatch() throws PersistenceException, OptimisticLockException;
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated in favour of {@link #flushBatch()}.
-   * <p>
-   * Exactly the same as flushBatch. Deprecated as a name change.
-   * </p>
-   * 
-   * @deprecated Please use flushBatch
-   */
-  public void batchFlush() throws PersistenceException, OptimisticLockException;
-
   /**
    * Return the underlying Connection object.
    * <p>

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/TransactionCallback.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a callback that can be registered with a Transaction.
+ * <p/>
+ * The callback methods are called just prior to and after the transaction performs a commit or rollback.
+ * <p/>
+ * A typical use of TransactionCallback would be to clean up non-transactional resources like files. For example,
+ * when processing files on postCommit/postRollback clean up the associated files. As another example when
+ * on postCommit of a delete remove associated resources from the file system or remote service.
+ */
+public interface TransactionCallback {
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just prior to the transaction commit.
+   */
+  void preCommit();
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just after the transaction commit.
+   */
+  void postCommit();
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just prior to the transaction rollback.
+   */
+  void preRollback();
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just after the transaction rollback.
+   */
+  void postRollback();
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/TransactionCallbackAdapter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean;
+
+/**
+ * Adapter that can be extended for easier implementation of TransactionCallback.
+ * <p/>
+ * Provides 'no operation' implementation for each of the TransactionCallback methods. It is expected that this
+ * class is extended and override the methods you need to.
+ */
+public abstract class TransactionCallbackAdapter implements TransactionCallback {
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just prior to the transaction commit.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void preCommit() {
+    // do nothing - override as necessary
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just after the transaction commit.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void postCommit() {
+    // do nothing - override as necessary
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just prior to the transaction rollback.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void preRollback() {
+    // do nothing - override as necessary
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform processing just after the transaction rollback.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void postRollback() {
+    // do nothing - override as necessary
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/TxScope.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /**
@@ -28,12 +30,39 @@ public final class TxScope {
 
   TxIsolation isolation;
 
+  PersistBatch batch;
+
+  PersistBatch batchOnCascade;
+
+  int batchSize;
+
   boolean readOnly;
 
   ArrayList<Class<? extends Throwable>> rollbackFor;
 
   ArrayList<Class<? extends Throwable>> noRollbackFor;
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if PersistBatch has been set.
+   */
+  public boolean isBatchSet() {
+    return batch != null && batch != PersistBatch.INHERIT;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if batch on cascade has been set.
+   */
+  public boolean isBatchOnCascadeSet() {
+    return batchOnCascade != null && batchOnCascade != PersistBatch.INHERIT;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if batch size has been set.
+   */
+  public boolean isBatchSizeSet() {
+    return batchSize > 0;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Helper method to create a TxScope with REQUIRES.
    */
@@ -114,6 +143,51 @@ public final class TxScope {
     return this;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the batch mode.
+   */
+  public PersistBatch getBatch() {
+    return batch;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the batch mode to use.
+   */
+  public TxScope setBatch(PersistBatch batch) {
+    this.batch = batch;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the batch on cascade mode.
+   */
+  public PersistBatch getBatchOnCascade() {
+    return batchOnCascade;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the batch on cascade mode.
+   */
+  public TxScope setBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch batchOnCascade) {
+    this.batchOnCascade = batchOnCascade;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the batch size. 0 means use the default value.
+   */
+  public int getBatchSize() {
+    return batchSize;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the batch size to use.
+   */
+  public TxScope setBatchSize(int batchSize) {
+    this.batchSize = batchSize;
+    return this;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return if the transaction should be treated as read only.
    */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/ColumnHstore.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
+public @interface ColumnHstore {
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/Formula.java

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.Query;
  * You may also put use the Transient annotation with the Formula annotation.
  * The effect of the Transient annotation in this case is that the formula will
  * <b>NOT</b> be included in queries by default - you have to explicitly include
- * it via {@link Query#select(String)} or {@link Query#join(String, String)}.
+ * it via {@link Query#select(String)} or {@link Query#fetch(String, String, com.avaje.ebean.FetchConfig)}.
  * You may want to do this if the Formula is relatively expensive and only want
  * it included in the query when you explicitly state it.
  * </p>

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/Index.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * An annotation for declaring an index on a single column.
+ *
+ * @author rvbiljouw
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Index {
+
+    /**
+     * Name of the index
+     *
+     * @return index name
+     */
+    String value() default "";
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/annotation/Transactional.java

@@ -1,118 +1,128 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.annotation;
-
-import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
-import java.lang.annotation.Target;
-
-import com.avaje.ebean.TxIsolation;
-import com.avaje.ebean.TxType;
-
-/**
- * Specify transaction scoping for a method.
- * <p>
- * <b><i> This is only supported if "Enhancement" is used via javaagent, ANT
- * task or IDE enhancement plugin etc. </i></b>
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * Note: Currently there are 3 known annotations that perform this role.
- * <ul>
- * <li>EJB's javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute</li>
- * <li>Spring's org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional</li>
- * <li>and this one, Ebean's own com.avaje.ebean.annotation.Transactional</li>
- * </ul>
- * Spring created their one because the EJB annotation does not support features
- * such as isolation level and specifying rollbackOn, noRollbackOn exceptions.
- * This one exists for Ebean because I agree that the standard one is
- * insufficient and don't want to include a dependency on Spring.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * The default behaviour of EJB (and hence Spring) is to NOT ROLLBACK on checked
- * exceptions. I find this very counter-intuitive. Ebean will provide a property
- * to set the default behaviour to rollback on any exception and optionally
- * change the setting to be consistent with EJB/Spring if people wish to do so.
- * </p>
- * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * 
- *  // a normal class
- * public class MySimpleUserService {
- * 
- *  // this method is transactional automatically handling 
- *  // transaction begin, commit and rollback etc
- *  &#064;Transactional
- *  public void runInTrans() throws IOException {
- * 
- *    // tasks performed within the transaction
- *    ...
- *    // find some objects
- *    Customer cust = Ebean.find(Customer.class, 1);
- *    
- *    Order order = ...;
- *    ...
- *    // save some objects
- *    Ebean.save(customer);
- *    Ebean.save(order);
- *  }
- * </pre>
- * 
- * <p>
- * During development and testing you can set a debug level which will log the
- * transaction begin, commit and rollback events so that you can easily confirm
- * it is behaving as you would expect.
- * </p>
- * 
- * <pre class="code">
- *  ## in ebean.properties file
- *  
- *  ## Log transaction begins and ends etc
- *  ## (0=NoLogging 1=minimal ... 9=logAll)
- *  ebean.debug.transaction=3
- * 
- * </pre>
- */
-@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
-@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
-public @interface Transactional {
-
-  /**
-   * The type of transaction scoping. Defaults to REQUIRED.
-   */
-  TxType type() default TxType.REQUIRED;
-
-  /**
-   * The transaction isolation level this transaction should have.
-   * <p>
-   * This will only be used if this scope creates the transaction. If the
-   * transaction has already started then this will currently be ignored (you
-   * could argue that it should throw an exception).
-   * </p>
-   */
-  TxIsolation isolation() default TxIsolation.DEFAULT;
-
-  /**
-   * Set this to true if the transaction should be only contain queries.
-   */
-  boolean readOnly() default false;
-
-  /**
-   * The name of the server that you want the transaction to be created from.
-   * <p>
-   * If left blank the 'default' server is used.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  String serverName() default "";
-
-  // int timeout() default 0;
-
-  /**
-   * The throwable's that will explicitly cause a rollback to occur.
-   */
-  Class<? extends Throwable>[] rollbackFor() default {};
-
-  /**
-   * The throwable's that will explicitly NOT cause a rollback to occur.
-   */
-  Class<? extends Throwable>[] noRollbackFor() default {};
-
-};
+package com.avaje.ebean.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.TxIsolation;
+import com.avaje.ebean.TxType;
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.PersistBatch;
+
+/**
+ * Specify transaction scoping for a method.
+ * <p>
+ * <b><i> This is only supported if "Enhancement" is used via javaagent, ANT
+ * task or IDE enhancement plugin etc. </i></b>
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Note: Currently there are 3 known annotations that perform this role.
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>EJB's javax.ejb.TransactionAttribute</li>
+ * <li>Spring's org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional</li>
+ * <li>and this one, Ebean's own com.avaje.ebean.annotation.Transactional</li>
+ * </ul>
+ * Spring created their one because the EJB annotation does not support features
+ * such as isolation level and specifying rollbackOn, noRollbackOn exceptions.
+ * This one exists for Ebean because I agree that the standard one is
+ * insufficient and don't want to include a dependency on Spring.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * The default behaviour of EJB (and hence Spring) is to NOT ROLLBACK on checked
+ * exceptions. I find this very counter-intuitive. Ebean will provide a property
+ * to set the default behaviour to rollback on any exception and optionally
+ * change the setting to be consistent with EJB/Spring if people wish to do so.
+ * </p>
+ * 
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *  // a normal class
+ *  public class MySimpleUserService {
+ * 
+ *    // this method is transactional automatically handling
+ *    // transaction begin, commit and rollback etc
+ *    @Transactional
+ *    public void runInTrans() throws IOException {
+ * 
+ *      // tasks performed within the transaction
+ *      ...
+ *      // find some objects
+ *      Customer cust = ebeanServer.find(Customer.class, 42);
+ *    
+ *      Order order = ...;
+ *      ...
+ *      // save some objects
+ *      ebeanServer.save(customer);
+ *      ebeanServer.save(order);
+ *    }
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+@Target({ ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE })
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface Transactional {
+
+  /**
+   * The type of transaction scoping. Defaults to REQUIRED.
+   */
+  TxType type() default TxType.REQUIRED;
+
+  /**
+   * Persist batch mode for the transaction.
+   */
+  PersistBatch batch() default PersistBatch.INHERIT;
+
+  /**
+   * Persist batch mode for the request if not set on the transaction.
+   * <p>
+   * If batch is set to NONE then batchOnCascade can be set to INSERT or ALL
+   * and then each save(), delete(), insert(), update() request that cascades
+   * to child beans can use JDBC batch.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  PersistBatch batchOnCascade() default PersistBatch.INHERIT;
+
+  /**
+   * The batch size to use when using JDBC batch mode.
+   * <p>
+   * If unset this defaults to the value set in ServerConfig.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  int batchSize() default 0;
+
+  /**
+   * The transaction isolation level this transaction should have.
+   * <p>
+   * This will only be used if this scope creates the transaction. If the
+   * transaction has already started then this will currently be ignored (you
+   * could argue that it should throw an exception).
+   * </p>
+   */
+  TxIsolation isolation() default TxIsolation.DEFAULT;
+
+  /**
+   * Set this to true if the transaction should be only contain queries.
+   */
+  boolean readOnly() default false;
+
+  /**
+   * The name of the server that you want the transaction to be created from.
+   * <p>
+   * If left blank the 'default' server is used.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  String serverName() default "";
+
+  // int timeout() default 0;
+
+  /**
+   * The Throwable's that will explicitly cause a rollback to occur.
+   */
+  Class<? extends Throwable>[] rollbackFor() default {};
+
+  /**
+   * The Throwable's that will explicitly NOT cause a rollback to occur.
+   */
+  Class<? extends Throwable>[] noRollbackFor() default {};
+
+};

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/BeanCollection.java

@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ public interface BeanCollection<E> extends Serializable {
     ALL
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Reset the collection back to an empty state ready for reloading.
+   * <p>
+   * This is done as part of bean refresh.
+   */
+  public void reset(EntityBean ownerBean, String propertyName);
+
   /**
    * Return true if the collection is empty and untouched. Used to detect if a
    * collection was 'cleared' deliberately or just un-initialised.
@@ -47,14 +54,6 @@ public interface BeanCollection<E> extends Serializable {
    */
   public String getPropertyName();
 
-  /**
-   * Return the index position of this collection in the lazy/query loader.
-   * <p>
-   * Used for batch loading of collections.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public int getLoaderIndex();
-
   /**
    * Check after the lazy load that the underlying collection is not null
    * (handle case where join to many not outer).
@@ -108,11 +107,6 @@ public interface BeanCollection<E> extends Serializable {
    */
   public void internalAdd(Object bean);
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the underlying List Set or Map object.
-   */
-  public Object getActualCollection();
-
   /**
    * Return the number of elements in the List Set or Map.
    */
@@ -137,22 +131,6 @@ public interface BeanCollection<E> extends Serializable {
    */
   public Collection<?> getActualEntries();
 
-  /**
-   * Set to true if maxRows was hit and there are actually more rows available.
-   * <p>
-   * Can be used by client code that is paging through results using
-   * setFirstRow() setMaxRows(). If this returns true then the client can
-   * display a 'next' button etc.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public boolean hasMoreRows();
-
-  /**
-   * Set to true when maxRows is hit but there are actually more rows available.
-   * This is set so that client code knows that there is more data available.
-   */
-  public void setHasMoreRows(boolean hasMoreRows);
-
   /**
    * return true if there are real rows held. Return false is this is using
    * Deferred fetch to lazy load the rows and the rows have not yet been

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java

@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   private transient PersistenceContext persistenceContext;
 
   private transient BeanLoader beanLoader;
-  
-  private int beanLoaderIndex;
 
   private String ebeanServerName;
 
@@ -200,34 +198,22 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the index position for batch loading via BeanLoader.
+   * Set the BeanLoader with PersistenceContext.
    */
-  public int getBeanLoaderIndex() {
-    return beanLoaderIndex;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set Lazy Loading by ebeanServerName.
-   * <p>
-   * This is for reference beans created by themselves.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public void setBeanLoaderByServerName(String ebeanServerName) {
-    this.beanLoaderIndex = 0;
-    this.beanLoader = null;
-    this.ebeanServerName = ebeanServerName;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the BeanLoader for general lazy loading.
-   */
-  public void setBeanLoader(int index, BeanLoader beanLoader, PersistenceContext ctx) {
-    this.beanLoaderIndex = index;
+  public void setBeanLoader(BeanLoader beanLoader, PersistenceContext ctx) {
     this.beanLoader = beanLoader;
     this.persistenceContext = ctx;
     this.ebeanServerName = beanLoader.getName();
   }
-  
+
+  /**
+   * Set the BeanLoader.
+   */
+  public void setBeanLoader(BeanLoader beanLoader) {
+    this.beanLoader = beanLoader;
+    this.ebeanServerName = beanLoader.getName();
+  }
+
   public boolean isFullyLoadedBean() {
     return fullyLoadedBean;
   }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/bean/ObjectGraphNode.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.bean;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Identifies a unique node of an object graph.
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ public final class ObjectGraphNode implements Serializable {
   
   public int hashCode() {
     int hc = 31 * originQueryPoint.hashCode();
-    hc = 31 * hc + Objects.hashCode(path);
+    hc = 31 * hc + (path == null ? 0 : path.hashCode());
     return hc;
   }
   
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ public final class ObjectGraphNode implements Serializable {
     }
     
     ObjectGraphNode e = (ObjectGraphNode) obj;
-    return Objects.equals(e.path, path) 
+    return  ((e.path == path) || (e.path != null && e.path.equals(path)))
         && e.originQueryPoint.equals(originQueryPoint);
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/AbstractBeanCollection.java

@@ -38,18 +38,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
   /**
    * The owning bean (used for lazy fetch).
    */
-  protected final EntityBean ownerBean;
+  protected EntityBean ownerBean;
 
   /**
    * The name of this property in the owning bean (used for lazy fetch).
    */
-  protected final String propertyName;
-
-  /**
-   * Flag set to true if rows are limited by firstRow maxRows and more rows
-   * exist. For use by client to enable 'next' for paging.
-   */
-  protected boolean hasMoreRows;
+  protected String propertyName;
 
   protected ModifyHolder<E> modifyHolder;
 
@@ -68,8 +62,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
    * Constructor not non-lazy loading collection.
    */
   public AbstractBeanCollection() {
-    this.ownerBean = null;
-    this.propertyName = null;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -91,10 +83,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
     return propertyName;
   }
 
-  public int getLoaderIndex() {
-    return loaderIndex;
-  }
-
   public ExpressionList<?> getFilterMany() {
     return filterMany;
   }
@@ -151,26 +139,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements BeanCollection<E> {
     this.readOnly = readOnly;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Set to true if maxRows was hit and there are actually more rows available.
-   * <p>
-   * Can be used by client code that is paging through results using
-   * setFirstRow() setMaxRows(). If this returns true then the client can
-   * display a 'next' button etc.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public boolean hasMoreRows() {
-    return hasMoreRows;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set to true when maxRows is hit but there are actually more rows available.
-   * This is set so that client code knows that there is more data available.
-   */
-  public void setHasMoreRows(boolean hasMoreRows) {
-    this.hasMoreRows = hasMoreRows;
-  }
-
   protected void checkReadOnly() {
     if (readOnly) {
       String msg = "This collection is in ReadOnly mode";

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/BeanList.java

@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ public final class BeanList<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements List
     super(loader, ownerBean, propertyName);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void reset(EntityBean ownerBean, String propertyName) {
+    this.ownerBean = ownerBean;
+    this.propertyName = propertyName;
+    this.list = null;
+    this.touched = false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean isEmptyAndUntouched() {
     return !touched && (list == null || list.isEmpty());
@@ -130,13 +138,6 @@ public final class BeanList<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements List
     return list;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the underlying list.
-   */
-  public Object getActualCollection() {
-    return list;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return true if the underlying list is populated.
    */
@@ -153,7 +154,7 @@ public final class BeanList<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements List
   }
 
   public String toString() {
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(50);
     sb.append("BeanList ");
     if (isReadOnly()) {
       sb.append("readOnly ");
@@ -163,7 +164,6 @@ public final class BeanList<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements List
 
     } else {
       sb.append("size[").append(list.size()).append("] ");
-      sb.append("hasMoreRows[").append(hasMoreRows).append("] ");
       sb.append("list").append(list).append("");
     }
     return sb.toString();

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/BeanMap.java

@@ -39,7 +39,15 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
   public BeanMap(BeanCollectionLoader ebeanServer, EntityBean ownerBean, String propertyName) {
     super(ebeanServer, ownerBean, propertyName);
   }
-  
+
+  @Override
+  public void reset(EntityBean ownerBean, String propertyName) {
+    this.ownerBean = ownerBean;
+    this.propertyName = propertyName;
+    this.map = null;
+    this.touched = false;
+  }
+
   public boolean isEmptyAndUntouched() {
     return !touched && (map == null || map.isEmpty());
   }
@@ -146,15 +154,8 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
 
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the underlying map.
-   */
-  public Object getActualCollection() {
-    return map;
-  }
-
   public String toString() {
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(50);
     sb.append("BeanMap ");
     if (isReadOnly()) {
       sb.append("readOnly ");
@@ -164,7 +165,6 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
 
     } else {
       sb.append("size[").append(map.size()).append("]");
-      sb.append(" hasMoreRows[").append(hasMoreRows).append("]");
       sb.append(" map").append(map);
     }
     return sb.toString();

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/common/BeanSet.java

@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
     super(loader, ownerBean, propertyName);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void reset(EntityBean ownerBean, String propertyName) {
+    this.ownerBean = ownerBean;
+    this.propertyName = propertyName;
+    this.set = null;
+    this.touched = false;
+  }
+
   public boolean isEmptyAndUntouched() {
     return !touched && (set == null || set.isEmpty());
   }
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
   }
 
   public String toString() {
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(50);
     sb.append("BeanSet ");
     if (isReadOnly()) {
       sb.append("readOnly ");
@@ -153,7 +161,6 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
 
     } else {
       sb.append("size[").append(set.size()).append("]");
-      sb.append(" hasMoreRows[").append(hasMoreRows).append("]");
       sb.append(" set").append(set);
     }
     return sb.toString();

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/AbstractNamingConvention.java

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Provides some base implementation for NamingConventions.
- * 
+ *
  * @author emcgreal
  */
 public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
   /** Used to trim off extra prefix for M2M. */
   protected int rhsPrefixLength = 3;
 
-  protected boolean useForeignKeyPrefix = true;
+  protected boolean useForeignKeyPrefix;
 
   /**
    * Construct with a sequence format and useForeignKeyPrefix setting.
@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
 
   /**
    * Construct with a sequence format.
-   * 
-   * @param sequenceFormat
-   *          the sequence format
+   *
+   * @param sequenceFormat the sequence format
    */
   public AbstractNamingConvention(String sequenceFormat) {
     this.sequenceFormat = sequenceFormat;
+    this.useForeignKeyPrefix = true;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -125,10 +125,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
    * The format should include "{table}". When generating the sequence name
    * {table} is replaced with the actual table name.
    * </p>
-   * 
-   * @param sequenceFormat
-   *          string containing "{table}" which is replaced with the actual
-   *          table name to generate the sequence name.
+   *
+   * @param sequenceFormat string containing "{table}" which is replaced with the actual
+   *                       table name to generate the sequence name.
    */
   public void setSequenceFormat(String sequenceFormat) {
     this.sequenceFormat = sequenceFormat;
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
    * This first checks for the @Table annotation and if not present uses the
    * naming convention to define the table name.
    * </p>
-   * 
+   *
    * @see #getTableNameFromAnnotation(Class)
    * @see #getTableNameByConvention(Class)
    */
@@ -240,8 +239,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
     if (t != null && !isEmpty(t.name())) {
       // Note: empty catalog and schema are converted to null
       // Only need to convert quoted identifiers from annotations
-      return new TableName(quoteIdentifiers(t.catalog()), quoteIdentifiers(t.schema()),
-          quoteIdentifiers(t.name()));
+      return new TableName(quoteIdentifiers(t.catalog()), quoteIdentifiers(t.schema()),  quoteIdentifiers(t.name()));
     }
 
     // No annotation
@@ -279,4 +277,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractNamingConvention implements NamingConvention {
     }
     return false;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Load settings from properties.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void loadFromProperties(PropertiesWrapper properties) {
+
+    useForeignKeyPrefix = properties.getBoolean("namingConvention.useForeignKeyPrefix", useForeignKeyPrefix);
+    sequenceFormat = properties.get("namingConvention.sequenceFormat", sequenceFormat);
+    schema = properties.get("namingConvention.schema", schema);
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/AutofetchConfig.java

@@ -155,14 +155,6 @@ public class AutofetchConfig {
     return logDirectory;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the log directory substituting any expressions such as
-   * ${catalina.base} etc.
-   */
-  public String getLogDirectoryWithEval() {
-    return GlobalProperties.evaluateExpressions(logDirectory);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Set the directory to put the autofetch log in.
    */
@@ -234,22 +226,20 @@ public class AutofetchConfig {
   /**
    * Load the settings from the properties file.
    */
-  public void loadSettings(GlobalProperties.PropertySource p) {
+  public void loadSettings(PropertiesWrapper p) {
 
-    logDirectory = p.get("autofetch.logDirectory", null);
-    queryTuning = p.getBoolean("autofetch.querytuning", false);
-    queryTuningAddVersion = p.getBoolean("autofetch.queryTuningAddVersion", false);
-    garbageCollectionOnShutdown = p.getBoolean("autofetch.garbageCollectionOnShutdown", false);
+    logDirectory = p.get("autofetch.logDirectory", logDirectory);
+    queryTuning = p.getBoolean("autofetch.querytuning", queryTuning);
+    queryTuningAddVersion = p.getBoolean("autofetch.queryTuningAddVersion", queryTuningAddVersion);
+    garbageCollectionOnShutdown = p.getBoolean("autofetch.garbageCollectionOnShutdown", garbageCollectionOnShutdown);
     
-    profiling = p.getBoolean("autofetch.profiling", false);
-    mode = p.getEnum(AutofetchMode.class, "autofetch.implicitmode", AutofetchMode.DEFAULT_ONIFEMPTY);
+    profiling = p.getBoolean("autofetch.profiling", profiling);
+    mode = p.getEnum(AutofetchMode.class, "autofetch.implicitmode", mode);
 
-    profilingMin = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.min", 1);
-    profilingBase = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.base", 10);
+    profilingMin = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.min", profilingMin);
+    profilingBase = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.base", profilingBase);
 
-    String rate = p.get("autofetch.profiling.rate", "0.05");
-    profilingRate = Double.parseDouble(rate);
-
-    profileUpdateFrequency = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.updatefrequency", 60);
+    profilingRate = p.getDouble("autofetch.profiling.rate", profilingRate);
+    profileUpdateFrequency = p.getInt("autofetch.profiling.updatefrequency", profileUpdateFrequency);
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/ConfigPropertyMap.java

@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.config;
-
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties.PropertySource;
-
-/**
- * Helper to read server specific properties from ebean.properties.
- */
-class ConfigPropertyMap implements PropertySource {
-
-  private final String serverName;
-
-  public ConfigPropertyMap(String serverName) {
-    this.serverName = serverName;
-  }
-
-  public String getServerName() {
-    return serverName;
-  }
-
-  public String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
-    String namedKey = "ebean." + serverName + "." + key;
-    String inheritKey = "ebean." + key;
-    String value = GlobalProperties.get(namedKey, null);
-    if (value == null) {
-      value = GlobalProperties.get(inheritKey, null);
-    }
-    if (value == null) {
-      return defaultValue;
-    } else {
-      return value;
-    }
-  }
-
-  public int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
-
-    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
-    return Integer.parseInt(value);
-  }
-
-  public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
-
-    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
-    return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
-  }
-
-  public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(Class<T> enumType, String key, T defaultValue) {
-    String level = get(key, defaultValue.name());
-    return Enum.valueOf(enumType, level.toUpperCase());
-  }
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/ContainerConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,464 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for the container that holds the EbeanServer instances.
+ * <p>
+ * Provides configuration for cluster communication (if clustering is used). The cluster communication is
+ * used to invalidate appropriate parts of the L2 cache across the cluster.
+ */
+public class ContainerConfig {
+
+  /**
+   * Communication mode used for clustering.
+   */
+  public enum ClusterMode {
+
+    /**
+     * No clustering.
+     */
+    NONE,
+
+    /**
+     * Use Multicast networking for cluster wide communication.
+     */
+    MULTICAST,
+
+    /**
+     * Use TCP Sockets for cluster wide communication.
+     */
+    SOCKET
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The cluster mode to use.
+   */
+  ClusterMode mode = ClusterMode.NONE;
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration if using TCP sockets for clustering communication.
+   */
+  SocketConfig socketConfig = new SocketConfig();
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration if using Multicast for clustering communication.
+   */
+  MulticastConfig multicastConfig = new MulticastConfig();
+
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // MulticastConfig
+
+  /**
+   * The configuration for clustering using Multicast networking.
+   */
+  public static class MulticastConfig {
+
+    int managerSleepMillis = 80;
+    int lastSendTimeFreqSecs = 300;//5mins
+    int lastStatusTimeFreqSecs = 600;//10mins
+    int maxResendOutgoingAttempts = 200;
+    int maxResendIncomingRequests = 50;
+
+    int listenPort;
+    String listenAddress;
+    int sendPort;
+    String sendAddress;
+
+    // Note 1500 is Ethernet MTU and this must be less than UDP max packet size of 65507
+    int maxSendPacketSize = 1500;
+
+    // Whether to send packets even when there are no other members online
+    boolean sendWithNoMembers = true;
+
+    // When multiple instances are on same box you need to broadcast back locally
+    boolean disableLoopback;
+    int listenTimeToLive = -1;
+    int listenTimeout = 1000;
+    int listenBufferSize = 65500;
+    // For multihomed environment the address the listener should bind to
+    String listenBindAddress;
+
+    /**
+     * Return the manager sleep millis.
+     */
+    public int getManagerSleepMillis() {
+      return managerSleepMillis;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the manager sleep millis.
+     */
+    public void setManagerSleepMillis(int managerSleepMillis) {
+      this.managerSleepMillis = managerSleepMillis;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the last send time frequency.
+     */
+    public int getLastSendTimeFreqSecs() {
+      return lastSendTimeFreqSecs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the last send time frequency.
+     */
+    public void setLastSendTimeFreqSecs(int lastSendTimeFreqSecs) {
+      this.lastSendTimeFreqSecs = lastSendTimeFreqSecs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the last status time frequency.
+     */
+    public int getLastStatusTimeFreqSecs() {
+      return lastStatusTimeFreqSecs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the last status time frequency.
+     */
+    public void setLastStatusTimeFreqSecs(int lastStatusTimeFreqSecs) {
+      this.lastStatusTimeFreqSecs = lastStatusTimeFreqSecs;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the maximum number of times we will try to re-send a given packet before giving up sending
+     */
+    public int getMaxResendOutgoingAttempts() {
+      return maxResendOutgoingAttempts;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the maximum retry attempts for outgoing messages.
+     */
+    public void setMaxResendOutgoingAttempts(int maxResendOutgoingAttempts) {
+      this.maxResendOutgoingAttempts = maxResendOutgoingAttempts;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the maximum number of times we will ask for a packet to be resent to us before giving up asking.
+     */
+    public int getMaxResendIncomingRequests() {
+      return maxResendIncomingRequests;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the maximum retry attempts for incoming messages.
+     */
+    public void setMaxResendIncomingRequests(int maxResendIncomingRequests) {
+      this.maxResendIncomingRequests = maxResendIncomingRequests;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listen port.
+     */
+    public int getListenPort() {
+      return listenPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the listen port.
+     */
+    public void setListenPort(int port) {
+      this.listenPort = port;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listen address.
+     */
+    public String getListenAddress() {
+      return listenAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the listen address.
+     */
+    public void setListenAddress(String listenAddress) {
+      this.listenAddress = listenAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the send port.
+     */
+    public int getSendPort() {
+      return sendPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the send port.
+     */
+    public void setSendPort(int sendPort) {
+      this.sendPort = sendPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the send address.
+     */
+    public String getSendAddress() {
+      return sendAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the send address.
+     */
+    public void setSendAddress(String sendAddress) {
+      this.sendAddress = sendAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the maximum send packet size.
+     */
+    public int getMaxSendPacketSize() {
+      return maxSendPacketSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the maximum send packet size.  Note 1500 is Ethernet MTU and this must be less than UDP max packet size of 65507.
+     */
+    public void setMaxSendPacketSize(int maxSendPacketSize) {
+      this.maxSendPacketSize = maxSendPacketSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if send messages when no other members in the cluster are up.
+     */
+    public boolean isSendWithNoMembers() {
+      return sendWithNoMembers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set true if send messages when no other members in the cluster are up.
+     */
+    public void setSendWithNoMembers(boolean sendWithNoMembers) {
+      this.sendWithNoMembers = sendWithNoMembers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if loopback is disabled. When multiple instances are on same box you need to broadcast back locally.
+     */
+    public boolean isDisableLoopback() {
+      return disableLoopback;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set if loopback is disabled. When multiple instances are on same box you need to broadcast back locally.
+     */
+    public void setDisableLoopback(boolean disableLoopback) {
+      this.disableLoopback = disableLoopback;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listen time to live.
+     */
+    public int getListenTimeToLive() {
+      return listenTimeToLive;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the listen time to live.
+     */
+    public void setListenTimeToLive(int listenTimeToLive) {
+      this.listenTimeToLive = listenTimeToLive;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listen timeout.
+     */
+    public int getListenTimeout() {
+      return listenTimeout;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * set the listen timeout.
+     */
+    public void setListenTimeout(int listenTimeout) {
+      this.listenTimeout = listenTimeout;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listen buffer size.
+     */
+    public int getListenBufferSize() {
+      return listenBufferSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the listen buffer size.
+     */
+    public void setListenBufferSize(int listenBufferSize) {
+      this.listenBufferSize = listenBufferSize;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the listener bind address (optional). For multihomed environment the address the listener should bind to.
+     */
+    public String getListenBindAddress() {
+      return listenBindAddress;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the listener bind address (optional). For multihomed environment the address the listener should bind to.
+     */
+    public void setListenBindAddress(String listenBindAddress) {
+      this.listenBindAddress = listenBindAddress;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // SocketConfig
+
+  /**
+   * Configuration for clustering using TCP sockets.
+   * <p>
+   * This is good for when there are relatively small number of cluster members.
+   */
+  public static class SocketConfig {
+
+    /**
+     * This local server in host:port format.
+     */
+    String localHostPort;
+
+    /**
+     * All the cluster members in host:port format.
+     */
+    List<String> members = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    /**
+     * core threads for the associated thread pool.
+     */
+    int coreThreads = 2;
+
+    /**
+     * Max threads for the associated thread pool.
+     */
+    int maxThreads = 16;
+
+    String threadPoolName = "EbeanCluster";
+
+    /**
+     * Return the host and port for this server instance.
+     */
+    public String getLocalHostPort() {
+      return localHostPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the host and port for this server instance.
+     */
+    public void setLocalHostPort(String localHostPort) {
+      this.localHostPort = localHostPort;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return all the host and port for all the members of the cluster.
+     */
+    public List<String> getMembers() {
+      return members;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set all the host and port for all the members of the cluster.
+     */
+    public void setMembers(List<String> members) {
+      this.members = members;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the number of core threads to use.
+     */
+    public int getCoreThreads() {
+      return coreThreads;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the number of core threads to use.
+     */
+    public void setCoreThreads(int coreThreads) {
+      this.coreThreads = coreThreads;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the number of max threads to use.
+     */
+    public int getMaxThreads() {
+      return maxThreads;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the number of max threads to use.
+     */
+    public void setMaxThreads(int maxThreads) {
+      this.maxThreads = maxThreads;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the thread pool name.
+     */
+    public String getThreadPoolName() {
+      return threadPoolName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the thread pool name.
+     */
+    public void setThreadPoolName(String threadPoolName) {
+      this.threadPoolName = threadPoolName;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // Members
+
+  /**
+   * Load the settings from properties.
+   */
+  public void loadFromProperties(Properties properties) {
+    //TODO
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the cluster mode.
+   */
+  public ClusterMode getMode() {
+    return mode;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the cluster mode.
+   */
+  public void setMode(ClusterMode mode) {
+    this.mode = mode;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the socket communication configuration.
+   */
+  public SocketConfig getSocketConfig() {
+    return socketConfig;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the socket communication configuration.
+   */
+  public void setSocketConfig(SocketConfig socketConfig) {
+    this.socketConfig = socketConfig;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the multicast communication configuration.
+   */
+  public MulticastConfig getMulticastConfig() {
+    return multicastConfig;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the multicast communication configuration.
+   */
+  public void setMulticastConfig(MulticastConfig multicastConfig) {
+    this.multicastConfig = multicastConfig;
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/DataSourceConfig.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package com.avaje.ebean.config;
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.Transaction;
 import com.avaje.ebean.util.StringHelper;
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ public class DataSourceConfig {
 
   private int isolationLevel = Transaction.READ_COMMITTED;
 
+  private boolean autoCommit;
+  
   private String heartbeatSql;
   
   private int heartbeatFreqSecs = 30;
@@ -131,6 +134,20 @@ public class DataSourceConfig {
   public void setIsolationLevel(int isolationLevel) {
     this.isolationLevel = isolationLevel;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Return autoCommit setting.
+   */
+  public boolean isAutoCommit() {
+    return autoCommit;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set to true to turn on autoCommit.
+   */
+  public void setAutoCommit(boolean autoCommit) {
+    this.autoCommit = autoCommit;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Return the minimum number of connections the pool should maintain.
@@ -432,47 +449,63 @@ public class DataSourceConfig {
     this.customProperties = customProperties;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Load the settings by reading the ebean.properties file.
+   *
+   * @param serverName name of the server
+   */
   public void loadSettings(String serverName) {
-    loadSettingsCustomPrefix("datasource." + serverName + ".", new GlobalProperties.DelegatedGlobalPropertySource(serverName));
+    loadSettings(new PropertiesWrapper("datasource", serverName, PropertyMap.defaultProperties()));
   }
 
   /**
-   * Load the settings from ebean.properties.
+   * Load the settings from the properties supplied.
+   * <p>
+   * You can use this when you have your own properties to use for configuration.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param properties the properties to configure the datasource
+   * @param serverName the name of the specific datasource (optional)
    */
-  public void loadSettingsCustomPrefix(String prefix, GlobalProperties.PropertySource properties) {
+  public void loadSettings(Properties properties, String serverName) {
+    PropertiesWrapper dbProps = new PropertiesWrapper("datasource", serverName, properties);
+    loadSettings(dbProps);
+  }
 
-    this.username = properties.get(prefix + "username", null);
-    this.password = properties.get(prefix + "password", null);
+  /**
+   * Load the settings from the PropertiesWrapper.
+   */
+  public void loadSettings(PropertiesWrapper properties) {
 
-    String dbDriver = properties.get(prefix + "databaseDriver", null);
-    this.driver = properties.get(prefix + "driver", dbDriver);
+    username = properties.get("username", username);
+    password = properties.get("password", password);
+    driver = properties.get("driver", properties.get("databaseDriver", driver));
+    url = properties.get("url", properties.get("databaseUrl", url));
 
-    String dbUrl = properties.get(prefix + "databaseUrl", null);
-    this.url = properties.get(prefix + "url", dbUrl);
+    autoCommit = properties.getBoolean("autoCommit", autoCommit);
+    captureStackTrace = properties.getBoolean("captureStackTrace", captureStackTrace);
+    maxStackTraceSize = properties.getInt("maxStackTraceSize", maxStackTraceSize);
+    leakTimeMinutes = properties.getInt("leakTimeMinutes", leakTimeMinutes);
+    maxInactiveTimeSecs = properties.getInt("maxInactiveTimeSecs", maxInactiveTimeSecs);
+    trimPoolFreqSecs = properties.getInt("trimPoolFreqSecs", trimPoolFreqSecs);
+    maxAgeMinutes = properties.getInt("maxAgeMinutes", maxAgeMinutes);
 
-    this.captureStackTrace = properties.getBoolean(prefix + "captureStackTrace", false);
-    this.maxStackTraceSize = properties.getInt(prefix + "maxStackTraceSize", 5);
-    this.leakTimeMinutes = properties.getInt(prefix + "leakTimeMinutes", 30);
-    this.maxInactiveTimeSecs = properties.getInt(prefix + "maxInactiveTimeSecs", 720);
-    this.trimPoolFreqSecs = properties.getInt(prefix + "trimPoolFreqSecs", 59);
-    this.maxAgeMinutes = properties.getInt(prefix + "maxAgeMinutes", 0);
+    minConnections = properties.getInt("minConnections", minConnections);
+    maxConnections = properties.getInt("maxConnections", maxConnections);
+    pstmtCacheSize = properties.getInt("pstmtCacheSize", pstmtCacheSize);
+    cstmtCacheSize = properties.getInt("cstmtCacheSize", cstmtCacheSize);
 
-    this.minConnections = properties.getInt(prefix + "minConnections", 0);
-    this.maxConnections = properties.getInt(prefix + "maxConnections", 20);
-    this.pstmtCacheSize = properties.getInt(prefix + "pstmtCacheSize", 20);
-    this.cstmtCacheSize = properties.getInt(prefix + "cstmtCacheSize", 20);
+    waitTimeoutMillis = properties.getInt("waitTimeout", waitTimeoutMillis);
 
-    this.waitTimeoutMillis = properties.getInt(prefix + "waitTimeout", 1000);
+    heartbeatSql = properties.get("heartbeatSql", heartbeatSql);
+    heartbeatTimeoutSeconds =  properties.getInt("heartbeatTimeoutSeconds", heartbeatTimeoutSeconds);
+    poolListener = properties.get("poolListener", poolListener);
+    offline = properties.getBoolean("offline", offline);
 
-    this.heartbeatSql = properties.get(prefix + "heartbeatSql", null);
-    this.heartbeatTimeoutSeconds =  properties.getInt(prefix + "heartbeatTimeoutSeconds", 3);    
-    this.poolListener = properties.get(prefix + "poolListener", null);
-    this.offline = properties.getBoolean(prefix + "offline", false);
-
-    String isoLevel = properties.get(prefix + "isolationlevel", "READ_COMMITTED");
+    String isoLevel = properties.get("isolationlevel", getTransactionIsolationLevel(isolationLevel));
     this.isolationLevel = getTransactionIsolationLevel(isoLevel);
 
-    String customProperties = properties.get(prefix + "customProperties", null);
+    String customProperties = properties.get("customProperties", null);
     if (customProperties != null && customProperties.length() > 0) {
       Map<String, String> custProps = StringHelper.delimitedToMap(customProperties, ";", "=");
       this.customProperties = custProps;
@@ -481,7 +514,21 @@ public class DataSourceConfig {
   }
 
   /**
-   * return the isolation level for a given string description.
+   * Return the isolation level description from the associated Connection int value.
+   */
+  public String getTransactionIsolationLevel(int level) {
+    switch (level) {
+      case Connection.TRANSACTION_NONE : return "NONE";
+      case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_COMMITTED : return "READ_COMMITTED";
+      case Connection.TRANSACTION_READ_UNCOMMITTED : return "READ_UNCOMMITTED";
+      case Connection.TRANSACTION_REPEATABLE_READ : return "REPEATABLE_READ";
+      case Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE : return "SERIALIZABLE";
+      default: throw new RuntimeException("Transaction Isolation level [" + level + "] is not known.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the isolation level for a given string description.
    */
   public int getTransactionIsolationLevel(String level) {
     level = level.toUpperCase();
@@ -505,6 +552,6 @@ public class DataSourceConfig {
       return Connection.TRANSACTION_SERIALIZABLE;
     }
 
-    throw new RuntimeException("Transaction Isolaction level [" + level + "] is not known.");
+    throw new RuntimeException("Transaction Isolation level [" + level + "] is not known.");
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/GlobalProperties.java

@@ -1,211 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.config;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
-
-import com.avaje.ebean.util.ClassUtil;
-
-/**
- * Provides access to properties loaded from the ebean.properties file.
- */
-public final class GlobalProperties {
-
-  private static volatile PropertyMap globalMap;
-
-  private static boolean skipPrimaryServer;
-
-  /**
-   * Set whether to skip automatically creating the primary server.
-   */
-  public static synchronized void setSkipPrimaryServer(boolean skip) {
-    skipPrimaryServer = skip;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return true to skip automatically creating the primary server.
-   */
-  public static synchronized boolean isSkipPrimaryServer() {
-    return skipPrimaryServer;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Parse the string replacing any expressions like ${catalina.base}.
-   * <p>
-   * This will evaluate expressions using first environment variables, than java
-   * system variables and lastly properties in ebean.properties - in that order.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Expressions start with "${" and end with "}".
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public static String evaluateExpressions(String val) {
-    return getPropertyMap().eval(val);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Parse and evaluate any expressions that have not already been evaluated.
-   */
-  public static synchronized void evaluateExpressions() {
-    getPropertyMap().evaluateProperties();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * In a servlet container environment this will additionally look in WEB-INF
-   * for the ebean.properties file.
-   */
-  public static synchronized void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
-
-    PropertyMapLoader.setServletContext(servletContext);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the ServletContext (if setup in a servlet container environment).
-   */
-  public static synchronized ServletContext getServletContext() {
-
-    return PropertyMapLoader.getServletContext();
-  }
-
-  private static void initPropertyMap() {
-
-    String fileName = System.getenv("EBEAN_PROPS_FILE");
-    if (fileName == null) {
-      fileName = System.getProperty("ebean.props.file");
-      if (fileName == null) {
-        fileName = "ebean.properties";
-      }
-    }
-
-    globalMap = PropertyMapLoader.load(null, fileName);
-    if (globalMap == null) {
-      // ebean.properties file was not found... but that
-      // is ok because we are likely doing programmatic config
-      globalMap = new PropertyMap();
-    }
-
-    String loaderCn = globalMap.get("ebean.properties.loader");
-    if (loaderCn != null) {
-      // a Runnable that can be used to customise the initialisation
-      // of the GlobalProperties
-      try {
-        Runnable r = (Runnable) ClassUtil.newInstance(loaderCn);
-        r.run();
-      } catch (Exception e) {
-        String m = "Error creating or running properties loader " + loaderCn;
-        throw new RuntimeException(m, e);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the property map loading it if required.
-   */
-  private static synchronized PropertyMap getPropertyMap() {
-
-    if (globalMap == null) {
-      initPropertyMap();
-    }
-
-    return globalMap;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a String property with a default value.
-   */
-  public static synchronized String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
-    return getPropertyMap().get(key, defaultValue);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a int property with a default value.
-   */
-  public static synchronized int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
-    return getPropertyMap().getInt(key, defaultValue);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a boolean property with a default value.
-   */
-  public static synchronized boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
-    return getPropertyMap().getBoolean(key, defaultValue);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a property return the previous value. This will evaluate any
-   * expressions in the value.
-   */
-  public static synchronized String put(String key, String value) {
-    return getPropertyMap().putEval(key, value);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a Map of key value properties.
-   */
-  public static synchronized void putAll(Map<String, String> keyValueMap) {
-    for (Entry<String, String> e : keyValueMap.entrySet()) {
-      getPropertyMap().putEval(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
-    }
-  }
-
-  public static PropertySource getPropertySource(String name) {
-    return new ConfigPropertyMap(name);
-  }
-
-  public static interface PropertySource {
-
-    /**
-     * Return the name of the server. This is also the dataSource name.
-     */
-    public String getServerName();
-
-    /**
-     * Get a property. This will prepend "ebean" and the server name to lookup
-     * the value.
-     */
-    public String get(String key, String defaultValue);
-
-    public int getInt(String key, int defaultValue);
-
-    public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue);
-
-    public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(Class<T> enumType, String key, T defaultValue);
-
-  }
-
-  public static class DelegatedGlobalPropertySource implements PropertySource {
-
-    private String serverName;
-
-    public DelegatedGlobalPropertySource(String serverName) {
-      this.serverName = serverName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getServerName() {
-      return serverName;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
-      return GlobalProperties.get(key, defaultValue);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
-      return GlobalProperties.getInt(key, defaultValue);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
-      return GlobalProperties.getBoolean(key, defaultValue);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(Class<T> enumType, String key, T defaultValue) {
-      String level = get(key, defaultValue.name());
-      return Enum.valueOf(enumType, level.toUpperCase());
-    }
-  }
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/JsonConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration for JSON features.
+ */
+public abstract class JsonConfig {
+
+  /**
+   * Defined the format used for DateTime types.
+   */
+  public enum DateTime {
+
+    /**
+     * Format as epoch millis.
+     */
+    MILLIS,
+
+    /**
+     * Format as epoch with nanos.
+     */
+    NANOS,
+
+    /**
+     * Format as ISO-8601 date format.
+     */
+    ISO8601
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/NamingConvention.java

@@ -112,4 +112,9 @@ public interface NamingConvention {
    */
   public boolean isUseForeignKeyPrefix();
 
+  /**
+   * Load setting from properties.
+   */
+  public void loadFromProperties(PropertiesWrapper properties);
+
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/PersistBatch.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config;
+
+/**
+ * Defines the mode for JDBC batch processing.
+ * <p>
+ * Used both at a per transaction basis and per request basis.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatch(PersistBatch)
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch)
+ *
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.Transaction#setBatch(PersistBatch)
+ * @see com.avaje.ebean.Transaction#setBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch)
+ */
+public enum PersistBatch {
+
+  /**
+   * Do not use JDBC Batch mode.
+   */
+  NONE(false),
+
+  /**
+   * Use JDBC Batch mode on Inserts.
+   */
+  INSERT(true),
+
+  /**
+   * Use JDBC Batch mode on Inserts, Updates and Deletes.
+   */
+  ALL(true),
+
+  /**
+   * You should not use this value explicitly. It should only used on the Transactional annotation
+   * to indicate that the value should inherit from the ServerConfig setting.
+   */
+  INHERIT(false);
+
+
+  boolean forInsert;
+
+  PersistBatch(boolean forInsert) {
+    this.forInsert = forInsert;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if persist cascade should use JDBC batch for inserts.
+   */
+  public boolean forInsert() {
+    return forInsert;
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/PropertiesWrapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+public class PropertiesWrapper {
+
+  protected final Properties properties;
+
+  protected final String prefix;
+
+  protected final String serverName;
+
+  protected final PropertyMap propertyMap;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct with a prefix, serverName and properties.
+   */
+  public PropertiesWrapper(String prefix, String serverName, Properties properties) {
+    this.serverName = serverName;
+    this.prefix = prefix;
+    this.propertyMap = PropertyMapLoader.load(null, properties);
+    this.properties = propertyMap.asProperties();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct without prefix of serverName.
+   */
+  public PropertiesWrapper(Properties properties) {
+    this(null, null, properties);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Internal copy constructor when changing prefix.
+   */
+  protected PropertiesWrapper(String prefix, String serverName, PropertyMap propertyMap, Properties properties) {
+    this.serverName = serverName;
+    this.prefix = prefix;
+    this.propertyMap = propertyMap;
+    this.properties = properties;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a PropertiesWrapper instance with a different prefix but same underlying properties.
+   * <p/>
+   * Used when wanting to use "datasource" as the prefix rather than "ebean".
+   * <p/>
+   * The returning instance should only be used in a read only fashion.
+   */
+  public PropertiesWrapper withPrefix(String prefix) {
+    return new PropertiesWrapper(prefix, serverName, propertyMap, properties);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the serverName (optional).
+   */
+  public String getServerName() {
+    return serverName;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return as Properties with lower case keys and after evaluation and additional properties loading has occurred.
+   * <p>
+   * Ebean has historically ignored the case of keys hence returning the Properties with all the keys lower cased.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public Properties asPropertiesLowerCase() {
+    return properties;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a property with no default value.
+   */
+  public String get(String key) {
+    return get(key, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a property with a default value.
+   * <p>
+   * This performs a search using the prefix and server name (if supplied) to search for the property
+   * value in order based on:
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *   prefix.serverName.key
+   *   prefix.key
+   *   key
+   * }</pre>
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
+
+    String value = null;
+    if (serverName != null && prefix != null) {
+      value = propertyMap.get(prefix + "." + serverName + "." + key, null);
+    }
+    if (value == null && prefix != null) {
+      value = propertyMap.get(prefix + "." + key, null);
+    }
+    if (value == null) {
+      value = propertyMap.get(key, null);
+    }
+    return value == null ? defaultValue : value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a double property value.
+   */
+  public double getDouble(String key, double defaultValue) {
+
+    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
+    return Double.parseDouble(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return an int property value.
+   */
+  public int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
+
+    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
+    return Integer.parseInt(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a long property value.
+   */
+  public long getLong(String key, long defaultValue) {
+
+    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
+    return Long.parseLong(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a boolean property value.
+   */
+  public boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
+
+    String value = get(key, String.valueOf(defaultValue));
+    return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return a Enum property value.
+   */
+  public <T extends Enum<T>> T getEnum(Class<T> enumType, String key, T defaultValue) {
+    String level = get(key, defaultValue.name());
+    return Enum.valueOf(enumType, level.toUpperCase());
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/PropertyMap.java

@@ -1,25 +1,43 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 /**
  * A map like structure of properties.
+ * <p/>
+ * Handles evaluation of expressions like ${home} and provides convenience methods for int, long and boolean.
  */
-final class PropertyMap implements Serializable {
+public final class PropertyMap implements Serializable {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
   private LinkedHashMap<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, String>();
 
+  public static Properties defaultProperties() {
+    PropertyMap propertyMap = PropertyMapLoader.loadGlobalProperties();
+    return (propertyMap == null) ? new Properties() : propertyMap.asProperties();
+  }
+
   public String toString() {
     return map.toString();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return as standard Properties.
+   */
+  public Properties asProperties() {
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
+    for (Entry<String, String> e : entrySet()) {
+      properties.put(e.getKey(), e.getValue());
+    }
+    return properties;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Go through all the properties and evaluate any expressions that have not
    * been resolved.
@@ -36,10 +54,16 @@ final class PropertyMap implements Serializable {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the value with expressions like ${home} evaluated using system properties and environment variables.
+   */
   public synchronized String eval(String val) {
     return PropertyExpression.eval(val, this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the boolean property value with a given default.
+   */
   public synchronized boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
     String value = get(key);
     if (value == null) {
@@ -49,6 +73,9 @@ final class PropertyMap implements Serializable {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the int property value with a given default.
+   */
   public synchronized int getInt(String key, int defaultValue) {
     String value = get(key);
     if (value == null) {
@@ -58,37 +85,69 @@ final class PropertyMap implements Serializable {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the long property value with a given default.
+   */
+  public synchronized long getLong(String key, long defaultValue) {
+    String value = get(key);
+    if (value == null) {
+      return defaultValue;
+    } else {
+      return Long.parseLong(value);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the string property value with a given default.
+   */
   public synchronized String get(String key, String defaultValue) {
     String value = map.get(key.toLowerCase());
     return value == null ? defaultValue : value;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the property value returning null if there is no value defined.
+   */
   public synchronized String get(String key) {
     return map.get(key.toLowerCase());
   }
 
-  synchronized void putAll(Map<String, String> keyValueMap) {
-    Iterator<Entry<String, String>> it = keyValueMap.entrySet().iterator();
-    while (it.hasNext()) {
-      Map.Entry<String, String> entry = it.next();
-      put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
+  /**
+   * Put all evaluating any expressions in the values.
+   */
+  public synchronized void putEvalAll(Map<String, String> keyValueMap) {
+
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : keyValueMap.entrySet()) {
+      putEval(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
     }
   }
 
-  synchronized String putEval(String key, String value) {
+  /**
+   * Put a single key value evaluating any expressions in the value.
+   */
+  public synchronized String putEval(String key, String value) {
     value = PropertyExpression.eval(value, this);
     return map.put(key.toLowerCase(), value);
   }
 
-  synchronized String put(String key, String value) {
+  /**
+   * Put a single key value with no expression evaluation.
+   */
+  public synchronized String put(String key, String value) {
     return map.put(key.toLowerCase(), value);
   }
 
-  synchronized String remove(String key) {
+  /**
+   * Remove an entry.
+   */
+  public synchronized String remove(String key) {
     return map.remove(key.toLowerCase());
   }
 
-  synchronized Set<Entry<String, String>> entrySet() {
+  /**
+   * Return the entries.
+   */
+  public synchronized Set<Entry<String, String>> entrySet() {
     return map.entrySet();
   }
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/PropertyMapLoader.java

@@ -3,40 +3,28 @@ package com.avaje.ebean.config;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.FileInputStream;
-import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
-import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 
 /**
- * Helper used to load the PropertyMap.
+ * Helper used to load the ebean.properties into a PropertyMap.
  */
 final class PropertyMapLoader {
 
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PropertyMapLoader.class);
 
-  private static ServletContext servletContext;
+  public static PropertyMap loadGlobalProperties() {
 
-  /**
-   * Return the servlet context when in a web environment.
-   */
-  public static ServletContext getServletContext() {
-    return servletContext;
-  }
+    String fileName = System.getenv("EBEAN_PROPS_FILE");
+    if (fileName == null) {
+      fileName = System.getProperty("ebean.props.file");
+      if (fileName == null) {
+        fileName = "ebean.properties";
+      }
+    }
 
-  /**
-   * Set the ServletContext for when ebean.properties is in WEB-INF in a web
-   * application environment.
-   */
-  public static void setServletContext(ServletContext servletContext) {
-    PropertyMapLoader.servletContext = servletContext;
+    return load(null, fileName);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -66,24 +54,27 @@ final class PropertyMapLoader {
    * @param in
    *          the InputStream of the properties file to load.
    */
-  private static PropertyMap load(PropertyMap p, InputStream in) {
+  public static PropertyMap load(PropertyMap p, InputStream in) {
 
     Properties props = new Properties();
     try {
       props.load(in);
       in.close();
+      return load(p, props);
+
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
+  }
+
+  public static PropertyMap load(PropertyMap p, Properties props) {
 
     if (p == null) {
       p = new PropertyMap();
     }
 
     // put values in initially without any evaluation
-    Iterator<Entry<Object, Object>> it = props.entrySet().iterator();
-    while (it.hasNext()) {
-      Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry = it.next();
+    for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : props.entrySet()) {
       String key = ((String) entry.getKey()).toLowerCase();
       String val = ((String) entry.getValue());
       if (val != null) {
@@ -121,18 +112,6 @@ final class PropertyMapLoader {
       throw new NullPointerException("fileName is null?");
     }
 
-    if (servletContext == null) {
-      logger.debug("No servletContext so not looking in WEB-INF for " + fileName);
-
-    } else {
-      // first look in WEB-INF ...
-      InputStream in = servletContext.getResourceAsStream("/WEB-INF/" + fileName);
-      if (in != null) {
-        logger.debug(fileName + " found in WEB-INF");
-        return in;
-      }
-    }
-
     try {
       File f = new File(fileName);
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/TableName.java

@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ public final class TableName {
     this.name = split[len - 1];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Parse a qualifiedTableName that might include a catalog and schema and just return the table name.
+   */
+  public static String parse(String qualifiedTableName) {
+    return new TableName(qualifiedTableName).getName();
+  }
+  
   public String toString() {
     return getQualifiedName();
   }
@@ -121,6 +128,18 @@ public final class TableName {
     return buffer.toString();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Append a catalog and schema prefix if they exist to the string builder.
+   */
+  public void appendCatalogAndSchema(StringBuilder buffer) {
+    if (catalog != null) {
+      buffer.append(catalog).append(".");
+    }
+    if (schema != null) {
+      buffer.append(schema).append(".");
+    }
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Checks if is table name is valid i.e. it has at least a name.
    * 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/DatabasePlatform.java

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
 import com.avaje.ebean.Query;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -14,42 +15,67 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class DatabasePlatform {
 
-  /** The Constant logger. */
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DatabasePlatform.class);
 
-  /** The open quote used by quoted identifiers. */
+  /** 
+   * The open quote used by quoted identifiers. 
+   */
   protected String openQuote = "\"";
 
-  /** The close quote used by quoted identifiers. */
+  /**
+   *  The close quote used by quoted identifiers. 
+   */
   protected String closeQuote = "\"";
 
-  /** For limit/offset, row_number etc limiting of SQL queries. */
+  /** 
+   * For limit/offset, row_number etc limiting of SQL queries. 
+   */
   protected SqlLimiter sqlLimiter = new LimitOffsetSqlLimiter();
 
-  /** Mapping of JDBC to Database types. */
+  /** 
+   * Mapping of JDBC to Database types. 
+   */
   protected DbTypeMap dbTypeMap = new DbTypeMap();
 
-  /** DB specific DDL syntax. */
+  /** 
+   * DB specific DDL syntax. 
+   */
   protected DbDdlSyntax dbDdlSyntax = new DbDdlSyntax();
 
-  /** Defines DB identity/sequence features. */
+  /** 
+   * Defines DB identity/sequence features. 
+   */
   protected DbIdentity dbIdentity = new DbIdentity();
 
-  /** The JDBC type to map booleans to (by default). */
+  /** 
+   * The JDBC type to map booleans to (by default). 
+   */
   protected int booleanDbType = Types.BOOLEAN;
 
-  /** The JDBC type to map Blob to. */
+  /** 
+   * The JDBC type to map Blob to. 
+   */
   protected int blobDbType = Types.BLOB;
 
-  /** The JDBC type to map Clob to. */
+  /** 
+   * The JDBC type to map Clob to. 
+   */
   protected int clobDbType = Types.CLOB;
 
-  /** For Oracle treat empty strings as null. */
+  /** 
+   * For Oracle treat empty strings as null. 
+   */
   protected boolean treatEmptyStringsAsNull;
 
-  /** The name. */
+  /** 
+   * The database platform name. 
+   */
   protected String name = "generic";
 
+  protected String columnAliasPrefix = "c";
+
+  protected String tableAliasPlaceHolder = "${ta}";
+
   /**
    * Use a BackTick ` at the beginning and end of table or column names that you
    * want to use quoted identifiers for. The backticks get converted to the
@@ -57,6 +83,11 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
    */
   private static final char BACK_TICK = '`';
 
+  /**
+   * The like clause. Can be overridden to disable default escape character.
+   */
+  protected String likeClause = "like ?";
+  
   protected DbEncrypt dbEncrypt;
 
   protected boolean idInExpandedForm;
@@ -68,7 +99,14 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
    * findIterate() and findVisit().
    */
   protected boolean forwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate;
-  
+
+  /**
+   * Flag set for SQL Server due to lack of support of getGeneratedKeys in
+   * batch mode (meaning for batch inserts you should explicitly turn off
+   * getGeneratedKeys - joy).
+   */
+  protected boolean disallowBatchOnCascade;
+
   /**
    * Instantiates a new database platform.
    */
@@ -139,6 +177,34 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
     return dbDdlSyntax;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the column alias prefix.
+   */
+  public String getColumnAliasPrefix() {
+    return columnAliasPrefix;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the column alias prefix.
+   */
+  public void setColumnAliasPrefix(String columnAliasPrefix) {
+    this.columnAliasPrefix = columnAliasPrefix;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the table alias placeholder.
+   */
+  public String getTableAliasPlaceHolder() {
+    return tableAliasPlaceHolder;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the table alias placeholder.
+   */
+  public void setTableAliasPlaceHolder(String tableAliasPlaceHolder) {
+    this.tableAliasPlaceHolder = tableAliasPlaceHolder;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the close quote for quoted identifiers.
    * 
@@ -299,4 +365,24 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
 
     return sql;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the like clause used by this database platform.
+   * <p>
+   * This may include an escape clause to disable a default escape character.
+   */
+  public String getLikeClause() {
+    return likeClause;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the persistBatchOnCascade setting should be ignored.
+   * <p>
+   * This is primarily for SQL Server which does not support getGeneratedKeys with jdbc batch mode
+   * so can't really be transparently used.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public boolean isDisallowBatchOnCascade() {
+    return disallowBatchOnCascade;
+  }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/DbDdlSyntax.java

@@ -1,34 +1,41 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.config.TableName;
+
 /**
  * Used to support DB specific syntax for DDL generation.
  */
 public class DbDdlSyntax {
 
-  private boolean renderIndexForFkey = true;
+  protected boolean renderIndexForFkey = true;
 
-  private boolean inlinePrimaryKeyConstraint = false;
+  protected boolean inlinePrimaryKeyConstraint = false;
 
-  private boolean addOneToOneUniqueContraint = false;
+  protected boolean addOneToOneUniqueContraint = true;
 
-  private int maxConstraintNameLength = 32;
+  protected int maxConstraintNameLength = 32;
 
-  private int columnNameWidth = 25;
+  protected int columnNameWidth = 25;
 
-  private String dropTableCascade;
-  private String dropIfExists;
+  /**
+   * Flag set when we want to disable constraints on each table (rather than globally).
+   */
+  protected boolean dropKeyConstraints;
 
-  private String newLine = "\n";
+  protected String dropTableCascade;
+  protected String dropIfExists;
 
-  private String identity = "auto_increment";
-  private String identitySuffix = "";
+  protected String newLine = "\n";
 
-  private String pkPrefix = "pk_";
+  protected String identity = "auto_increment";
+  protected String identitySuffix = "";
 
-  private String disableReferentialIntegrity;
-  private String enableReferentialIntegrity;
+  protected String pkPrefix = "pk_";
 
-  private String foreignKeySuffix;
+  protected String disableReferentialIntegrity;
+  protected String enableReferentialIntegrity;
+
+  protected String foreignKeySuffix;
 
   /**
    * Return the primary key name for a given bean descriptor.
@@ -43,6 +50,17 @@ public class DbDdlSyntax {
     return pk;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the column definition for an identity column.
+   */
+  public String getIdentityColumnDefn(String columnDefn) {
+    String identity = getIdentity();
+    if (identity != null && identity.length() > 0) {
+      return columnDefn+" "+identity;
+    }
+    return columnDefn;
+  }
+  
   /**
    * Return the identity clause for DB's that have identities.
    */
@@ -145,6 +163,20 @@ public class DbDdlSyntax {
     this.enableReferentialIntegrity = enableReferentialIntegrity;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true to is constraints are disabled on each table.
+   */
+  public boolean isDropKeyConstraints() {
+    return dropKeyConstraints;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return some DDL to disable constraints on the given table.
+   */
+  public String dropKeyConstraintPrefix(String tableName, String fkName) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return true if indexes should be created for the foreign keys.
    */
@@ -175,6 +207,13 @@ public class DbDdlSyntax {
     this.dropIfExists = dropIfExists;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return prefix text that goes before drop table.
+   */
+  public String dropTablePrefix(String tableName) {
+    return "";
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the cascade option for the drop table command.
    */
@@ -248,26 +287,29 @@ public class DbDdlSyntax {
     this.inlinePrimaryKeyConstraint = inlinePrimaryKeyConstraint;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Builds and returns a fully index name.
+   */
   public String getIndexName(String table, String propName, int ixCount) {
 
-    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-    buffer.append("ix_");
-    buffer.append(table);
-    buffer.append("_");
-    buffer.append(propName);
+
+    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(30);
+    buffer.append("ix_").append(TableName.parse(table));
+    buffer.append("_").append(propName);
 
     addSuffix(buffer, ixCount);
 
     return buffer.toString();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Builds and returns a fully qualified foreign key constraint name.
+   */
   public String getForeignKeyName(String table, String propName, int fkCount) {
 
-    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
-    buffer.append("fk_");
-    buffer.append(table);
-    buffer.append("_");
-    buffer.append(propName);
+    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder(30);
+    buffer.append("fk_").append(TableName.parse(table));
+    buffer.append("_").append(propName);
 
     addSuffix(buffer, fkCount);
 
@@ -276,15 +318,10 @@ public class DbDdlSyntax {
 
   /**
    * Adds the suffix.
-   * 
-   * @param buffer
-   *          the buffer
-   * @param count
-   *          the count
    */
   protected void addSuffix(StringBuilder buffer, int count) {
-    final String suffixNr = Integer.toString(count);
-    final int suffixLen = suffixNr.length() + 1;
+    String suffixNr = Integer.toString(count);
+    int suffixLen = suffixNr.length() + 1;
 
     if (buffer.length() + suffixLen > maxConstraintNameLength) {
       buffer.setLength(maxConstraintNameLength - suffixLen);

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/H2Platform.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 
@@ -14,14 +13,13 @@ public class H2Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
     super();
     this.name = "h2";
     this.dbEncrypt = new H2DbEncrypt();
+    // like ? escape'' not working in the latest version H2 so just using no
+    // escape clause for now noting that backslash is an escape char for like in H2
+    this.likeClause = "like ?";
 
     // only support getGeneratedKeys with non-batch JDBC
     // so generally use SEQUENCE instead of IDENTITY for H2
-    boolean useIdentity = GlobalProperties.getBoolean("ebean.h2platform.useIdentity", false);
-
-    IdType idType = useIdentity ? IdType.IDENTITY : IdType.SEQUENCE;
-    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(idType);
-
+    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.SEQUENCE);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/HsqldbPlatform.java

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
-import java.sql.Types;
+import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
-
-import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
+import java.sql.Types;
 
 /**
  * H2 specific platform.
@@ -16,14 +14,7 @@ public class HsqldbPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
     super();
     this.name = "hsqldb";
     this.dbEncrypt = new H2DbEncrypt();
-
-    // only support getGeneratedKeys with non-batch JDBC
-    // so generally use SEQUENCE instead of IDENTITY for H2
-    boolean useIdentity = GlobalProperties.getBoolean("ebean.hsqldb.useIdentity", true);
-
-    IdType idType = useIdentity ? IdType.IDENTITY : IdType.SEQUENCE;
-    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(idType);
-
+    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/LimitOffsetSqlLimiter.java

@@ -17,22 +17,21 @@ public class LimitOffsetSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
 
   public SqlLimitResponse limit(SqlLimitRequest request) {
 
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(512);
+    String dbSql = request.getDbSql();
+    
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(50 + dbSql.length());
     sb.append("select ");
     if (request.isDistinct()) {
       sb.append("distinct ");
     }
 
-    sb.append(request.getDbSql());
+    sb.append(dbSql);
 
     int firstRow = request.getFirstRow();
     int maxRows = request.getMaxRows();
-    if (maxRows > 0) {
-      maxRows = maxRows + 1;
-    }
 
     if (maxRows > 0 || firstRow > 0) {
-      sb.append(" ").append(NEW_LINE).append(LIMIT).append(" ").append(maxRows);
+      sb.append(" ").append(LIMIT).append(" ").append(maxRows);
       if (firstRow > 0) {
         sb.append(" ").append(OFFSET).append(" ");
         sb.append(firstRow);

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005Platform.java

@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ public class MsSqlServer2005Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
   public MsSqlServer2005Platform() {
     super();
     this.name = "mssqlserver2005";
+    // effectively disable persistBatchOnCascade mode for SQL Server
+    // due to lack of support for getGeneratedKeys in batch mode
+    this.disallowBatchOnCascade = true;
+    this.idInExpandedForm = true;
     this.sqlLimiter = new MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter();
-    this.dbDdlSyntax.setIdentity("identity(1,1)");
+    this.dbDdlSyntax = new MsDdlSyntax();
     this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ public class MsSqlServer2005Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
 
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.BOOLEAN, new DbType("bit default 0"));
 
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.INTEGER, new DbType("integer", false));
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.BIGINT, new DbType("numeric", 19));
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.REAL, new DbType("float(16)"));
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.DOUBLE, new DbType("float(32)"));
@@ -45,4 +50,30 @@ public class MsSqlServer2005Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
 
   }
 
+  /**
+   * MS SQL Server specific DDL Syntax.
+   */
+  public class MsDdlSyntax extends DbDdlSyntax {
+
+    MsDdlSyntax() {
+      this.identity = "identity(1,1)";
+      this.dropKeyConstraints = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return some DDL to disable constraints on the given table.
+     */
+    public String dropKeyConstraintPrefix(String tableName, String fkName) {
+      return "IF OBJECT_ID('"+fkName+"', 'F') IS NOT NULL";
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return prefix text that goes before drop table.
+     */
+    public String dropTablePrefix(String tableName) {
+      return "IF OBJECT_ID('"+tableName+"', 'U') IS NOT NULL ";
+    }
+
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter.java

@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@ public class MsSqlServer2005SqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
 
     int lastRow = request.getMaxRows();
     if (lastRow > 0) {
-      // fetch 1 more than we return so that
-      // we know if more rows are available
-      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow + 1;
+      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow;
     }
 
     if (firstRow < 1) {

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/MySqlPlatform.java

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public class MySqlPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
   public MySqlPlatform() {
     super();
     this.name = "mysql";
+    this.likeClause = "like ? escape''";
     this.selectCountWithAlias = true;
     this.dbEncrypt = new MySqlDbEncrypt();
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/Oracle10DbEncrypt.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
-
 /**
  * Oracle encryption support.
  * 
@@ -48,12 +46,19 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
 public class Oracle10DbEncrypt extends AbstractDbEncrypt {
 
   /**
-   * Constructs the Oracle10DbEncrypt.
+   * Constructs the Oracle10DbEncrypt with default encrypt and decrypt stored procedures.
    */
   public Oracle10DbEncrypt() {
+    this("eb_encrypt", "eb_decrypt");
+  }
 
-    String encryptfunction = GlobalProperties.get("ebean.oracle.encryptfunction", "eb_encrypt");
-    String decryptfunction = GlobalProperties.get("ebean.oracle.decryptfunction", "eb_decrypt");
+  /**
+   * Constructs the Oracle10DbEncrypt specifying encrypt and decrypt stored procedures.
+   *
+   * @param encryptfunction the encrypt stored procedure
+   * @param decryptfunction the decrypt stored procedure
+   */
+  public Oracle10DbEncrypt(String encryptfunction, String decryptfunction) {
 
     this.varcharEncryptFunction = new OraVarcharFunction(encryptfunction, decryptfunction);
     this.dateEncryptFunction = new OraDateFunction(encryptfunction, decryptfunction);

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/Postgres8Platform.java

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
+
+import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+/**
+ * Postgres v8.3 specific platform.
+ * <p>
+ * No support for getGeneratedKeys.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class Postgres8Platform extends DatabasePlatform {
+
+  public Postgres8Platform() {
+    super();
+    this.name = "postgres";
+    this.selectCountWithAlias = true;
+    this.blobDbType = Types.LONGVARBINARY;
+    this.clobDbType = Types.VARCHAR;
+
+    this.dbEncrypt = new PostgresDbEncrypt();
+
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(false);
+    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.SEQUENCE);
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
+
+    this.columnAliasPrefix = "as c";
+    this.openQuote = "\"";
+    this.closeQuote = "\"";
+
+    // dbTypeMap.put(Types.BOOLEAN, new DbType("bit default 0"));
+
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.INTEGER, new DbType("integer", false));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.DOUBLE, new DbType("float"));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.TINYINT, new DbType("smallint"));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.DECIMAL, new DbType("decimal", 38));
+
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.BINARY, new DbType("bytea", false));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.VARBINARY, new DbType("bytea", false));
+
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.BLOB, new DbType("bytea", false));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.CLOB, new DbType("text"));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.LONGVARBINARY, new DbType("bytea", false));
+    dbTypeMap.put(Types.LONGVARCHAR, new DbType("text"));
+
+    dbDdlSyntax.setDropTableCascade("cascade");
+    dbDdlSyntax.setDropIfExists("if exists");
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a Postgres specific sequence IdGenerator.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public IdGenerator createSequenceIdGenerator(BackgroundExecutor be, DataSource ds,
+      String seqName, int batchSize) {
+
+    return new PostgresSequenceIdGenerator(be, ds, seqName, batchSize);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String withForUpdate(String sql) {
+    return sql + " for update";
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/PostgresDdlSyntax.java

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
+
+public class PostgresDdlSyntax extends DbDdlSyntax {
+
+  /**
+   * Map bigint, integer and smallint into their equivilent serial types. 
+   */
+  @Override
+  public String getIdentityColumnDefn(String columnDefn) {
+    
+    //smallserial, serial and bigserial
+    if ("bigint".equalsIgnoreCase(columnDefn)) {
+      return "bigserial";
+    }
+    if ("integer".equalsIgnoreCase(columnDefn)) {
+      return "serial";
+    }
+    if ("smallint".equalsIgnoreCase(columnDefn)) {
+      return "smallserial";
+    }
+    
+    return columnDefn;
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/PostgresPlatform.java

@@ -1,43 +1,48 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
 import com.avaje.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
-import com.avaje.ebean.config.GlobalProperties;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import java.sql.Types;
 
 /**
- * Postgres v8.3 specific platform.
+ * Postgres v9 specific platform.
  * <p>
- * No support for getGeneratedKeys.
+ * Uses serial types and getGeneratedKeys.
  * </p>
  */
 public class PostgresPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
 
+  /**
+   * Unique jdbc type id defined for hstore type.
+   */
+  public static final int TYPE_HSTORE = 4001;
+  
   public PostgresPlatform() {
     super();
     this.name = "postgres";
+    this.likeClause = "like ? escape''";
+    
+    this.dbDdlSyntax = new PostgresDdlSyntax();
+    
     this.selectCountWithAlias = true;
     this.blobDbType = Types.LONGVARBINARY;
     this.clobDbType = Types.VARCHAR;
 
     this.dbEncrypt = new PostgresDbEncrypt();
 
-    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(false);
-    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.SEQUENCE);
+    // Use Identity and getGeneratedKeys
+    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(true);
     this.dbIdentity.setSupportsSequence(true);
 
-    String colAlias = GlobalProperties.get("ebean.columnAliasPrefix", null);
-    if (colAlias == null) {
-      // Postgres requires the "as" keyword for column alias
-      GlobalProperties.put("ebean.columnAliasPrefix", "as c");
-    }
+    this.columnAliasPrefix = "as c";
 
     this.openQuote = "\"";
     this.closeQuote = "\"";
 
-    // dbTypeMap.put(Types.BOOLEAN, new DbType("bit default 0"));
-
+    dbTypeMap.put(TYPE_HSTORE, new DbType("hstore"));
+    
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.INTEGER, new DbType("integer", false));
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.DOUBLE, new DbType("float"));
     dbTypeMap.put(Types.TINYINT, new DbType("smallint"));

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/RowNumberSqlLimiter.java

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class RowNumberSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
    */
   private static final String ROW_NUMBER_AS = ") as rn, ";
 
-  final String rowNumberWindowAlias;
+  private final String rowNumberWindowAlias;
 
   /**
    * Specify the name of the rowNumberWindowAlias.
@@ -30,16 +30,18 @@ public class RowNumberSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
 
   public SqlLimitResponse limit(SqlLimitRequest request) {
 
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(500);
+    String dbSql = request.getDbSql();
+    
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(60 + dbSql.length());
 
     int firstRow = request.getFirstRow();
 
     int lastRow = request.getMaxRows();
     if (lastRow > 0) {
-      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow + 1;
+      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow;
     }
 
-    sb.append("select * from (").append(NEW_LINE);
+    sb.append("select * from ( ");
 
     sb.append("select ");
     if (request.isDistinct()) {
@@ -50,9 +52,9 @@ public class RowNumberSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
     sb.append(request.getDbOrderBy());
     sb.append(ROW_NUMBER_AS);
 
-    sb.append(request.getDbSql());
+    sb.append(dbSql);
 
-    sb.append(NEW_LINE).append(") ");
+    sb.append(" ) ");
     sb.append(rowNumberWindowAlias);
     sb.append(" where ");
     if (firstRow > 0) {

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/RownumSqlLimiter.java

@@ -35,38 +35,40 @@ public class RownumSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
     // :MAX_ROW_TO_FETCH )
     // where rnum >= :MIN_ROW_TO_FETCH;
 
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(500);
+    String dbSql = request.getDbSql();
+    
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(60 + dbSql.length());
 
     int firstRow = request.getFirstRow();
 
     int lastRow = request.getMaxRows();
     if (lastRow > 0) {
-      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow + 1;
+      lastRow = lastRow + firstRow;
     }
 
-    sb.append("select * ").append(NEW_LINE).append("from ( ");
+    sb.append("select * from ( ");
 
     sb.append("select ");
     if (useFirstRowsHint && request.getMaxRows() > 0) {
-      sb.append("/*+ FIRST_ROWS(").append(request.getMaxRows() + 1).append(") */ ");
+      sb.append("/*+ FIRST_ROWS(").append(request.getMaxRows()).append(") */ ");
     }
 
-    sb.append("rownum ").append(rnum).append(", a.* ").append(NEW_LINE);
-    sb.append("       from (");//
+    sb.append("rownum ").append(rnum).append(", a.* ");
+    sb.append(" from (");
 
     sb.append(" select ");
     if (request.isDistinct()) {
       sb.append("distinct ");
     }
-    sb.append(request.getDbSql());
+    sb.append(dbSql);
 
-    sb.append(NEW_LINE).append("            ) a ");
+    sb.append(NEW_LINE).append("  ) a ");
     if (lastRow > 0) {
-      sb.append(NEW_LINE).append("       where rownum <= ").append(lastRow);
+      sb.append(" where rownum <= ").append(lastRow);
     }
-    sb.append(NEW_LINE).append("     ) ");
+    sb.append(" ) ");
     if (firstRow > 0) {
-      sb.append(NEW_LINE).append("where ");
+      sb.append(" where ");
       sb.append(rnum).append(" > ").append(firstRow);
     }
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/SequenceIdGenerator.java

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public abstract class SequenceIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {
 
   protected final BackgroundExecutor backgroundExecutor;
 
-  protected final ArrayList<Integer> idList = new ArrayList<Integer>(50);
+  protected final ArrayList<Long> idList = new ArrayList<Long>(50);
 
   protected int batchSize;
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class SequenceIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {
       if (idList.size() == 0) {
         loadMoreIds(batchSize, t);
       }
-      Integer nextId = idList.remove(0);
+      Long nextId = idList.remove(0);
 
       if (batchSize > 1) {
         if (idList.size() <= batchSize / 2) {
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ public abstract class SequenceIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {
 
   protected void loadMoreIds(final int numberToLoad, Transaction t) {
 
-    ArrayList<Integer> newIds = getMoreIds(numberToLoad, t);
+    ArrayList<Long> newIds = getMoreIds(numberToLoad, t);
 
     if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
       logger.debug("... seq:" + seqName + " loaded:" + numberToLoad + " ids:" + newIds);
@@ -174,11 +174,11 @@ public abstract class SequenceIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {
   /**
    * Get more Id's by executing a query and reading the Id's returned.
    */
-  protected ArrayList<Integer> getMoreIds(int loadSize, Transaction t) {
+  protected ArrayList<Long> getMoreIds(int loadSize, Transaction t) {
 
     String sql = getSql(loadSize);
 
-    ArrayList<Integer> newIds = new ArrayList<Integer>(loadSize);
+    ArrayList<Long> newIds = new ArrayList<Long>(loadSize);
 
     boolean useTxnConnection = t != null;
 
@@ -191,12 +191,10 @@ public abstract class SequenceIdGenerator implements IdGenerator {
       pstmt = c.prepareStatement(sql);
       rset = pstmt.executeQuery();
       while (rset.next()) {
-        int val = rset.getInt(1);
-        newIds.add(Integer.valueOf(val));
+        newIds.add(rset.getLong(1));
       }
       if (newIds.size() == 0) {
-        String m = "Always expecting more than 1 row from " + sql;
-        throw new PersistenceException(m);
+        throw new PersistenceException("Always expecting more than 1 row from " + sql);
       }
 
       return newIds;

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/SqlAnywhereLimiter.java

@@ -8,15 +8,12 @@ public class SqlAnywhereLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
 
   public SqlLimitResponse limit(SqlLimitRequest request) {
 
-    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(500);
+    String dbSql = request.getDbSql();
+    
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(60 + dbSql.length());
 
     int firstRow = request.getFirstRow();
     int maxRows = request.getMaxRows();
-    if (maxRows > 0) {
-      // fetch 1 more than we return so that
-      // we know if more rows are available
-      maxRows = maxRows + 1;
-    }
 
     /*
      * SELECT TOP xx START AT xx ... FROM ...
@@ -31,7 +28,7 @@ public class SqlAnywhereLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
     if (firstRow > 0) {
       sb.append("start at ").append(firstRow + 1).append(" ");
     }
-    sb.append(request.getDbSql());
+    sb.append(dbSql);
 
     String sql = request.getDbPlatform().completeSql(sb.toString(), request.getOrmQuery());
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/config/dbplatform/SqlLimitRequest.java

@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.Query;
 /**
  * The request object for the query that can have sql limiting applied to it
  * (such as a LIMIT OFFSET clause).
- * 
- * @author rob
  */
 public interface SqlLimitRequest {
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/event/AbstractBeanPersistListener.java

@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.event;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a base implementation of BeanPersistListener.
+ * <p>
+ * Objects extending this should override the methods then are interested in.
+ * The default inserted() updated() and deleted() methods return false and as such
+ * means other servers in the cluster are not notified.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractBeanPersistListener implements BeanPersistListener {
+
+  /**
+   * Notified that a bean has been inserted locally. Return true if you want the
+   * cluster to be notified of the event.
+   *
+   * @param bean The bean that was inserted.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean inserted(Object bean) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notified that a bean has been updated locally. Return true if you want the
+   * cluster to be notified of the event.
+   *
+   * @param bean              The bean that was updated.
+   * @param updatedProperties The properties that were modified by this update.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean updated(Object bean, Set<String> updatedProperties) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notified that a bean has been deleted locally. Return true if you want the
+   * cluster to be notified of the event.
+   *
+   * @param bean The bean that was deleted.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean deleted(Object bean) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notify that a bean was inserted on another node of the cluster.
+   *
+   * @param id the id value of the inserted bean
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void remoteInsert(Object id) {
+    // do nothing
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notify that a bean was updated on another node of the cluster.
+   *
+   * @param id the id value of the updated bean.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void remoteUpdate(Object id) {
+    // do nothing
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Notify that a bean was deleted on another node of the cluster.
+   *
+   * @param id the id value of the deleted bean.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void remoteDelete(Object id) {
+    // do nothing
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/event/BeanPersistListener.java

@@ -33,11 +33,17 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
  * </p>
  * <p>
  * A BeanPersistListener is either found automatically via class path search or
- * can be added programmatically via {@link ServerConfig#add(BeanPersistListener)}.
+ * can be added programmatically via {@link ServerConfig#add(BeanPersistListener)}}.
  * </p>
  * @see ServerConfig#add(BeanPersistListener)
  */
-public interface BeanPersistListener<T> {
+public interface BeanPersistListener {
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if this BeanPersistListener should be registered for events
+   * on this entity type.
+   */
+  public boolean isRegisterFor(Class<?> cls);
 
   /**
    * Notified that a bean has been inserted locally. Return true if you want the
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ public interface BeanPersistListener<T> {
    * @param bean
    *          The bean that was inserted.
    */
-  public boolean inserted(T bean);
+  public boolean inserted(Object bean);
 
   /**
    * Notified that a bean has been updated locally. Return true if you want the
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ public interface BeanPersistListener<T> {
    * @param updatedProperties
    *          The properties that were modified by this update.
    */
-  public boolean updated(T bean, Set<String> updatedProperties);
+  public boolean updated(Object bean, Set<String> updatedProperties);
 
   /**
    * Notified that a bean has been deleted locally. Return true if you want the
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ public interface BeanPersistListener<T> {
    * @param bean
    *          The bean that was deleted.
    */
-  public boolean deleted(T bean);
+  public boolean deleted(Object bean);
 
   /**
    * Notify that a bean was inserted on another node of the cluster.

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/overview.html

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 	<title>Ebean API</title>
 </head>
 <body BGCOLOR="#ffffff">
-Ebean Object Relational Mapping (start at <a href='com/avaje/ebean/Ebean.html'>Ebean</a>
-or <a href='com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.html'>EbeanServer</a>).
+Ebean Object Relational Mapping (start at
+<a href='com/avaje/ebean/EbeanServer.html'>EbeanServer</a> or <a href='com/avaje/ebean/Ebean.html'>Ebean</a>).
 
 
 <h3>Ebean</h3>
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ For a full description of the query language refer to <a href="com/avaje/ebean/Q
 <h3>
 EXAMPLE 1: Simple fetch
 </h3>
-<pre class="code">
+<pre>{@code
 // fetch order 10
 Order order = Ebean.find(Order.class, 10);
-</pre>
+}</pre>
 
 <h3>
 EXAMPLE 2: Fetch an Object with associations
 </h3>
-<pre class="code">
+<pre>{@code
 // fetch Customer 7 including their billing and shipping addresses
 Customer customer = Ebean.find(Customer.class)
     .fetch("billingAddress");
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ Customer customer = Ebean.find(Customer.class)
 		
 Address billAddr = customer.getBillingAddress();
 Address shipAddr = customer.getShippingAddress();
-</pre>
+}</pre>
 
 <h3>
 EXAMPLE 3: Fetch a list of Objects with associations
 </h3>	
-<pre class="code">
+<pre>{@code
 // Note: This example shows a "Partial Object".
 //       For the product objects associated with the 
 //       order details only the product id and name is
 //       fetched (the product objects are partially populated).
 		
 // fetch orders for customer.id = 2
-List&lt;Order&gt; orderList = Ebean.find(Order.class);
+List<Order> orderList = Ebean.find(Order.class);
     .fetch("customer")
     .fetch("customer.shippingAddress")
     .fetch("details")
@@ -72,17 +72,17 @@ Order order = orderList.get(0);
 Customer customer = order.getCustomer();	
 Address shipAddr = customer.getShippingAddress();
 
-List&lt;OrderDetail&gt; details = order.getDetails();
+List<OrderDetail> details = order.getDetails();
 OrderDetail detail = details.get(0);
 Product product = detail.getProduct();
 String productName = product.getName();
 
-</pre>
+}</pre>
 
 <h3>
 EXAMPLE 4: Create and save an Order
 </h3>
-<pre class="code">
+<pre>{@code
 // get a Customer reference so we don't hit the database
 Customer custRef = Ebean.getReference(Customer.class, 7);
 
@@ -107,14 +107,14 @@ orderLines.add(line);
 // NB: assumes CascadeType.PERSIST is set on the order lines association
 Ebean.save(newOrder);
 
-</pre>
+}</pre>
 
 <h3>
 EXAMPLE 5: Use another database
 </h3>
-<pre class="code">
+<pre>{@code
 // Get access to the Human Resources EbeanServer/Database
-EbeanServer hrServer = Ebean.getServer(&quot;HR&quot;);
+EbeanServer hrServer = Ebean.getServer("HR");
                                     
                               
 // fetch contact 3 from the HR database
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ contact.setStatus(Contact.Status.INACTIVE);
                                     
 // save the contact back to the HR database
 hrServer.save(contact); 	
-</pre>
+}</pre>
 </div>
 
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/PathProperties.java

@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ import com.avaje.ebean.Query;
  * properties and applying that to both what to fetch (ORM query) and what to
  * render (JAX-RS JSON / XML).
  * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
  */
 public class PathProperties {
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/PathPropertiesParser.java

@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class PathPropertiesParser {
       case '(':
         return currentWord();
       default:
+        if (pos == 1) {
+          return "";
+        }
       }
     } while (pos < eof);
     throw new RuntimeException("Hit EOF while reading sectionTitle from " + startPos);
@@ -91,6 +94,10 @@ class PathPropertiesParser {
       }
 
     } while (pos < eof);
+    if (startPos < pos) {
+      String currentWord = source.substring(startPos, pos);
+      currentPathProps.addProperty(currentWord);
+    }
   }
 
   private void addSubpath() {

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/TextException.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.text;
 
 /**
- * An exception occured typically in processing CSV, JSON or XML.
+ * An exception occurred typically in processing CSV, JSON or XML.
  * 
  * @author rbygrave
  */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/EJson.java

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
+
+/**
+ * Utility that converts between JSON content and simple java Maps/Lists.
+ */
+public class EJson {
+
+  /**
+   * Write the nested Map/List as json.
+   */
+  public static String write(Object object) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonWriter.write(object);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Write the nested Map/List as json to the writer.
+   */
+  public static void write(Object object, Writer writer) throws IOException {
+    EJsonWriter.write(object, writer);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Write the nested Map/List as json to the jsonGenerator.
+   */
+  public static void write(Object object, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator) throws IOException {
+    EJsonWriter.write(object, jsonGenerator);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a Map.
+   */
+  public static Map<String,Object> parseObject(String json) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseObject(json);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a Map taking a reader.
+   */
+  public static Map<String,Object> parseObject(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseObject(reader);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a Map taking a JsonParser.
+   */
+  public static Map<String,Object> parseObject(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseObject(parser);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a Map taking a JsonParser and a starting token.
+   * <p>
+   * Used when the first token is checked to see if the value is null prior to calling this.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public static Map<String,Object> parseObject(JsonParser parser, JsonToken token) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseObject(parser, token);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List.
+   * @throws IOException 
+   */
+  public static List<Object> parseList(String json) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseList(json);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List taking a Reader.
+   * @throws IOException 
+   */
+  public static List<Object> parseList(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseList(reader);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List taking a JsonParser.
+   */
+  public static List<Object> parseList(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parseList(parser);
+  }
+  
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List or Map.
+   */
+  public static Object parse(String json) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parse(json);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List or Map.
+   */
+  public static Object parse(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parse(reader);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Parse the json and return as a List or Map.
+   */
+  public static Object parse(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return EJsonReader.parse(parser);
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/EJsonReader.java

@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Reader;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonToken;
+
+class EJsonReader {
+
+  static JsonFactory json = new JsonFactory();
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static Map<String, Object> parseObject(String json) throws IOException  {
+    return (Map<String, Object>) parse(json);
+  }
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static Map<String, Object> parseObject(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return (Map<String, Object>) parse(reader);
+  }
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static Map<String, Object> parseObject(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return (Map<String, Object>) parse(parser);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static Map<String, Object> parseObject(JsonParser parser, JsonToken token) throws IOException {
+    return (Map<String, Object>)parse(parser, token);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static List<Object> parseList(String json) throws IOException {
+    return (List<Object>) parse(json);
+  }
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static List<Object> parseList(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return (List<Object>) parse(reader);
+  }
+  
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static List<Object> parseList(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return (List<Object>) parse(parser);
+  }
+
+  static Object parse(String json) throws IOException {
+    return parse(new StringReader(json));
+  }
+
+  static Object parse(Reader reader) throws IOException {
+    return parse(json.createParser(reader));
+  }
+
+  static Object parse(JsonParser parser) throws IOException {
+    return parse(parser, null);
+  }
+
+  static Object parse(JsonParser parser, JsonToken token) throws IOException {
+    return new EJsonReader(parser).parseJson(token);
+  }
+
+  private final JsonParser parser;
+
+  private int depth;
+  
+  private Stack stack;
+
+  private Context currentContext;
+
+  EJsonReader(JsonParser parser) {
+    this.parser = parser;
+  }
+
+  private void startArray() {
+    depth++;
+    stack.push(currentContext);
+    currentContext = new ArrayContext();
+  }
+
+  private void startObject() {
+    depth++;
+    stack.push(currentContext);
+    currentContext = new ObjectContext();
+  }
+
+  private void endArray() {
+    end();
+  }
+
+  private void endObject() {
+    end();
+  }
+
+  private void end() {
+    depth--;
+    if (!stack.isEmpty()) {
+      currentContext = stack.pop(currentContext);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void setValue(Object value) {
+    currentContext.setValue(value);
+  }
+
+  private void setValueNull() {
+    currentContext.setValueNull();
+  }
+
+  private Object parseJson(JsonToken token) throws IOException {
+
+    if (token == null) {
+      // no initial token so expect to read START_OBJECT or similar
+      token = parser.nextToken();
+      if (JsonToken.VALUE_NULL == token) {
+        return null;
+      }
+    }
+
+    stack = new Stack();
+    // it is a object or array, process the first JsonToken
+    processJsonToken(token);
+
+    // process the rest of the object or array
+    while (depth > 0) {
+      token = parser.nextToken();
+      processJsonToken(token);
+    }
+
+    return currentContext.getValue();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Process the JsonToken for objects and arrays.
+   */
+  private void processJsonToken(JsonToken token) throws IOException {
+    switch (token) {
+
+    case START_ARRAY:
+      startArray();
+      break;
+
+    case START_OBJECT:
+      startObject();
+      break;
+
+    case FIELD_NAME:
+      currentContext.setKey(parser.getCurrentName());
+      break;
+
+    case VALUE_STRING:
+      setValue(parser.getValueAsString());
+      break;
+
+    case VALUE_NUMBER_INT:
+      setValue(parser.getLongValue());
+      break;
+      
+    case VALUE_NUMBER_FLOAT:
+      setValue(parser.getDecimalValue());
+      break;
+
+    case VALUE_TRUE:
+      setValue(Boolean.TRUE);
+      break;
+
+    case VALUE_FALSE:
+      setValue(Boolean.FALSE);
+      break;
+
+    case VALUE_NULL:
+      setValueNull();
+      break;
+
+    case END_OBJECT:
+      endObject();
+      break;
+
+    case END_ARRAY:
+      endArray();
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private static final class Stack {
+    
+    private Context head;
+    
+    private void push(Context context) {
+      if (context != null) {
+        context.next = head;
+        head = context;
+      }
+    }
+
+    private Context pop(Context endingContext) {
+      if (head == null) {
+        throw new NoSuchElementException();
+      }
+      Context temp = head;
+      head = head.next;
+      temp.popContext(endingContext);
+      return temp;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isEmpty() {
+      return head == null;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static abstract class Context {
+    Context next;
+    abstract void popContext(Context temp);
+    abstract Object getValue();
+    abstract void setKey(String key);
+    abstract void setValue(Object value);
+    abstract void setValueNull();
+  }
+  
+  private static class ObjectContext extends Context {
+        
+    private final Map<String, Object> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+
+    private String key;
+
+    public void popContext(Context temp) {
+      setValue(temp.getValue());
+    }
+
+    Object getValue() {
+      return map;
+    }
+
+    void setKey(String key) {
+      this.key = key;
+    }
+
+    void setValue(Object value) {
+      map.put(key, value);
+    }
+
+    void setValueNull() {
+      map.put(key, null);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static class ArrayContext extends Context {
+    
+    private final List<Object> values = new ArrayList<Object>();
+
+    public void popContext(Context temp) {
+      values.add(temp.getValue());
+    }
+
+    Object getValue() {
+      return values;
+    }
+    
+    void setValue(Object value) {
+      values.add(value);
+    }
+
+    void setValueNull() {
+      // ignore
+    }
+    void setKey(String key) {  
+      // not expected
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/EJsonWriter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.io.Writer;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+
+class EJsonWriter {
+
+  /**
+   * Base jsonFactory implementation used when it is not passed in.
+   */
+  static JsonFactory jsonFactory = new JsonFactory();
+
+  static String write(Object object) throws IOException {
+    StringWriter writer = new StringWriter(200);
+    write(object, writer);
+    return writer.toString();
+  }
+
+  static void write(Object object, Writer writer) throws IOException {
+    JsonGenerator generator = jsonFactory.createGenerator(writer);
+    write(object, generator);
+    generator.close();
+  }
+
+  static void write(Object object, JsonGenerator jsonGenerator) {
+    new EJsonWriter(jsonGenerator).writeJson(object);
+  }
+
+  private final JsonGenerator jsonGenerator;
+
+  private EJsonWriter(JsonGenerator jsonGenerator) {
+    this.jsonGenerator = jsonGenerator;
+  }
+
+  private void writeJson(Object object) {
+    writeJson(null, object);
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private void writeJson(String name, Object object) {
+    try {
+      if (object == null) {
+        writeNull(name);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Map) {
+        writeMap(name, (Map<Object, Object>) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Collection) {
+        writeCollection(name, (Collection<Object>) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Boolean) {
+        writeBoolean(name, (Boolean) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Number) {
+        writeNumber(name, (Number) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Date) {
+        writeDate(name, (Date) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof String) {
+        writeString(name, (String) object);
+
+      } else if (object instanceof Map.Entry<?, ?>) {
+        Map.Entry<?, ?> entry = (Map.Entry<?, ?>) object;
+        writeJson(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue());
+
+      } else {
+        writeString(name, object.toString());
+      }
+
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeBoolean(String name, Boolean object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeBoolean(object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeBooleanField(name, object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeDate(String name, Date object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber(object.getTime());
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, object.getTime());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeNumber(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+
+    if (object instanceof Long) {
+      writeLong(name, object);
+
+    } else if (object instanceof Integer) {
+      writeInteger(name, object);
+
+    } else if (object instanceof Double) {
+      writeDouble(name, object);
+
+    } else if (object instanceof BigDecimal) {
+      writeBigDecimal(name, object);
+
+    } else if (object instanceof BigInteger) {
+      writeBigInteger(name, object);
+
+    } else {
+      writeGeneralNumber(name, object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeGeneralNumber(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    writeBigDecimal(name, new BigDecimal(object.toString()));
+  }
+
+  private void writeBigDecimal(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber((BigDecimal) object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, (BigDecimal) object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeBigInteger(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber((BigInteger) object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, object.longValue());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeDouble(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber((Double) object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, (Double) object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeLong(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber((Long) object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, (Long) object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeInteger(String name, Number object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumber((Integer) object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNumberField(name, (Integer) object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeNull(String name) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNull();
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeNullField(name);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeString(String name, String object) throws IOException {
+    if (name == null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeString(object);
+    } else {
+      jsonGenerator.writeStringField(name, object);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeCollection(String name, Collection<Object> collection) throws IOException {
+    if (name != null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeFieldName(name);
+    }
+    jsonGenerator.writeStartArray();
+    for (Object object : collection) {
+      writeJson(null, object);
+    }
+    jsonGenerator.writeEndArray();
+  }
+
+  private void writeMap(String name, Map<Object, Object> map) throws IOException {
+
+    if (name != null) {
+      jsonGenerator.writeFieldName(name);
+    }
+    jsonGenerator.writeStartObject();
+    Set<Entry<Object, Object>> entrySet = map.entrySet();
+    for (Entry<Object, Object> entry : entrySet) {
+      writeJson(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue());
+    }
+    jsonGenerator.writeEndObject();
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonContext.java

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
 
+import com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
@@ -7,125 +11,136 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * Converts objects to and from JSON format.
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
  */
 public interface JsonContext {
 
   /**
    * Convert json string input into a Bean of a specific type.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, String json);
+  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, String json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
    * Convert json reader input into a Bean of a specific type.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, Reader json);
-
-  /**
-   * Convert json string input into a Bean of a specific type with options.
-   */
-  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, String json, JsonReadOptions options);
-
-  /**
-   * Convert json reader input into a Bean of a specific type with options.
-   */
-  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, Reader json, JsonReadOptions options);
+  public <T> T toBean(Class<T> rootType, Reader json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
    * Convert json string input into a list of beans of a specific type.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, String json);
-
-  /**
-   * Convert json string input into a list of beans of a specific type with
-   * options.
-   */
-  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, String json, JsonReadOptions options);
+  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, String json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
    * Convert json reader input into a list of beans of a specific type.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, Reader json);
-
-  /**
-   * Convert json reader input into a list of beans of a specific type with
-   * options.
-   */
-  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, Reader json, JsonReadOptions options);
+  public <T> List<T> toList(Class<T> rootType, Reader json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
    * Use the genericType to determine if this should be converted into a List or
    * bean.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public Object toObject(Type genericType, Reader json, JsonReadOptions options);
+  public Object toObject(Type genericType, Reader json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
    * Use the genericType to determine if this should be converted into a List or
    * bean.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public Object toObject(Type genericType, String json, JsonReadOptions options);
+  public Object toObject(Type genericType, String json) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Write the bean or collection in JSON format to the writer with default
-   * options.
-   * 
-   * @param o
-   *          the bean or collection of beans to write
-   * @param writer
-   *          used to write the json output to
+   * Return the bean or collection as JSON string.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public void toJsonWriter(Object o, Writer writer);
+  public String toJson(Object value) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * With additional pretty output option.
+   * Write the bean or collection in JSON format to the writer.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public void toJsonWriter(Object o, Writer writer, boolean pretty);
+  public void toJson(Object value, Writer writer) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * With additional options to specify JsonValueAdapter and
-   * JsonWriteBeanVisitor's.
-   * 
-   * @param o
-   *          the bean or collection of beans to write
-   * @param writer
-   *          used to write the json output to
-   * @param options
-   *          additional options to control the JSON output
+   * Write the bean or collection to the JsonGenerator.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public void toJsonWriter(Object o, Writer writer, boolean pretty, JsonWriteOptions options);
+  public void toJson(Object value, JsonGenerator generator) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * With additional JSONP callback function.
+   * Return the bean or collection as JSON string using PathProperties.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
    */
-  public void toJsonWriter(Object o, Writer writer, boolean pretty, JsonWriteOptions options,
-      String callback);
+  public String toJson(Object value, PathProperties pathProperties) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Convert a bean or collection to json string using default options.
+   * Write the bean or collection as json to the writer using the PathProperties.
    */
-  public String toJsonString(Object o);
+  public void toJson(Object value, Writer writer, PathProperties pathProperties) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Convert a bean or collection to json string with pretty format using
-   * default options.
+   * Write the bean or collection to the JsonGenerator using the PathProperties.
    */
-  public String toJsonString(Object o, boolean pretty);
+  public void toJson(Object value, JsonGenerator generator, PathProperties pathProperties) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Convert a bean or collection to json string using options.
+   * Deprecated in favour of using PathProperties by itself.
+   * Write json to the JsonGenerator using the JsonWriteOptions.
+   *
+   * @deprecated
    */
-  public String toJsonString(Object o, boolean pretty, JsonWriteOptions options);
+  public void toJson(Object value, JsonGenerator generator, JsonWriteOptions options) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Convert a bean or collection to json string using a JSONP callback.
+   * Deprecated in favour of using PathProperties by itself.
+   * With additional options.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
+   *
+   * @deprecated
    */
-  public String toJsonString(Object o, boolean pretty, JsonWriteOptions options, String callback);
+  public void toJson(Object value, Writer writer, JsonWriteOptions options) throws JsonIOException;
 
   /**
-   * Return true if the type is known as an Entity or Xml type or a List Set or
-   * Map of known bean types.
+   * Deprecated in favour of using PathProperties by itself.
+   * Convert a bean or collection to json string.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
+   *
+   * @deprecated
+   */
+  public String toJson(Object value, JsonWriteOptions options) throws JsonIOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the type is known as an Entity bean or a List Set or
+   * Map of entity beans.
    */
   public boolean isSupportedType(Type genericType);
 
+  /**
+   * Create and return a new JsonGenerator for the given writer.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
+   */
+  public JsonGenerator createGenerator(Writer writer) throws JsonIOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Create and return a new JsonParser for the given reader.
+   *
+   * @throws JsonIOException When IOException occurs
+   */
+  public JsonParser createParser(Reader reader) throws JsonIOException;
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElement.java

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * Marker interface for all the Raw JSON types.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public interface JsonElement {
-
-  /**
-   * Return true if this is a JSON primitive type (null, boolean, number or
-   * string).
-   */
-  public boolean isPrimitive();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the string value of this primitive JSON element.
-   * <p>
-   * This can not be used for JsonElementObject or JsonElementArray.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public String toPrimitiveString();
-
-  public Object eval(String exp);
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp);
-
-  public String evalString(String exp);
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementArray.java

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * JSON Array element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public class JsonElementArray implements JsonElement {
-
-  private final List<JsonElement> values = new ArrayList<JsonElement>();
-
-  public List<JsonElement> getValues() {
-    return values;
-  }
-
-  public void add(JsonElement value) {
-    values.add(value);
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return values.toString();
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  private String[] split(String exp) {
-    int pos = exp.indexOf('.');
-    if (pos == -1) {
-      return new String[] { exp, null };
-    }
-    String exp0 = exp.substring(0, pos);
-    String exp1 = exp.substring(pos + 1);
-    return new String[] { exp0, exp1 };
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return eval(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return evalInt(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return evalString(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  private Object eval(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    if ("size".equals(exp0)) {
-      return values.size();
-    }
-    if ("isEmpty".equals(exp0)) {
-      return values.isEmpty();
-    }
-    int idx = Integer.parseInt(exp0);
-    JsonElement element = values.get(idx);
-    return element.eval(exp1);
-  }
-
-  private int evalInt(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    if ("size".equals(exp0)) {
-      return values.size();
-    }
-    if ("isEmpty".equals(exp0)) {
-      return values.isEmpty() ? 1 : 0;
-    }
-    int idx = Integer.parseInt(exp0);
-    JsonElement element = values.get(idx);
-    return element.evalInt(exp1);
-  }
-
-  private String evalString(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    if ("size".equals(exp0)) {
-      return String.valueOf(values.size());
-    }
-    if ("isEmpty".equals(exp0)) {
-      return String.valueOf(values.isEmpty());
-    }
-    int idx = Integer.parseInt(exp0);
-    JsonElement element = values.get(idx);
-    return element.evalString(exp1);
-  }
-
-  public String getString() {
-    return toString();
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementBoolean.java

@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * JSON boolean element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-
-public class JsonElementBoolean implements JsonElement {
-
-  public static final JsonElementBoolean TRUE = new JsonElementBoolean(true);
-
-  public static final JsonElementBoolean FALSE = new JsonElementBoolean(false);
-
-  private final Boolean value;
-
-  private JsonElementBoolean(Boolean value) {
-    this.value = value;
-  }
-
-  public Boolean getValue() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return Boolean.toString(value);
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return value.toString();
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on boolean");
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    return value ? 1 : 0;
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    return toString();
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementNull.java

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * JSON null element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public class JsonElementNull implements JsonElement {
-
-  public static final JsonElementNull NULL = new JsonElementNull();
-
-  private JsonElementNull() {
-  }
-
-  public String getValue() {
-    return "null";
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return "json null";
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on null");
-    }
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    return 0;
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementNumber.java

@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * JSON number element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public class JsonElementNumber implements JsonElement {
-
-  private final String value;
-
-  public JsonElementNumber(String value) {
-    this.value = value;
-  }
-
-  public String getValue() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return Double.parseDouble(value);
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return Integer.parseInt(value);
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementObject.java

@@ -1,108 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-/**
- * JSON Object element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public class JsonElementObject implements JsonElement {
-
-  private final Map<String, JsonElement> map = new LinkedHashMap<String, JsonElement>();
-
-  public void put(String key, JsonElement value) {
-    map.put(key, value);
-  }
-
-  private String[] split(String exp) {
-    int pos = exp.indexOf('.');
-    if (pos == -1) {
-      return new String[] { exp, null };
-    }
-    String exp0 = exp.substring(0, pos);
-    String exp1 = exp.substring(pos + 1);
-    return new String[] { exp0, exp1 };
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return eval(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return evalInt(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    if (exp == null) {
-      return map.toString();
-    }
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return evalString(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    String[] e = split(exp);
-    return evalBoolean(e[0], e[1]);
-  }
-
-  private Object eval(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    JsonElement e = map.get(exp0);
-    return e == null ? null : e.eval(exp1);
-  }
-
-  private int evalInt(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    JsonElement e = map.get(exp0);
-    return e == null ? 0 : e.evalInt(exp1);
-  }
-
-  private String evalString(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    JsonElement e = map.get(exp0);
-    return e == null ? "" : e.evalString(exp1);
-  }
-
-  private boolean evalBoolean(String exp0, String exp1) {
-    JsonElement e = map.get(exp0);
-    return e == null ? false : e.evalBoolean(exp1);
-  }
-
-  public JsonElement get(String key) {
-    return map.get(key);
-  }
-
-  public JsonElement getValue(String key) {
-    return map.get(key);
-  }
-
-  public Set<String> keySet() {
-    return map.keySet();
-  }
-
-  public Set<Map.Entry<String, JsonElement>> entrySet() {
-    return map.entrySet();
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return map.toString();
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return null;
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonElementString.java

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * JSON string element.
- * <p>
- * You will only use the JsonElements when you register a JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * The JSON elements that are not mapped to a bean property are made available
- * to the JsonReadBeanVisitor.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadBeanVisitor
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public class JsonElementString implements JsonElement {
-
-  private final String value;
-
-  public JsonElementString(String value) {
-    this.value = value;
-  }
-
-  public String getValue() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public String toString() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public boolean isPrimitive() {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  public String toPrimitiveString() {
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public Object eval(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public int evalInt(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    try {
-      return Integer.parseInt(value);
-    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-      return 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  public String evalString(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return value;
-  }
-
-  public boolean evalBoolean(String exp) {
-    if (exp != null) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("expression [" + exp + "] not allowed on number");
-    }
-    return Boolean.parseBoolean(exp);
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonIOException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
+
+/**
+ * Unchecked exception thrown when an IOException occurs in json processing.
+ * <p>
+ * Typically wraps the checked IOException.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class JsonIOException extends RuntimeException {
+
+  /**
+   * Construct with an underlying cause.
+   */
+  public JsonIOException(Throwable cause) {
+    super(cause);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct with a message.
+   */
+  public JsonIOException(String message) {
+    super(message);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonReadBeanVisitor.java

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * Provides for some custom handling of json content as it is read.
- * <p>
- * This visit method is called after all the known properties of the bean have
- * been processed. Any JSON elements that could not be mapped to known bean
- * properties are available in the unmapped Map.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
- * @param <T>
- *          The type of entity bean
- */
-public interface JsonReadBeanVisitor<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Visit the bean that has just been processed.
-   * <p>
-   * This provides a method of customising the bean and processing any custom
-   * JSON content.
-   * </p>
-   * 
-   * @param bean
-   *          the bean being processed
-   * @param unmapped
-   *          Map of any JSON elements that didn't map to known bean properties
-   */
-  public void visit(T bean, Map<String, JsonElement> unmapped);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonReadOptions.java

@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * Provides the ability to customise the reading of JSON content.
- * <p>
- * You can optionally provide a custom JsonValueAdapter to handle specific
- * formatting for Date and DateTime types.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * You can optionally register JsonReadBeanVisitors to customise the processing
- * of the beans as they are processed and handle any custom JSON elements that
- * could not be mapped to bean properties.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
- */
-public class JsonReadOptions {
-
-  protected JsonValueAdapter valueAdapter;
-
-  protected Map<String, JsonReadBeanVisitor<?>> visitorMap;
-
-  /**
-   * Default constructor.
-   */
-  public JsonReadOptions() {
-    this.visitorMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, JsonReadBeanVisitor<?>>();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the JsonValueAdapter.
-   */
-  public JsonValueAdapter getValueAdapter() {
-    return valueAdapter;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the map of JsonReadBeanVisitor's.
-   */
-  public Map<String, JsonReadBeanVisitor<?>> getVisitorMap() {
-    return visitorMap;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a JsonValueAdapter for custom DateTime and Date formatting.
-   */
-  public JsonReadOptions setValueAdapter(JsonValueAdapter valueAdapter) {
-    this.valueAdapter = valueAdapter;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register a JsonReadBeanVisitor for the root level.
-   */
-  public JsonReadOptions addRootVisitor(JsonReadBeanVisitor<?> visitor) {
-    return addVisitor(null, visitor);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register a JsonReadBeanVisitor for a given path.
-   */
-  public JsonReadOptions addVisitor(String path, JsonReadBeanVisitor<?> visitor) {
-    visitorMap.put(path, visitor);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonValueAdapter.java

@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (C) 2009 Authors
- * 
- * This file is part of Ebean.
- * 
- * Ebean is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it 
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *  
- * Ebean is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 
- * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
- * along with Ebean; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA  
- */
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-import java.sql.Timestamp;
-
-/**
- * Allows you to customise the Date and Timestamp formats.
- * <p>
- * There is not a standard JSON format for Date or Timestamp types. By default
- * Ebean uses ISO8601 "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ" and "yyyy-MM-dd".
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * Note that Ebean will convert Joda types to either of the Date or Timestamp
- * types and back for you.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @see JsonReadOptions
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public interface JsonValueAdapter {
-
-  /**
-   * Convert the Date to json string.
-   */
-  public String jsonFromDate(java.sql.Date date);
-
-  /**
-   * Convert the DateTime to json string.
-   */
-  public String jsonFromTimestamp(java.sql.Timestamp date);
-
-  /**
-   * Parse the JSON string into a Date.
-   */
-  public java.sql.Date jsonToDate(String jsonDate);
-
-  /**
-   * Parse the JSON DateTime into a Timestamp.
-   */
-  public Timestamp jsonToTimestamp(String jsonDateTime);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonWriteBeanVisitor.java

@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * Allows for customising the JSON write processing.
- * <p>
- * You can use this to add raw JSON content via {@link JsonWriter}.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * You register a JsonWriteBeanVisitor with {@link JsonWriteOptions}.
- * </p>
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
- * @param <T>
- *          the type of entity bean
- * 
- * @see JsonWriteOptions
- */
-public interface JsonWriteBeanVisitor<T> {
-
-  /**
-   * Visit the bean that has just been writing it's content to JSON. You can
-   * write your own additional JSON content to the JsonWriter if you wish.
-   * 
-   * @param bean
-   *          the bean that has been writing it's content
-   * @param jsonWriter
-   *          the JsonWriter which you can append custom json content to if you
-   *          wish.
-   */
-  public void visit(T bean, JsonWriter jsonWriter);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonWriteOptions.java

@@ -1,225 +1,42 @@
 package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
 
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
 import com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties;
 
 /**
+ * Deprecated in favour of just using PathProperties.
+ *
  * Provides options for customising the JSON write process.
  * <p>
- * You can optionally provide a custom JsonValueAdapter to handle specific
- * formatting for Date and DateTime types.
- * </p>
- * <p>
- * You can optionally register JsonWriteBeanVisitors to customise the processing
- * of the beans as they are processed and <strong>add raw JSON
- * elements</strong>.
- * </p>
- * <p>
  * You can explicitly state which properties to include in the JSON output for
  * the root level and each path.
  * </p>
- * 
- * <pre class="code">
- * // find some customers ...
- * 
- * List&lt;Customer&gt; list = Ebean.find(Customer.class).select(&quot;id, name, status, shippingAddress&quot;)
- *     .fetch(&quot;billingAddress&quot;,
- *         &quot;line1, city&quot;).fetch(&quot;billingAddress.country&quot;, &quot;*&quot;).fetch(&quot;contacts&quot;, &quot;firstName,email&quot;)
- *     .order().desc(&quot;id&quot;)
- *     .findList();
- * 
- * JsonContext json = Ebean.createJsonContext();
- * 
- * JsonWriteOptions writeOptions = new JsonWriteOptions();
- * writeOptions.setRootPathVisitor(new JsonWriteBeanVisitor&lt;Customer&gt;() {
- * 
- *   public void visit(Customer bean, JsonWriter ctx) {
- *     System.out.println(&quot;write visit customer: &quot; + bean);
- *     ctx.appendKeyValue(&quot;dummyCust&quot;, &quot;34&quot;);
- *     ctx.appendKeyValue(&quot;smallCustObject&quot;, &quot;{\&quot;a\&quot;:34,\&quot;b\&quot;:\&quot;asdasdasd\&quot;}&quot;);
- *   }
- * });
- * 
- * writeOptions.setPathProperties(&quot;contacts&quot;, &quot;firstName,id&quot;);
- * writeOptions.setPathVisitor(&quot;contacts&quot;, new JsonWriteBeanVisitor&lt;Contact&gt;() {
- * 
- *   public void visit(Contact bean, JsonWriter ctx) {
- *     System.out.println(&quot;write additional custom json on customer: &quot; + bean);
- *     ctx.appendKeyValue(&quot;dummy&quot;, &quot;  3400&quot; + bean.getId() + &quot;&quot;);
- *     ctx.appendKeyValue(&quot;smallObject&quot;, &quot;{\&quot;contactA\&quot;:34,\&quot;contactB\&quot;:\&quot;banana\&quot;}&quot;);
- *   }
- * 
- * });
- * 
- * // output as a JSON string with pretty formatting
- * String s = json.toJsonString(list, true, writeOptions);
- * 
- * </pre>
- * 
- * @see JsonContext#toList(Class, String, JsonReadOptions)
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- * 
+ * @deprecated
  */
 public class JsonWriteOptions {
 
-  protected String callback;
-
-  protected JsonValueAdapter valueAdapter;
-
-  protected Map<String, JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?>> visitorMap;
-
   protected PathProperties pathProperties;
 
   /**
    * Parse and return a PathProperties from nested string format like
    * (a,b,c(d,e),f(g)) where "c" is a path containing "d" and "e" and "f" is a
    * path containing "g" and the root path contains "a","b","c" and "f".
+   *
+   * @see com.avaje.ebean.text.PathProperties#parse(String)
    */
   public static JsonWriteOptions parsePath(String pathProperties) {
 
-    PathProperties p = PathProperties.parse(pathProperties);
+    return pathProperties(PathProperties.parse(pathProperties));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Construct JsonWriteOptions with the given pathProperties.
+   */
+  public static JsonWriteOptions pathProperties(PathProperties pathProperties) {
     JsonWriteOptions o = new JsonWriteOptions();
-    o.setPathProperties(p);
+    o.setPathProperties(pathProperties);
     return o;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * This creates and returns a copy of these options.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that it assumes that the JsonWriteBeanVisitor (if defined) are
-   * immutable and any JsonWriteBeanVisitor instances are shared between the
-   * original and the copy.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions copy() {
-    JsonWriteOptions copy = new JsonWriteOptions();
-    copy.callback = callback;
-    copy.valueAdapter = valueAdapter;
-    copy.pathProperties = pathProperties;
-    if (visitorMap != null) {
-      copy.visitorMap = new HashMap<String, JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?>>(visitorMap);
-    }
-    return copy;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return a JSONP callback function.
-   */
-  public String getCallback() {
-    return callback;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a JSONP callback function.
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setCallback(String callback) {
-    this.callback = callback;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the JsonValueAdapter.
-   */
-  public JsonValueAdapter getValueAdapter() {
-    return valueAdapter;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set a JsonValueAdapter for custom DateTime and Date formatting.
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setValueAdapter(JsonValueAdapter valueAdapter) {
-    this.valueAdapter = valueAdapter;
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register a JsonWriteBeanVisitor for the root level.
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setRootPathVisitor(JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?> visitor) {
-    return setPathVisitor(null, visitor);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Register a JsonWriteBeanVisitor for the given path.
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setPathVisitor(String path, JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?> visitor) {
-    if (visitorMap == null) {
-      visitorMap = new HashMap<String, JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?>>();
-    }
-    visitorMap.put(path, visitor);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the properties to include in the JSON output for the given path.
-   * 
-   * @param propertiesToInclude
-   *          The set of properties to output
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setPathProperties(String path, Set<String> propertiesToInclude) {
-    if (pathProperties == null) {
-      pathProperties = new PathProperties();
-    }
-    pathProperties.put(path, propertiesToInclude);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the properties to include in the JSON output for the given path.
-   * 
-   * @param propertiesToInclude
-   *          Comma delimited list of properties to output
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setPathProperties(String path, String propertiesToInclude) {
-    return setPathProperties(path, parseProps(propertiesToInclude));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the properties to include in the JSON output for the root level.
-   * 
-   * @param propertiesToInclude
-   *          Comma delimited list of properties to output
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setRootPathProperties(String propertiesToInclude) {
-    return setPathProperties(null, parseProps(propertiesToInclude));
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the properties to include in the JSON output for the root level.
-   * 
-   * @param propertiesToInclude
-   *          The set of properties to output
-   */
-  public JsonWriteOptions setRootPathProperties(Set<String> propertiesToInclude) {
-    return setPathProperties(null, propertiesToInclude);
-  }
-
-  private Set<String> parseProps(String propertiesToInclude) {
-
-    LinkedHashSet<String> props = new LinkedHashSet<String>();
-
-    String[] split = propertiesToInclude.split(",");
-    for (int i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
-      String s = split[i].trim();
-      if (s.length() > 0) {
-        props.add(s);
-      }
-    }
-    return props;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the Map of registered JsonWriteBeanVisitor's by path.
-   */
-  public Map<String, JsonWriteBeanVisitor<?>> getVisitorMap() {
-    return visitorMap;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Set the Map of properties to include by path.
    */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/JsonWriter.java

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-package com.avaje.ebean.text.json;
-
-/**
- * The JSON Writer made available to JsonWriteBeanVisitor's so that you can
- * append your own JSON content into the output.
- * 
- * @see JsonWriteBeanVisitor
- * @see JsonWriteOptions#setRootPathVisitor(JsonWriteBeanVisitor)
- * @see JsonWriteOptions#setPathVisitor(String, JsonWriteBeanVisitor)
- * 
- * @author rbygrave
- */
-public interface JsonWriter {
-
-  /**
-   * Use this to append some custom content into the JSON output.
-   * 
-   * @param key
-   *          the json key
-   * 
-   * @param rawJsonValue
-   *          raw json value
-   */
-  public void appendRawValue(String key, String rawJsonValue);
-
-  public void appendQuoteEscapeValue(String key, String rawJsonValue);
-
-}

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/text/json/package-info.java

@@ -19,31 +19,10 @@
  *     .order().desc("id")
  *     .findList();
  * 
- * JsonContext json = Ebean.createJsonContext();
- * 
- * JsonWriteOptions writeOptions = new JsonWriteOptions();
- * writeOptions.setRootPathVisitor(new JsonWriteBeanVisitor<Customer>() {
- * 
- *     public void visit(Customer bean, JsonWriter ctx) {
- *         System.out.println("write visit customer: " + bean);
- *         ctx.appendKeyValue("dummyCust", "34");
- *         ctx.appendKeyValue("smallCustObject", "{\"a\":34,\"b\":\"asdasdasd\"}");
- *     }
- * });
- * 
- * writeOptions.setPathProperties("contacts", "firstName,id");
- * writeOptions.setPathVisitor("contacts", new JsonWriteBeanVisitor<Contact>() {
- * 
- *     public void visit(Contact bean, JsonWriter ctx) {
- *         System.out.println("write additional custom json on customer: " + bean);
- *         ctx.appendKeyValue("dummy", "  3400" + bean.getId() + "");
- *         ctx.appendKeyValue("smallObject", "{\"contactA\":34,\"contactB\":\"banana\"}");
- *     }
- * 
- * });
- * 
- *  // output as a JSON string with pretty formatting
- * String s = json.toJsonString(list, true, writeOptions);
+ * JsonContext json = Ebean.json();
+ *
+ *  // output as a JSON string
+ * String jsonOutput = json.toJson(list);
  * 
  * </pre>
  */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/BindParams.java

@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 	 */
 	private String preparedSql;
 
+  /**
+   * Bind hash and count used to detect when the bind values have changed such
+   * that the generated SQL (with named parameters) needs to be recalculated.
+   */
+  private int[] bindHash;
+
 	public BindParams() {  
 	}
 	
@@ -51,20 +57,33 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
    * </p>
    */
   public void buildQueryPlanHash(HashQueryPlanBuilder builder) {
+    int[] vals = calcQueryPlanHash();
+    builder.add(vals[0]).bind(vals[1]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Calculate and return a query plan bind hash with total bind count.
+   */
+  public int[] calcQueryPlanHash() {
+    int tempBindCount;
+    int bc = 0;
     int hc = 31;
     for (Param param : positionedParameters) {
-      hc = hc * 31 + param.queryBindCount();
+      tempBindCount = param.queryBindCount();
+      bc += tempBindCount;
+      hc = hc * 31 + tempBindCount;
     }
 
     for (Map.Entry<String, Param> entry : namedParameters.entrySet()) {
+      tempBindCount = entry.getValue().queryBindCount();
+      bc += tempBindCount;
       hc = hc * 31 + entry.getKey().hashCode();
-      hc = hc * 31 + entry.getValue().queryBindCount();
+      hc = hc * 31 + tempBindCount;
     }
 
-    int bindCount = positionedParameters.size() + namedParameters.size();
-    builder.add(hc).bind(bindCount);
+    return new int[]{hc, bc};
   }
- 
+
 	/**
 	 * Return a deep copy of the BindParams.
 	 */
@@ -110,7 +129,7 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 	 * parameters ordered.
 	 */
 	public boolean requiresNamedParamsPrepare() {
-		return !namedParameters.isEmpty() && positionedParameters.isEmpty();
+		return !namedParameters.isEmpty();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -150,7 +169,7 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 	}
 
 	private Param getParam(String name) {
-		Param p = (Param) namedParameters.get(name);
+		Param p = namedParameters.get(name);
 		if (p == null) {
 			p = new Param();
 			namedParameters.put(name, p);
@@ -165,7 +184,7 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 				positionedParameters.add(new Param());
 			}
 		}
-		return (Param) positionedParameters.get(position - 1);
+		return positionedParameters.get(position - 1);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -253,7 +272,29 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 		return preparedSql;
 	}
 
-	/**
+  /**
+   * Return true if the bind hash and count has not changed.
+   */
+  public boolean isSameBindHash() {
+
+    if (bindHash == null) {
+      bindHash = calcQueryPlanHash();
+      return false;
+    }
+    int[] oldPlan = bindHash;
+    bindHash = calcQueryPlanHash();
+    return bindHash[0] == oldPlan[0] && bindHash[1] == oldPlan[1];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new positioned parameters orderedList.
+   */
+  public OrderedList createOrderedList() {
+    positionedParameters.clear();
+    return new OrderedList(positionedParameters);
+  }
+
+  /**
 	 * The bind parameters in the correct binding order.
 	 * <p>
 	 * This is the result of converting sql with named parameters
@@ -327,8 +368,6 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 
 		private Object outValue;
 
-		private int textLocation;
-
 		/**
 		 * Construct a Parameter.
 		 */
@@ -368,17 +407,8 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 		}
 
 		public boolean equals(Object o) {
-			if (o == null) {
-				return false;
-			}
-			if (o == this) {
-				return true;
-			}
-			if (o instanceof Param) {
-				return hashCode() == o.hashCode();
-			}
-			return false;
-		}
+      return o != null && (o == this || (o instanceof Param) && hashCode() == o.hashCode());
+    }
 		
 		/**
 		 * Return true if this is an In parameter that needs to be bound before
@@ -463,21 +493,6 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
 			this.outValue = out;
 		}
 
-		/**
-		 * Return the location this parameter was found in the sql text.
-		 */
-		public int getTextLocation() {
-			return textLocation;
-		}
-
-		/**
-		 * Set the location in the sql text this parameter was located. This is
-		 * used to control order for named parameters.
-		 */
-		public void setTextLocation(int textLocation) {
-			this.textLocation = textLocation;
-		}
-
     /**
      * If true do not include this value in a transaction log.
      */

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/HashQueryPlan.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api;
 
-import java.util.Objects;
-
 /**
  * A hash for a query plan.
  */
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ public class HashQueryPlan {
   public int hashCode() {
     int hc = planHash;
     hc = hc * 31 + bindCount;
-    hc = hc * 31 + Objects.hashCode(rawSql);
+    hc = hc * 31 + (rawSql == null ? 0 : rawSql.hashCode());
     return hc;
   }
   
@@ -41,6 +39,6 @@ public class HashQueryPlan {
     HashQueryPlan e = (HashQueryPlan) obj;
     return e.planHash == planHash 
         && e.bindCount == bindCount
-        && Objects.equals(e.rawSql, rawSql);
+        &&  ((e.rawSql == rawSql) || (e.rawSql != null && e.rawSql.equals(rawSql)));
   }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/HashQueryPlanBuilder.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.avaje.ebeaninternal.api;
 
-import java.util.Objects;
-
 /**
  * Used to build HashQueryPlan instances.
  */
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ public class HashQueryPlanBuilder {
    * Add an object to the hash calculation.
    */
   public HashQueryPlanBuilder add(Object object) {
-    planHash = planHash * 31 + Objects.hashCode(object);
+    planHash = planHash * 31 + (object == null ? 0 : object.hashCode());
     return this;
   }
 

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanBuffer.java

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
  */
 public interface LoadBeanBuffer {
 
+  public int getBatchSize();
+
   public List<EntityBeanIntercept> getBatch();
   
   public BeanDescriptor<?> getBeanDescriptor();

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java

@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ public class LoadBeanRequest extends LoadRequest {
     return lazyLoadProperty;
   }
 
+  public int getBatchSize() {
+    return getLoadContext().getBatchSize();
+  }
 }

src/main/java/com/avaje/ebeaninternal/api/LoadContext.java

@@ -11,16 +11,16 @@ import com.avaje.ebeaninternal.server.core.OrmQueryRequest;
  */
 public interface LoadContext {
 
-    /**
-     * Return the minimum batch size when using QueryIterator with query joins.
-     */
-    public int getSecondaryQueriesMinBatchSize(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest, int defaultQueryBatch);
+  /**
+   * Return the minimum batch size when using QueryIterator with query joins.
+   */
+  public int getSecondaryQueriesMinBatchSize(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest, int defaultQueryBatch);
 
 	/**
 	 * Execute any secondary (+query) queries if there are any defined.
 	 * @param parentRequest the originating query request
 	 */
-	public void executeSecondaryQueries(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest, int defaultQueryBatch);
+	public void executeSecondaryQueries(OrmQueryRequest<?> parentRequest);
 
 	/**
 	 * Register any secondary queries (+query or +lazy) with their