[maven-release-plugin] prepare release ebean-11.28.2

Add javadoc

howto-test.md

@@ -151,3 +151,18 @@ In `InsertHandler.getPstmt` the `meta.getIdentityDbColumns()` contains
 TODO: not yet tested
 
 
+
+'hana' platform
+--------------------
+
+Requires an installed SAP HANA server - e.g. https://store.docker.com/images/sap-hana-express-edition
+
+- Create a user `EBEAN_TEST` with password `Eb3an_test` in the tenant database `HXE`
+- Adjust the connection string and/or username in `ebean.properties`
+  
+run: `mvn clean test -Ddatasource.default=hana`
+
+Current status: PASS
+Tests run: 2486, Failures: 0, Errors: 0, Skipped: 84
+
+

pom.xml

@@ -9,15 +9,20 @@
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
   <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-  <version>11.15.6</version>
+  <version>11.28.2</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>ebean</name>
   <url>http://ebean-orm.github.io/</url>
 
+  <properties>
+    <jackson-core.version>2.9.5</jackson-core.version>
+    <snakeyaml.version>1.21</snakeyaml.version>
+  </properties>
+
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-11.15.6</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-11.28.2</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <profiles>
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>
       <artifactId>snakeyaml</artifactId>
-      <version>1.19</version>
+      <version>${snakeyaml.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!--
@@ -112,13 +117,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-annotation</artifactId>
-      <version>3.11</version>
+      <version>4.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
-      <artifactId>avaje-datasource</artifactId>
-      <version>3.2.2</version>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>4.3.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
-      <version>11.5.4</version>
+      <version>11.11.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -143,14 +148,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson-core.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- provided scope for JsonNode support -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
-      <version>2.9.0</version>
+      <version>${jackson-core.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -187,7 +192,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
       <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
-      <version>9.4.1212</version>
+      <version>42.2.2</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -224,7 +229,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-agent</artifactId>
-      <version>11.11.1</version>
+      <version>11.25.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -233,7 +238,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
       <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.4.196</version>
+      <version>1.4.197</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -266,6 +271,13 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ngdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.48</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.avaje.composite</groupId>
       <artifactId>avaje-composite-testing</artifactId>
@@ -297,7 +309,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>11.11.1</version>
+        <version>11.25.1</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>test</id>
@@ -355,7 +367,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>2.9.1</version>
         <configuration>
-          <doctitle>Ebean 10</doctitle>
+          <doctitle>Ebean 11</doctitle>
           <overview>src/main/java/io/ebean/overview.html</overview>
           <source>1.8</source>
           <doclet>org.avaje.doclet.PygmentsDoclet</doclet>

src/main/java/io/ebean/BeanRepository.java

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package io.ebean;
 
 import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 
+import java.util.Collection;
+
 /**
  * Provides finder functionality for use with "Dependency Injection style" use of Ebean.
  * <p>
@@ -115,6 +117,13 @@ public abstract class BeanRepository<I, T> extends BeanFinder<I, T> {
     db().save(bean);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Save all the beans in the collection.
+   */
+  public int saveAll(Collection<T> bean) {
+    return db().saveAll(bean);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Update this entity.
    *
@@ -154,6 +163,13 @@ public abstract class BeanRepository<I, T> extends BeanFinder<I, T> {
     return db().delete(bean);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Delete all the beans in the collection.
+   */
+  public int deleteAll(Collection<T> beans) {
+    return db().deleteAll(beans);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Delete a bean permanently without soft delete.
    * <p>
@@ -167,6 +183,30 @@ public abstract class BeanRepository<I, T> extends BeanFinder<I, T> {
     return db().deletePermanent(bean);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Merge this entity using the default merge options.
+   * <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#merge(Object)
+   */
+  public void merge(T bean) {
+    db().merge(bean);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Merge this entity using the specified merge options.
+   * <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#merge(Object, MergeOptions)
+   */
+  public void merge(T bean, MergeOptions options) {
+    db().merge(bean, options);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Refreshes this entity from the database.
    *

src/main/java/io/ebean/Ebean.java

@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ package io.ebean;
 
 import io.ebean.annotation.TxIsolation;
 import io.ebean.cache.ServerCacheManager;
+import io.ebean.config.BeanNotEnhancedException;
 import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import io.ebean.datasource.DataSourceConfigurationException;
 import io.ebean.plugin.Property;
 import io.ebean.text.csv.CsvReader;
 import io.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
@@ -160,6 +162,15 @@ public final class Ebean {
             defaultServer = getWithCreate(defaultName.trim());
           }
         }
+      } catch (BeanNotEnhancedException e) {
+        throw e;
+
+      } catch (DataSourceConfigurationException e) {
+        String msg = "Configuration error creating DataSource for the default EbeanServer." +
+          " This typically means a missing application-test.yaml or missing ebean-test-config dependency." +
+          " See https://ebean.io/docs/trouble-shooting#datasource";
+        throw new DataSourceConfigurationException(msg, e);
+
       } catch (Throwable e) {
         logger.error("Error trying to create the default EbeanServer", e);
         throw new RuntimeException(e);
@@ -638,6 +649,15 @@ public final class Ebean {
     serverMgr.getDefaultServer().updateAll(beans);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Merge the bean using the default merge options.
+   *
+   * @param bean The bean to merge
+   */
+  public static void merge(Object bean) {
+    serverMgr.getDefaultServer().merge(bean);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Merge the bean using the given merge options.
    *

src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanServer.java

@@ -11,17 +11,13 @@ import io.ebean.text.json.JsonContext;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import javax.persistence.NonUniqueResultException;
 import javax.persistence.OptimisticLockException;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceException;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
-import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 /**
  * Provides the API for fetching and saving beans to a particular DataSource.
@@ -808,411 +804,18 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
   <T> T getReference(Class<T> beanType, Object id);
 
   /**
-   * Return the number of 'top level' or 'root' entities this query should return.
-   *
-   * @see Query#findCount()
-   * @see Query#findFutureCount()
-   */
-  <T> int findCount(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Return the Id values of the query as a List.
-   *
-   * @see Query#findIds()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <A, T> List<A> findIds(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Return a QueryIterator for the query.
+   * Return the extended API for EbeanServer.
    * <p>
-   * Generally using {@link #findEach(Query, Consumer, Transaction)} or
-   * {@link #findEachWhile(Query, Predicate, Transaction)} is preferred
-   * to findIterate(). The reason is that those methods automatically take care of
-   * closing the queryIterator (and the underlying jdbc statement and resultSet).
+   * The extended API has the options for executing queries that take an explicit
+   * transaction as an argument.
    * </p>
    * <p>
-   * This is similar to findEach in that not all the result beans need to be held
-   * in memory at the same time and as such is good for processing large queries.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @see Query#findIterate()
-   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
-   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> QueryIterator<T> findIterate(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query visiting the each bean one at a time.
-   * <p>
-   * Unlike findList() this is suitable for processing a query that will return
-   * a very large resultSet. The reason is that not all the result beans need to be
-   * held in memory at the same time and instead processed one at a time.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Internally this query using a PersistenceContext scoped to each bean (and the
-   * beans associated object graph).
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
-   *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
-   *       .order().asc("id")
-   *       .findEach((Order order) -> {
-   *
-   *         // do something with the order bean
-   *         System.out.println(" -- processing order ... " + order);
-   *       });
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
-   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
-   */
-  <T> void findEach(Query<T> query, Consumer<T> consumer, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query visiting the each bean one at a time.
-   * <p>
-   * Compared to findEach() this provides the ability to stop processing the query
-   * results early by returning false for the Predicate.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Unlike findList() this is suitable for processing a query that will return
-   * a very large resultSet. The reason is that not all the result beans need to be
-   * held in memory at the same time and instead processed one at a time.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Internally this query using a PersistenceContext scoped to each bean (and the
-   * beans associated object graph).
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
-   *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
-   *       .order().asc("id")
-   *       .findEachWhile((Order order) -> {
-   *
-   *         // do something with the order bean
-   *         System.out.println(" -- processing order ... " + order);
-   *
-   *         boolean carryOnProcessing = ...
-   *         return carryOnProcessing;
-   *       });
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
-   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
-   */
-  <T> void findEachWhile(Query<T> query, Predicate<T> consumer, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Return versions of a @History entity bean.
-   * <p>
-   * Generally this query is expected to be a find by id or unique predicates query.
-   * It will execute the query against the history returning the versions of the bean.
+   * Typically we only need to use the extended API when we do NOT want to use the
+   * usual ThreadLocal based mechanism to obtain the current transaction but instead
+   * supply the transaction explicitly.
    * </p>
    */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> List<Version<T>> findVersions(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute a query returning a list of beans.
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findList()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   * List<Customer> customers =
-   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
-   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
-   *     .findList();
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
-   * @param query       the query to execute.
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the list of fetched beans.
-   * @see Query#findList()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> List<T> findList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute find row count query in a background thread.
-   * <p>
-   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
-   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a
-   * timeout).
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the query to execute the row count on
-   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
-   * @return a Future object for the row count query
-   * @see Query#findFutureCount()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> FutureRowCount<T> findFutureCount(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute find Id's query in a background thread.
-   * <p>
-   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
-   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a
-   * timeout).
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the query to execute the fetch Id's on
-   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
-   * @return a Future object for the list of Id's
-   * @see Query#findFutureIds()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> FutureIds<T> findFutureIds(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute find list query in a background thread returning a FutureList object.
-   * <p>
-   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
-   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a timeout).
-   * <p>
-   * 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.
-   *
-   * @param query       the query to execute in the background
-   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
-   * @return a Future object for the list result of the query
-   * @see Query#findFutureList()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> FutureList<T> findFutureList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Return a PagedList for this query using firstRow and maxRows.
-   * <p>
-   * The benefit of using this over findList() is that it provides functionality to get the
-   * total row count etc.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * If maxRows is not set on the query prior to calling findPagedList() then a
-   * PersistenceException is thrown.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   *  PagedList<Order> pagedList = Ebean.find(Order.class)
-   *       .setFirstRow(50)
-   *       .setMaxRows(20)
-   *       .findPagedList();
-   *
-   *       // fetch the total row count in the background
-   *       pagedList.loadRowCount();
-   *
-   *       List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
-   *       int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @return The PagedList
-   * @see Query#findPagedList()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> PagedList<T> findPagedList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query returning a set of entity beans.
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findSet()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   * Set<Customer> customers =
-   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
-   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
-   *     .findSet();
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
-   * @param query       the query to execute
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the set of fetched beans.
-   * @see Query#findSet()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> Set<T> findSet(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query returning the entity beans in a Map.
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findMap()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
-   * @param query       the query to execute.
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the map of fetched beans.
-   * @see Query#findMap()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <K, T> Map<K, T> findMap(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query returning a list of values for a single property.
-   * <p>
-   * <h3>Example 1:</h3>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   *  List<String> names =
-   *    Ebean.find(Customer.class)
-   *      .select("name")
-   *      .orderBy().asc("name")
-   *      .findSingleAttributeList();
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   * <h3>Example 2:</h3>
-   * <pre>{@code
-   *
-   *  List<String> names =
-   *    Ebean.find(Customer.class)
-   *      .setDistinct(true)
-   *      .select("name")
-   *      .where().eq("status", Customer.Status.NEW)
-   *      .orderBy().asc("name")
-   *      .setMaxRows(100)
-   *      .findSingleAttributeList();
-   *
-   * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @return the list of values for the selected property
-   * @see Query#findSingleAttributeList()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <A, T> List<A> findSingleAttributeList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the query returning at most one entity bean or null (if no matching
-   * bean is found).
-   * <p>
-   * This will throw a NonUniqueResultException if the query finds more than one result.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findOne()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
-   * @param query       the query to execute.
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the list of fetched beans.
-   * @throws NonUniqueResultException if more than one result was found
-   * @see Query#findOne()
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  <T> T findOne(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Similar to findOne() but returns an Optional (rather than nullable).
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  <T> Optional<T> findOneOrEmpty(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute as a delete query deleting the 'root level' beans that match the predicates
-   * in the query.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that if the query includes joins then the generated delete statement may not be
-   * optimal depending on the database platform.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the query used for the delete
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null)
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
-   * @return the number of beans/rows that were deleted
-   */
-  <T> int delete(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the update query returning the number of rows updated.
-   * <p>
-   * The update query must be created using {@link #update(Class)}.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the update query to execute
-   * @param transaction the optional transaction to use for the update (can be null)
-   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean
-   * @return The number of rows updated
-   */
-  <T> int update(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the sql query returning a list of MapBean.
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link SqlQuery#findList()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the query to execute.
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the list of fetched MapBean.
-   * @see SqlQuery#findList()
-   */
-  @Nonnull
-  List<SqlRow> findList(SqlQuery query, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the SqlQuery iterating a row at a time.
-   * <p>
-   * This streaming type query is useful for large query execution as only 1 row needs to be held in memory.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  void findEach(SqlQuery query, Consumer<SqlRow> consumer, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the SqlQuery iterating a row at a time with the ability to stop consuming part way through.
-   * <p>
-   * Returning false after processing a row stops the iteration through the query results.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * This streaming type query is useful for large query execution as only 1 row needs to be held in memory.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  void findEachWhile(SqlQuery query, Predicate<SqlRow> consumer, Transaction transaction);
-
-  /**
-   * Execute the sql query returning a single MapBean or null.
-   * <p>
-   * This will throw a PersistenceException if the query found more than one
-   * result.
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * Generally you are able to use {@link SqlQuery#findOne()} rather than
-   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
-   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
-   * </p>
-   *
-   * @param query       the query to execute.
-   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
-   * @return the fetched MapBean or null if none was found.
-   * @see SqlQuery#findOne()
-   */
-  @Nullable
-  SqlRow findOne(SqlQuery query, Transaction transaction);
+  ExtendedServer extended();
 
   /**
    * Either Insert or Update the bean depending on its state.
@@ -1628,6 +1231,13 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    */
   void updateAll(Collection<?> beans, Transaction transaction) throws OptimisticLockException;
 
+  /**
+   * Merge the bean using the default merge options (no paths specified, default delete).
+   *
+   * @param bean The bean to merge
+   */
+  void merge(Object bean);
+
   /**
    * Merge the bean using the given merge options.
    *
@@ -1832,6 +1442,13 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    */
   JsonContext json();
 
+  /**
+   * Return a ScriptRunner for running SQL or DDL scripts.
+   * <p/>
+   * Intended to use mostly in testing to run seed SQL scripts or truncate table scripts etc.
+   */
+  ScriptRunner script();
+
   /**
    * Return the Document store.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanVersion.java

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package io.ebean;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Properties;
-
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 /**
  * Class to determine the ebean version. (
  * @author Roland Praml, FOCONIS AG
@@ -13,31 +13,32 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
  */
 public class EbeanVersion {
   private EbeanVersion() {
-    
+
   }
   private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(EbeanVersion.class);
-  
+
   private static String version = "unknown";
   static {
     try {
       Properties prop = new Properties();
-      InputStream in = Ebean.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/maven/io.ebean/ebean/pom.properties");
-      if (in != null) {
-        prop.load(in);
-        in.close();
-        version = prop.getProperty("version");
+      try (InputStream in = Ebean.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/maven/io.ebean/ebean/pom.properties")) {
+        if (in != null) {
+          prop.load(in);
+          in.close();
+          version = prop.getProperty("version");
+        }
       }
       logger.info("ebean version: {}", version);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       logger.warn("Could not determine ebean version: {}", e.getMessage());
     }
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Returns the ebean version (read from /META-INF/maven/io.ebean/ebean/pom.properties)
    */
   public static String getVersion() {
     return version;
   }
-  
+
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionFactory.java

@@ -133,11 +133,22 @@ public interface ExpressionFactory {
    */
   Expression ieq(String propertyName, String value);
 
+  /**
+   * Case Insensitive Not Equal To - property not equal to the given value (typically
+   * using a lower() function to make it case insensitive).
+   */
+  Expression ine(String propertyName, String value);
+
   /**
    * Case Insensitive Equal To that allows for named parameter use.
    */
   Expression ieqObject(String propertyName, Object value);
 
+  /**
+   * Case Insensitive Not Equal To that allows for named parameter use.
+   */
+  Expression ineObject(String propertyName, Object value);
+
   /**
    * Between - property between the two given values.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/ExpressionList.java

@@ -120,6 +120,14 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   Query<T> asDraft();
 
+  /**
+   * Convert the query to a DTO bean query.
+   * <p>
+   * We effectively use the underlying ORM query to build the SQL and then execute
+   * and map it into DTO beans.
+   */
+  <D> DtoQuery<D> asDto(Class<D> dtoClass);
+
   /**
    * Execute using "for update" clause which results in the DB locking the record.
    */
@@ -158,6 +166,18 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   int delete();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute as a delete query deleting the 'root level' beans that match the predicates
+   * in the query.
+   * <p>
+   * Note that if the query includes joins then the generated delete statement may not be
+   * optimal depending on the database platform.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @return the number of rows that were deleted.
+   */
+  int delete(Transaction transaction);
+
   /**
    * Execute as a update query.
    *
@@ -166,6 +186,14 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   int update();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute as a update query with the given transaction.
+   *
+   * @return the number of rows that were updated.
+   * @see UpdateQuery
+   */
+  int update(Transaction transaction);
+
   /**
    * Execute the query iterating over the results.
    *
@@ -404,6 +432,11 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   Query<T> select(String properties);
 
+  /**
+   * Apply the fetchGroup which defines what part of the object graph to load.
+   */
+  Query<T> select(FetchGroup<T> fetchGroup);
+
   /**
    * Set whether this query uses DISTINCT.
    * <p>
@@ -716,6 +749,12 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   ExpressionList<T> ieq(String propertyName, String value);
 
+  /**
+   * Case Insensitive Not Equal To - property not equal to the given value (typically
+   * using a lower() function to make it case insensitive).
+   */
+  ExpressionList<T> ine(String propertyName, String value);
+
   /**
    * Between - property between the two given values.
    */
@@ -1023,6 +1062,20 @@ public interface ExpressionList<T> {
    */
   ExpressionList<T> bitwiseAll(String propertyName, long flags);
 
+  /**
+   * Add expression for the given bit flags to be NOT set.
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * where().bitwiseNot("flags", BwFlags.HAS_COLOUR)
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param propertyName The property that holds the flags value
+   * @param flags        The flags we are looking for
+   */
+  ExpressionList<T> bitwiseNot(String propertyName, long flags);
+
   /**
    * Add bitwise AND expression of the given bit flags to compare with the match/mask.
    * <p>

src/main/java/io/ebean/ExtendedServer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,452 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.persistence.NonUniqueResultException;
+import java.time.Clock;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+
+/**
+ * The extended API for EbeanServer.
+ * <p>
+ * This provides the finder methods that take an explicit transaction rather than obtaining
+ * the transaction from the usual mechanism (which is ThreadLocal based).
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * In general we only want to use this ExtendedServer API when we want to avoid / bypass
+ * the use of the mechanism to get the current transaction and instead explicitly supply
+ * the transaction to use.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * Note that in all cases the transaction supplied can be null and in this case the EbeanServer
+ * will use the normal mechanism to obtain the transaction to use.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface ExtendedServer {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the NOW time from the Clock.
+   */
+  long clockNow();
+
+  /**
+   * Set the Clock to use for <code>@WhenCreated</code> and <code>@WhenModified</code>.
+   * <p>
+   * Note that we only expect to change the Clock for testing purposes.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  void setClock(Clock clock);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the number of 'top level' or 'root' entities this query should return.
+   *
+   * @see Query#findCount()
+   * @see Query#findFutureCount()
+   */
+  <T> int findCount(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the Id values of the query as a List.
+   *
+   * @see Query#findIds()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <A, T> List<A> findIds(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Return a QueryIterator for the query.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally using {@link #findEach(Query, Consumer, Transaction)} or
+   * {@link #findEachWhile(Query, Predicate, Transaction)} is preferred
+   * to findIterate(). The reason is that those methods automatically take care of
+   * closing the queryIterator (and the underlying jdbc statement and resultSet).
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * This is similar to findEach in that not all the result beans need to be held
+   * in memory at the same time and as such is good for processing large queries.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @see Query#findIterate()
+   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
+   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> QueryIterator<T> findIterate(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query visiting the each bean one at a time.
+   * <p>
+   * Unlike findList() this is suitable for processing a query that will return
+   * a very large resultSet. The reason is that not all the result beans need to be
+   * held in memory at the same time and instead processed one at a time.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Internally this query using a PersistenceContext scoped to each bean (and the
+   * beans associated object graph).
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
+   *       .order().asc("id")
+   *       .findEach((Order order) -> {
+   *
+   *         // do something with the order bean
+   *         System.out.println(" -- processing order ... " + order);
+   *       });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
+   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
+   */
+  <T> void findEach(Query<T> query, Consumer<T> consumer, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query visiting the each bean one at a time.
+   * <p>
+   * Compared to findEach() this provides the ability to stop processing the query
+   * results early by returning false for the Predicate.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Unlike findList() this is suitable for processing a query that will return
+   * a very large resultSet. The reason is that not all the result beans need to be
+   * held in memory at the same time and instead processed one at a time.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Internally this query using a PersistenceContext scoped to each bean (and the
+   * beans associated object graph).
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Order.class)
+   *       .where().eq("status", Order.Status.NEW)
+   *       .order().asc("id")
+   *       .findEachWhile((Order order) -> {
+   *
+   *         // do something with the order bean
+   *         System.out.println(" -- processing order ... " + order);
+   *
+   *         boolean carryOnProcessing = ...
+   *         return carryOnProcessing;
+   *       });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @see Query#findEach(Consumer)
+   * @see Query#findEachWhile(Predicate)
+   */
+  <T> void findEachWhile(Query<T> query, Predicate<T> consumer, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Return versions of a @History entity bean.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally this query is expected to be a find by id or unique predicates query.
+   * It will execute the query against the history returning the versions of the bean.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> List<Version<T>> findVersions(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute a query returning a list of beans.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findList()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * List<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
+   * @param query       the query to execute.
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the list of fetched beans.
+   * @see Query#findList()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> List<T> findList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute find row count query in a background thread.
+   * <p>
+   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
+   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a
+   * timeout).
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the query to execute the row count on
+   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
+   * @return a Future object for the row count query
+   * @see Query#findFutureCount()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> FutureRowCount<T> findFutureCount(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute find Id's query in a background thread.
+   * <p>
+   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
+   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a
+   * timeout).
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the query to execute the fetch Id's on
+   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
+   * @return a Future object for the list of Id's
+   * @see Query#findFutureIds()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> FutureIds<T> findFutureIds(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute find list query in a background thread returning a FutureList object.
+   * <p>
+   * This returns a Future object which can be used to cancel, check the
+   * execution status (isDone etc) and get the value (with or without a timeout).
+   * <p>
+   * 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.
+   *
+   * @param query       the query to execute in the background
+   * @param transaction the transaction (can be null).
+   * @return a Future object for the list result of the query
+   * @see Query#findFutureList()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> FutureList<T> findFutureList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Return a PagedList for this query using firstRow and maxRows.
+   * <p>
+   * The benefit of using this over findList() is that it provides functionality to get the
+   * total row count etc.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * If maxRows is not set on the query prior to calling findPagedList() then a
+   * PersistenceException is thrown.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  PagedList<Order> pagedList = Ebean.find(Order.class)
+   *       .setFirstRow(50)
+   *       .setMaxRows(20)
+   *       .findPagedList();
+   *
+   *       // fetch the total row count in the background
+   *       pagedList.loadRowCount();
+   *
+   *       List<Order> orders = pagedList.getList();
+   *       int totalRowCount = pagedList.getTotalRowCount();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @return The PagedList
+   * @see Query#findPagedList()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> PagedList<T> findPagedList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a set of entity beans.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findSet()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * Set<Customer> customers =
+   *     ebeanServer.find(Customer.class)
+   *     .where().ilike("name", "rob%")
+   *     .findSet();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
+   * @param query       the query to execute
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the set of fetched beans.
+   * @see Query#findSet()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> Set<T> findSet(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning the entity beans in a Map.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findMap()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
+   * @param query       the query to execute.
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the map of fetched beans.
+   * @see Query#findMap()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <K, T> Map<K, T> findMap(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a list of values for a single property.
+   * <p>
+   * <h3>Example 1:</h3>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  List<String> names =
+   *    Ebean.find(Customer.class)
+   *      .select("name")
+   *      .orderBy().asc("name")
+   *      .findSingleAttributeList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   * <h3>Example 2:</h3>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  List<String> names =
+   *    Ebean.find(Customer.class)
+   *      .setDistinct(true)
+   *      .select("name")
+   *      .where().eq("status", Customer.Status.NEW)
+   *      .orderBy().asc("name")
+   *      .setMaxRows(100)
+   *      .findSingleAttributeList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @return the list of values for the selected property
+   * @see Query#findSingleAttributeList()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <A, T> List<A> findSingleAttributeList(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning at most one entity bean or null (if no matching
+   * bean is found).
+   * <p>
+   * This will throw a NonUniqueResultException if the query finds more than one result.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link Query#findOne()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
+   * @param query       the query to execute.
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the list of fetched beans.
+   * @throws NonUniqueResultException if more than one result was found
+   * @see Query#findOne()
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  <T> T findOne(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Similar to findOne() but returns an Optional (rather than nullable).
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  <T> Optional<T> findOneOrEmpty(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute as a delete query deleting the 'root level' beans that match the predicates
+   * in the query.
+   * <p>
+   * Note that if the query includes joins then the generated delete statement may not be
+   * optimal depending on the database platform.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the query used for the delete
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null)
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean to fetch.
+   * @return the number of beans/rows that were deleted
+   */
+  <T> int delete(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the update query returning the number of rows updated.
+   * <p>
+   * The update query must be created using {@link EbeanServer#update(Class)}.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the update query to execute
+   * @param transaction the optional transaction to use for the update (can be null)
+   * @param <T>         the type of entity bean
+   * @return The number of rows updated
+   */
+  <T> int update(Query<T> query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the sql query returning a list of MapBean.
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link SqlQuery#findList()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the query to execute.
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the list of fetched MapBean.
+   * @see SqlQuery#findList()
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  List<SqlRow> findList(SqlQuery query, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the SqlQuery iterating a row at a time.
+   * <p>
+   * This streaming type query is useful for large query execution as only 1 row needs to be held in memory.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  void findEach(SqlQuery query, Consumer<SqlRow> consumer, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the SqlQuery iterating a row at a time with the ability to stop consuming part way through.
+   * <p>
+   * Returning false after processing a row stops the iteration through the query results.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * This streaming type query is useful for large query execution as only 1 row needs to be held in memory.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  void findEachWhile(SqlQuery query, Predicate<SqlRow> consumer, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the sql query returning a single MapBean or null.
+   * <p>
+   * This will throw a PersistenceException if the query found more than one
+   * result.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * Generally you are able to use {@link SqlQuery#findOne()} rather than
+   * explicitly calling this method. You could use this method if you wish to
+   * explicitly control the transaction used for the query.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param query       the query to execute.
+   * @param transaction the transaction to use (can be null).
+   * @return the fetched MapBean or null if none was found.
+   * @see SqlQuery#findOne()
+   */
+  @Nullable
+  SqlRow findOne(SqlQuery query, Transaction transaction);
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/FetchGroup.java

@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * Defines what part of the object graph to load (select and fetch clauses).
+ * <p>
+ * Using a FetchGroup effectively sets the select() and fetch() clauses for a query. It is alternative
+ * to specifying the select() and fetch() clauses on the query allowing for more re-use of "what to load"
+ * that can be defined separately from the query and combined with other FetchGroups.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <h3>Select example</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * FetchGroup<Customer> fetchGroup = FetchGroup.of(Customer.class, "name, status");
+ *
+ * Customer.query()
+ *   .select(fetchGroup)
+ *   .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Select and fetch example</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * FetchGroup<Customer> fetchGroup = FetchGroup.of(Customer.class)
+ *   .select("name, status")
+ *   .fetch("contacts", "firstName, lastName, email")
+ *   .build();
+ *
+ * Customer.query()
+ *   .select(fetchGroup)
+ *   .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * <h3>Combining FetchGroups</h3>
+ * <p>
+ *   FetchGroups can be combined together to form another FetchGroup.
+ * </p>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *  FetchGroup<Address> FG_ADDRESS = FetchGroup.of(Address.class)
+ *    .select("line1, line2, city")
+ *    .fetch("country", "name")
+ *    .build();
+ *
+ *  FetchGroup<Customer> FG_CUSTOMER = FetchGroup.of(Customer.class)
+ *    .select("name, version")
+ *    .fetch("billingAddress", FG_ADDRESS)
+ *    .build();
+ *
+ *
+ *  Customer.query()
+ *    .select(FG_CUSTOMER)
+ *    .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * @param <T> The bean type the Fetch group can be applied to
+ */
+public interface FetchGroup<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the FetchGroup with the given select clause.
+   * <p>
+   *   We use this for simple FetchGroup that only select() properties and do not have additional fetch() clause.
+   * </p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * FetchGroup<Customer> fetchGroup = FetchGroup.of(Customer.class, "name, status");
+   *
+   * Customer.query()
+   *   .select(fetchGroup)
+   *   .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param select The select clause of the FetchGroup
+   *
+   * @return The FetchGroup with the given select clause
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  static <T> FetchGroup<T> of(Class<T> cls, String select) {
+    return XServiceProvider.fetchGroupOf(cls, select);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the FetchGroupBuilder with the given select clause that we can add fetch clauses to.
+   * <p>
+   * We chain select() with one or more fetch() clauses to define the object graph to load.
+   * </p>
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   * FetchGroup<Customer> fetchGroup = FetchGroup.of(Customer.class)
+   *   .select("name, status")
+   *   .fetch("contacts", "firstName, lastName, email")
+   *   .build();
+   *
+   * Customer.query()
+   *   .select(fetchGroup)
+   *   .findList();
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @return The FetchGroupBuilder with the given select clause which we will add fetch clauses to
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  static <T> FetchGroupBuilder<T> of(Class<T> cls) {
+    return XServiceProvider.fetchGroupOf(cls);
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/FetchGroupBuilder.java

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * Builds a FetchGroup by adding fetch clauses.
+ * <p>
+ * We add select() and fetch() clauses to define the object graph we want to load.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * FetchGroup fetchGroup = FetchGroup
+ *   .select("name, status")
+ *   .fetch("contacts", "firstName, lastName, email")
+ *   .build();
+ *
+ * Customer.query()
+ *   .select(fetchGroup)
+ *   .where()
+ *   ...
+ *   .findList();
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+public interface FetchGroupBuilder<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Specify specific properties to select (top level properties).
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> select(String select);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch all the properties at the given path.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetch(String path);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path with the nested fetch group.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetch(String path, FetchGroup<?> nestedGroup);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path using a query join with the nested fetch group.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchQuery(String path, FetchGroup<?> nestedGroup);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path lazily with the nested fetch group.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchLazy(String path, FetchGroup<?> nestedGroup);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path including specified properties.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetch(String path, String properties);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path including all its properties using a query join.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchQuery(String path);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path including specified properties using a query join.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchQuery(String path, String properties);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path including all its properties lazily.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchLazy(String path);
+
+  /**
+   * Fetch the path including specified properties lazily.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchLazy(String path, String properties);
+
+  /**
+   * Build and return the FetchGroup.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  FetchGroup<T> build();
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/MergeOptionsBuilder.java

@@ -8,11 +8,20 @@ import java.util.Set;
  */
 public class MergeOptionsBuilder {
 
+  private static final MOptions DEFAULT_OPTIONS = new MOptions();
+
   private Set<String> paths = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
   private boolean clientGeneratedIds;
 
-  private boolean deletePermanent = true;
+  private boolean deletePermanent;
+
+  /**
+   * Return the default options.
+   */
+  public static MergeOptions defaultOptions() {
+    return DEFAULT_OPTIONS;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Add a path that will included in the merge.
@@ -47,7 +56,7 @@ public class MergeOptionsBuilder {
   /**
    * Build and return the MergeOptions instance.
    */
-  public MOptions build() {
+  public MergeOptions build() {
     return new MOptions(paths, clientGeneratedIds, deletePermanent);
   }
 
@@ -57,12 +66,19 @@ public class MergeOptionsBuilder {
     private final boolean deletePermanent;
     private final Set<String> paths;
 
+    private MOptions(){
+      this.clientGeneratedIds = false;
+      this.paths = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+      this.deletePermanent = false;
+    }
+
     private MOptions(Set<String> paths, boolean clientGeneratedIds, boolean deletePermanent) {
       this.paths = paths;
       this.clientGeneratedIds = clientGeneratedIds;
       this.deletePermanent = deletePermanent;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public Set<String> paths() {
       return paths;
     }

src/main/java/io/ebean/Model.java

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package io.ebean;
 
 import io.ebean.bean.EntityBean;
 
-import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
 
 /**
  * A MappedSuperclass base class that provides convenience methods for inserting, updating and
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ import javax.persistence.MappedSuperclass;
  *
  * }</pre>
  */
-@MappedSuperclass
 public abstract class Model {
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/ebean/OrderBy.java

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package io.ebean;
 
+import io.ebean.util.StringHelper;
+
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Represents an Order By for a Query.
@@ -74,6 +77,15 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
     return query;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add a property with ascending order to this OrderBy.
+   */
+  public Query<T> asc(String propertyName, String collation) {
+
+    list.add(new Property(propertyName, true, collation));
+    return query;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Add a property with descending order to this OrderBy.
    */
@@ -83,6 +95,16 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
     return query;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Add a property with descending order to this OrderBy.
+   */
+  public Query<T> desc(String propertyName, String collation) {
+
+    list.add(new Property(propertyName, false, collation));
+    return query;
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return true if the property is known to be contained in the order by clause.
    */
@@ -231,6 +253,8 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
 
     private boolean ascending;
 
+    private String collation;
+
     private String nulls;
 
     private String highLow;
@@ -247,17 +271,32 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
       this.highLow = highLow;
     }
 
+    public Property(String property, boolean ascending, String collation) {
+      this.property = property;
+      this.ascending = ascending;
+      this.collation = collation;
+    }
+
+    public Property(String property, boolean ascending, String collation, String nulls, String highLow) {
+      this.property = property;
+      this.ascending = ascending;
+      this.collation = collation;
+      this.nulls = nulls;
+      this.highLow = highLow;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return a copy of this Property with the path trimmed.
      */
     public Property copyWithTrim(String path) {
-      return new Property(property.substring(path.length() + 1), ascending, nulls, highLow);
+      return new Property(property.substring(path.length() + 1), ascending, collation, nulls, highLow);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
       int hc = property.hashCode();
       hc = hc * 92821 + (ascending ? 0 : 1);
+      hc = hc * 92821 + (collation == null ? 0 : collation.hashCode());
       hc = hc * 92821 + (nulls == null ? 0 : nulls.hashCode());
       hc = hc * 92821 + (highLow == null ? 0 : highLow.hashCode());
       return hc;
@@ -274,8 +313,9 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
       Property e = (Property) obj;
       if (ascending != e.ascending) return false;
       if (!property.equals(e.property)) return false;
-      if (nulls != null ? !nulls.equals(e.nulls) : e.nulls != null) return false;
-      return highLow != null ? highLow.equals(e.highLow) : e.highLow == null;
+      if (!Objects.equals(collation, e.collation)) return false;
+      if (!Objects.equals(nulls, e.nulls)) return false;
+      return Objects.equals(highLow, e.highLow);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -284,7 +324,7 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
     }
 
     public String toStringFormat() {
-      if (nulls == null) {
+      if (nulls == null && collation == null) {
         if (ascending) {
           return property;
         } else {
@@ -292,11 +332,23 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
         }
       } else {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        sb.append(property);
+        if (collation != null)  {
+          if (collation.contains("${}")) {
+            // this is a complex collation, e.g. DB2 - we must replace the property
+            sb.append(StringHelper.replaceString(collation, "${}", property));
+          } else {
+            sb.append(property);
+            sb.append(" collate ").append(collation);
+          }
+        } else {
+          sb.append(property);
+        }
         if (!ascending) {
           sb.append(" ").append("desc");
         }
-        sb.append(" ").append(nulls).append(" ").append(highLow);
+        if (nulls != null) {
+          sb.append(" ").append(nulls).append(" ").append(highLow);
+        }
         return sb.toString();
       }
     }
@@ -319,7 +371,7 @@ public final class OrderBy<T> implements Serializable {
      * Return a copy of this property.
      */
     public Property copy() {
-      return new Property(property, ascending, nulls, highLow);
+      return new Property(property, ascending, collation, nulls, highLow);
     }
 
     /**

src/main/java/io/ebean/Pairs.java

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.ebean;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ public class Pairs {
    * Return all the value pairs.
    */
   public List<Entry> getEntries() {
-    return entries;
+    return Collections.unmodifiableList(entries);
   }
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/ebean/PrimaryServer.java

@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ class PrimaryServer {
     if (defaultServerName == null) {
       defaultServerName = "db";
     }
-    System.setProperty("ebean_db", defaultServerName);
     return defaultServerName;
   }
 

src/main/java/io/ebean/Query.java

@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    */
   Query<T> select(String fetchProperties);
 
+  /**
+   * Apply the fetchGroup which defines what part of the object graph to load.
+   */
+  Query<T> select(FetchGroup<T> fetchGroup);
+
   /**
    * Specify a path to fetch eagerly including specific properties.
    * <p>
@@ -602,8 +607,6 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    * <p>
    * This query will execute against the EbeanServer that was used to create it.
    * </p>
-   *
-   * @see EbeanServer#findIds(Query, Transaction)
    */
   @Nonnull
   <A> List<A> findIds();
@@ -740,8 +743,6 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    *     .findList();
    *
    * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @see EbeanServer#findList(Query, Transaction)
    */
   @Nonnull
   List<T> findList();
@@ -759,8 +760,6 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    *     .findSet();
    *
    * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @see EbeanServer#findSet(Query, Transaction)
    */
   @Nonnull
   Set<T> findSet();
@@ -782,8 +781,6 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    *     .findMap();
    *
    * }</pre>
-   *
-   * @see EbeanServer#findMap(Query, Transaction)
    */
   @Nonnull
   <K> Map<K, T> findMap();
@@ -927,11 +924,31 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    */
   int delete();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute as a delete query returning the number of rows deleted using the given transaction.
+   * <p>
+   * Note that if the query includes joins then the generated delete statement may not be
+   * optimal depending on the database platform.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @return the number of beans/rows that were deleted.
+   */
+  int delete(Transaction transaction);
+
   /**
    * Execute the UpdateQuery returning the number of rows updated.
+   *
+   * @return the number of beans/rows updated.
    */
   int update();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute the UpdateQuery returning the number of rows updated using the given transaction.
+   *
+   * @return the number of beans/rows updated.
+   */
+  int update(Transaction transaction);
+
   /**
    * Return the count of entities this query should return.
    * <p>
@@ -1488,15 +1505,6 @@ public interface Query<T> {
    */
   String getGeneratedSql();
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated - migrate to forUpdate().
-   *
-   * executed the select with "for update" which should lock the record
-   * "on read"
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  Query<T> setForUpdate(boolean forUpdate);
-
   /**
    * Execute using "for update" clause which results in the DB locking the record.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/RowConsumer.java

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+/**
+ * Used with SqlQuery to process potentially large queries reading directly from the JDBC ResultSet.
+ * <p>
+ * This provides a low level option that reads directly from the JDBC ResultSet.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *  String sql = "select id, name, status from o_customer order by name desc";
+ *
+ *  Ebean.createSqlQuery(sql)
+ *    .findEachRow((resultSet, rowNum) -> {
+ *
+ *      // read directly from ResultSet
+ *
+ *      long id = resultSet.getLong(1);
+ *      String name = resultSet.getString(2);
+ *
+ *      // do something interesting with the data
+ *
+ *    });
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface RowConsumer {
+
+  /**
+   * Read the data from the ResultSet and process it.
+   *
+   * @param resultSet The JDBC ResultSet positioned to the current row
+   * @param rowNum    The number of the current row being mapped.
+   */
+  void accept(ResultSet resultSet, int rowNum) throws SQLException;
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/RowMapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+/**
+ * Used with SqlQuery to map raw JDBC ResultSet to objects.
+ * <p>
+ * This provides a low level mapping option with direct use of JDBC ResultSet
+ * with the option of having logic in the mapping. For example, only map some
+ * columns depending on the values read from other columns.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * For straight mapping into beans then DtoQuery would be the first choice as
+ * it can automatically map the ResultSet into beans.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *    //
+ *    // A mapper from ResultSet into our CustomerDto bean
+ *    //
+ *    class CustomerMapper implements RowMapper<CustomerDto> {
+ *
+ *     @Override
+ *     public CustomerDto map(ResultSet rset, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
+ *
+ *       long id = rset.getLong(1);
+ *       String name = rset.getString(2);
+ *       String status = rset.getString(3);
+ *
+ *       return new CustomerDto(id, name, status);
+ *     }
+ *   }
+ *
+ *
+ *   //
+ *   // Then use the mapper
+ *   //
+ *
+ *   String sql = "select id, name, status from o_customer where name = ?";
+ *
+ *  CustomerDto rob = Ebean.createSqlQuery(sql)
+ *    .setParameter(1, "Rob")
+ *    .findOne(CUSTOMER_MAPPER);
+ *
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * @param <T> The type the row data is mapped into.
+ */
+@FunctionalInterface
+public interface RowMapper<T> {
+
+  /**
+   * Read the data from the ResultSet and map to the return type.
+   *
+   * @param resultSet The JDBC ResultSet positioned to the current row
+   * @param rowNum    The number of the current row being mapped.
+   */
+  T map(ResultSet resultSet, int rowNum) throws SQLException;
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/ScriptRunner.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package io.ebean;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Runs DDL and SQL scripts.
+ * <p/>
+ * Typically these are scripts used for testing such as seed SQL scripts or truncate SQL scripts.
+ * <p/>
+ * Scripts are executed in their own transaction and committed on successful completion.
+ *
+ * <h3>Example of simple use</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   EbeanServer server = Ebean.getDefaultServer();
+ *   server.script().run("/scripts/test-script.sql");
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ *
+ * <h3>Example using place holders in the script</h3>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   Map<String,String> placeholders = new HashMap<>();
+ *   placeholders.put("tableName", "e_basic");
+ *
+ *   EbeanServer server = Ebean.getDefaultServer();
+ *   server.script().run("/scripts/test-script.sql");
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+public interface ScriptRunner {
+
+  /**
+   * Run a script given the resource path (that should start with "/").
+   */
+  void run(String path);
+
+  /**
+   * Run a script given the resource path (that should start with "/") and place holders.
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   Map<String,String> placeholders = new HashMap<>();
+   *   placeholders.put("tableName", "e_basic");
+   *
+   *   EbeanServer server = Ebean.getDefaultServer();
+   *   server.script().run("/scripts/test-script.sql");
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   */
+  void run(String path, Map<String, String> placeholderMap);
+
+  /**
+   * Run a DDL or SQL script given the resource.
+   */
+  void run(URL resource);
+
+  /**
+   * Run a DDL or SQL script given the resource and place holders.
+   */
+  void run(URL resource, Map<String, String> placeholderMap);
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/SqlQuery.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.ebean;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -77,12 +78,118 @@ public interface SqlQuery extends Serializable {
   @Nullable
   SqlRow findOne();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a single result using the mapper.
+   *
+   * @param mapper Used to map each ResultSet row into the result object.
+   */
+  <T> T findOne(RowMapper<T> mapper);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a list using the mapper.
+   *
+   * @param mapper Used to map each ResultSet row into the result object.
+   */
+  <T> List<T> findList(RowMapper<T> mapper);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query reading each row from ResultSet using the RowConsumer.
+   * <p>
+   * This provides a low level option that reads directly from the JDBC ResultSet
+   * and is good for processing very large results where (unlike findList) we don't
+   * hold all the results in memory but instead can process row by row.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *  String sql = "select id, name, status from customer order by name desc";
+   *
+   *  Ebean.createSqlQuery(sql)
+   *    .findEachRow((resultSet, rowNum) -> {
+   *
+   *      // read directly from ResultSet
+   *
+   *      long id = resultSet.getLong(1);
+   *      String name = resultSet.getString(2);
+   *
+   *      // do something interesting with the data
+   *
+   *    });
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * @param consumer Used to read and process each ResultSet row.
+   */
+  void findEachRow(RowConsumer consumer);
+
   /**
    * Execute the query returning an optional row.
    */
   @Nonnull
   Optional<SqlRow> findOneOrEmpty();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a single scalar attribute.
+   * <pre>@{code
+   *
+   *   String sql = "select max(unit_price) from o_order_detail where order_qty > ?";
+   *
+   *   BigDecimal maxPrice = Ebean.createSqlQuery(sql)
+   *     .setParameter(1, 2)
+   *     .findSingleAttribute(BigDecimal.class);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * The attributeType can be any scalar type that Ebean supports (includes javax time types, Joda types etc).
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param attributeType The type of the returned value
+   */
+  <T> T findSingleAttribute(Class<T> attributeType);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a single BigDecimal value.
+   * <p>
+   * This is an alias for <code>findSingleAttribute(BigDecimal.class)</code>
+   * </p>
+   */
+  BigDecimal findSingleDecimal();
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a single Long value.
+   * <p>
+   * This is an alias for <code>findSingleAttribute(Long.class)</code>
+   * </p>
+   */
+  Long findSingleLong();
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the query returning a list of scalar attribute values.
+   *
+   * <pre>{@code
+   *
+   *   String sql =
+   *   " select (unit_price * order_qty) " +
+   *   " from o_order_detail " +
+   *   " where unit_price > ? " +
+   *   " order by (unit_price * order_qty) desc";
+   *
+   *   //
+   *   List<BigDecimal> lineAmounts = Ebean.createSqlQuery(sql)
+   *     .setParameter(1, 3)
+   *     .findSingleAttributeList(BigDecimal.class);
+   *
+   * }</pre>
+   *
+   * <p>
+   * The attributeType can be any scalar type that Ebean supports (includes javax time types, Joda types etc).
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param attributeType The type of the returned value
+   */
+  <T> List<T> findSingleAttributeList(Class<T> attributeType);
+
   /**
    * The same as bind for named parameters.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/SqlUpdate.java

@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@ package io.ebean;
  * <p>
  * <pre>{@code
  *
- * // example that uses 'named' parameters
- * String s = "UPDATE f_topic set post_count = :count where id = :id";
- * SqlUpdate update = Ebean.createSqlUpdate(s);
- * update.setParameter("id", 1);
- * update.setParameter("count", 50);
+ *   // example that uses 'named' parameters
  *
- * int modifiedCount = Ebean.execute(update);
+ *   String s = "UPDATE f_topic set post_count = :count where id = :id";
  *
- * String msg = "There were " + modifiedCount + " rows updated";
+ *   SqlUpdate update = Ebean.createSqlUpdate(s);
+ *   update.setParameter("id", 1);
+ *   update.setParameter("count", 50);
+ *
+ *   int modifiedCount = update.execute();
+ *
+ *   String msg = "There were " + modifiedCount + " rows updated";
  *
  * }</pre>
  * <p>
@@ -57,6 +59,33 @@ package io.ebean;
  *
  *    txn.commit();
  *  }
+ * }</pre>
+ * <p>
+ * An alternative to the batch mode on the transaction is to use addBatch() and executeBatch() like:
+ * </p>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ *   try (Transaction txn = Ebean.beginTransaction()) {
+ *
+ *     insert.setNextParameter(10000);
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("hello");
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("rob");
+ *     insert.addBatch();
+ *
+ *     insert.setNextParameter(10001);
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("goodbye");
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("rob");
+ *     insert.addBatch();
+ *
+ *     insert.setNextParameter(10002);
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("chow");
+ *     insert.setNextParameter("bob");
+ *     insert.addBatch();
+ *
+ *     int[] rows = insert.executeBatch();
+ *
+ *     txn.commit();
+ *   }
  *
  * }</pre>
  *
@@ -69,6 +98,11 @@ public interface SqlUpdate {
   /**
    * Execute the update returning the number of rows modified.
    * <p>
+   * Note that if the transaction has batch mode on then this update will use JDBC batch and may not execute until
+   * later - at commit time or a transaction flush. In this case this method returns -1 indicating that the
+   * update has been batched for later execution.
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
    * After you have executed the SqlUpdate you can bind new variables using
    * {@link #setParameter(String, Object)} etc and then execute the SqlUpdate
    * again.
@@ -83,6 +117,23 @@ public interface SqlUpdate {
    */
   int execute();
 
+  /**
+   * Execute the statement now regardless of the JDBC batch mode of the transaction.
+   */
+  int executeNow();
+
+  /**
+   * Execute when addBatch() has been used to batch multiple bind executions.
+   *
+   * @return The row counts for each of the batched statements.
+   */
+  int[] executeBatch();
+
+  /**
+   * Add the statement to batch processing to then later execute via executeBatch().
+   */
+  void addBatch();
+
   /**
    * Return the generated key value.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/Transaction.java

@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public interface Transaction extends AutoCloseable {
    * <p>
    * This is similar to commit() but leaves the transaction "Active".
    * </p>
-   * <h3>Functions/h3>
+   * <h3>Functions</h3>
    * <ul>
    * <li>Flush the JDBC batch buffer</li>
    * <li>Call commit on the underlying JDBC connection</li>
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public interface Transaction extends AutoCloseable {
    * This performs commit and completes the transaction closing underlying resources and
    * marking the transaction as "In active".
    * </p>
-   * <h3>Functions/h3>
+   * <h3>Functions</h3>
    * <ul>
    * <li>Flush the JDBC batch buffer</li>
    * <li>Call commit on the underlying JDBC connection</li>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public interface Transaction extends AutoCloseable {
    * <p>
    * This performs rollback, closes underlying resources and marks the transaction as "In active".
    * </p>
-   * <h3>Functions/h3>
+   * <h3>Functions</h3>
    * <ul>
    * <li>Call rollback on the underlying JDBC connection</li>
    * <li>Trigger any registered TransactionCallbacks</li>
@@ -358,25 +358,13 @@ public interface Transaction extends AutoCloseable {
    */
   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 io.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatch(PersistBatch)
-   */
-  void setBatch(PersistBatch persistBatchMode);
-
   /**
    * Return the batch mode at the transaction level.
    */
-  PersistBatch getBatch();
+  boolean isBatchMode();
 
   /**
-   * Set the JDBC batch mode to use for a save() or delete() request.
+   * Set the JDBC batch mode to use for a save() or delete() when cascading to children.
    * <p>
    * This only takes effect when batch mode on the transaction has not already meant that
    * JDBC batch mode is being used.
@@ -385,16 +373,19 @@ public interface Transaction extends AutoCloseable {
    * 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>
+   * <p>
+   * This is effectively already turned on for all platforms apart from older Sql Server.
+   * </p>
    *
-   * @param batchOnCascadeMode the batch mode to use per save(), insert(), update() or delete()
+   * @param batchMode the batch mode to use per save(), insert(), update() or delete()
    * @see io.ebean.config.ServerConfig#setPersistBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch)
    */
-  void setBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch batchOnCascadeMode);
+  void setBatchOnCascade(boolean batchMode);
 
   /**
-   * Return the batch mode at the request level (for each save(), insert(), update() or delete()).
+   * Return the batch mode at the request level.
    */
-  PersistBatch getBatchOnCascade();
+  boolean isBatchOnCascade();
 
   /**
    * Specify the number of statements before a batch is flushed automatically.

src/main/java/io/ebean/TxScope.java

@@ -432,4 +432,11 @@ public final class TxScope {
     return this;
   }
 
+  public boolean isBatchMode() {
+    return PersistBatch.ALL.equals(batch);
+  }
+
+  public boolean isBatchOnCascade() {
+    return PersistBatch.ALL.equals(batchOnCascade);
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/XServiceProvider.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.ebean;
 
+import io.ebean.service.SpiFetchGroupService;
 import io.ebean.service.SpiProfileLocationFactory;
 import io.ebean.service.SpiRawSqlService;
 
@@ -15,6 +16,16 @@ class XServiceProvider {
 
   private static SpiProfileLocationFactory profileLocationFactory = initProfileLocation();
 
+  private static SpiFetchGroupService fetchGroupService = initSpiFetchGroupService();
+
+  private static SpiFetchGroupService initSpiFetchGroupService() {
+    Iterator<SpiFetchGroupService> loader = ServiceLoader.load(SpiFetchGroupService.class).iterator();
+    if (loader.hasNext()) {
+      return loader.next();
+    }
+    throw new IllegalStateException("No service implementation found for SpiFetchGroupService?");
+  }
+
   private static SpiRawSqlService initRawSql() {
 
     Iterator<SpiRawSqlService> loader = ServiceLoader.load(SpiRawSqlService.class).iterator();
@@ -47,4 +58,17 @@ class XServiceProvider {
     return profileLocationFactory;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the FetchGroup with the given select clause.
+   */
+  static <T> FetchGroup<T> fetchGroupOf(Class<T> cls, String select) {
+    return fetchGroupService.of(cls, select);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the FetchGroupBuilder with the given select clause.
+   */
+  static <T> FetchGroupBuilder<T> fetchGroupOf(Class<T> cls) {
+    return fetchGroupService.of(cls);
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/bean/EntityBeanIntercept.java

@@ -71,21 +71,30 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   /**
    * Used when a bean is partially filled.
    */
-  private final boolean[] loadedProps;
-
-  private boolean fullyLoadedBean;
+  private static final byte FLAG_LOADED_PROP = 1;
 
   /**
    * Set of changed properties.
    */
-  private boolean[] changedProps;
+  private static final byte FLAG_CHANGED_PROP = 2;
 
   /**
    * Flags indicating if a property is a dirty embedded bean. Used to distingush
    * between an embedded bean being completely overwritten and one of its
    * embedded properties being made dirty.
    */
-  private boolean[] embeddedDirty;
+  private static final byte FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY = 4;
+
+  /**
+   * Flags indicating if a property is a dirty embedded bean. Used to distingush
+   * between an embedded bean being completely overwritten and one of its
+   * embedded properties being made dirty.
+   */
+  private static final byte FLAG_ORIG_VALUE_SET = 8;
+
+  private final byte[] flags;
+
+  private boolean fullyLoadedBean;
 
   private Object[] origValues;
 
@@ -102,7 +111,7 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    */
   public EntityBeanIntercept(Object ownerBean) {
     this.owner = (EntityBean) ownerBean;
-    this.loadedProps = new boolean[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
+    this.flags = new byte[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
   }
 
   /**
@@ -213,8 +222,8 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * Check each property to see if the bean is partially loaded.
    */
   public boolean isPartial() {
-    for (boolean loadedProp : loadedProps) {
-      if (!loadedProp) {
+    for (byte flag : flags) {
+      if ((flag & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) == 0) {
         return true;
       }
     }
@@ -259,10 +268,10 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * Return true if only the Id property has been loaded.
    */
   public boolean hasIdOnly(int idIndex) {
-    for (int i = 0; i < loadedProps.length; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
       if (i == idIndex) {
-        if (!loadedProps[i]) return false;
-      } else if (loadedProps[i]) {
+        if ((flags[i] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) == 0) return false;
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0) {
         return false;
       }
     }
@@ -284,9 +293,9 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     if (idPos > -1) {
       // For cases where properties are set on constructor
       // set every non Id property to unloaded (for lazy loading)
-      for (int i = 0; i < loadedProps.length; i++) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
         if (i != idPos) {
-          loadedProps[i] = false;
+          flags[i] &= ~FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
         }
       }
     }
@@ -352,7 +361,9 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     this.owner._ebean_setEmbeddedLoaded();
     this.lazyLoadProperty = -1;
     this.origValues = null;
-    this.changedProps = null;
+    for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
+      flags[i] &= ~(FLAG_CHANGED_PROP + FLAG_ORIG_VALUE_SET);
+    }
     this.dirty = false;
   }
 
@@ -475,7 +486,11 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     if (position == -1) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("Property " + propertyName + " not found");
     }
-    loadedProps[position] = loaded;
+    if (loaded) {
+      flags[position] |= FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
+    } else {
+      flags[position] &= ~FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -483,22 +498,22 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * constructor.
    */
   public void setPropertyUnloaded(int propertyIndex) {
-    loadedProps[propertyIndex] = false;
+    flags[propertyIndex] &= ~FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
   }
 
   /**
    * Set the property to be loaded.
    */
   public void setLoadedProperty(int propertyIndex) {
-    loadedProps[propertyIndex] = true;
+    flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
   }
 
   /**
    * Set all properties to be loaded (post insert).
    */
   public void setLoadedPropertyAll() {
-    for (int i = 0; i < loadedProps.length; i++) {
-      loadedProps[i] = true;
+    for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
+      flags[i] |= FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
     }
   }
 
@@ -506,14 +521,14 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * Return true if the property is loaded.
    */
   public boolean isLoadedProperty(int propertyIndex) {
-    return loadedProps[propertyIndex];
+    return (flags[propertyIndex] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0;
   }
 
   /**
    * Return true if the property is considered changed.
    */
   public boolean isChangedProperty(int propertyIndex) {
-    return (changedProps != null && changedProps[propertyIndex]);
+    return (flags[propertyIndex] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -521,8 +536,7 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * embedded properties is dirty.
    */
   public boolean isDirtyProperty(int propertyIndex) {
-    return (changedProps != null && changedProps[propertyIndex]
-      || embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[propertyIndex]);
+    return (flags[propertyIndex] & (FLAG_CHANGED_PROP + FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY)) != 0;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -534,27 +548,22 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   }
 
   public void setChangedProperty(int propertyIndex) {
-    if (changedProps == null) {
-      changedProps = new boolean[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
-    }
-    changedProps[propertyIndex] = true;
+    flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_CHANGED_PROP;
   }
 
   /**
    * Set that an embedded bean has had one of its properties changed.
    */
   private void setEmbeddedPropertyDirty(int propertyIndex) {
-    if (embeddedDirty == null) {
-      embeddedDirty = new boolean[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
-    }
-    embeddedDirty[propertyIndex] = true;
+    flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY;
   }
 
   private void setOriginalValue(int propertyIndex, Object value) {
     if (origValues == null) {
       origValues = new Object[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
     }
-    if (origValues[propertyIndex] == null) {
+    if ((flags[propertyIndex] & FLAG_ORIG_VALUE_SET) == 0) {
+      flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_ORIG_VALUE_SET;
       origValues[propertyIndex] = value;
     }
   }
@@ -574,13 +583,9 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    */
   public void setNewBeanForUpdate() {
 
-    if (changedProps == null) {
-      changedProps = new boolean[owner._ebean_getPropertyNames().length];
-    }
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < loadedProps.length; i++) {
-      if (loadedProps[i]) {
-        changedProps[i] = true;
+    for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0) {
+        flags[i] |= FLAG_CHANGED_PROP;
       }
     }
     setDirty(true);
@@ -594,8 +599,8 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
       return null;
     }
     Set<String> props = new LinkedHashSet<>();
-    for (int i = 0; i < loadedProps.length; i++) {
-      if (loadedProps[i]) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < flags.length; i++) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0) {
         props.add(getProperty(i));
       }
     }
@@ -609,12 +614,8 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     boolean[] dirties = new boolean[len];
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
-        dirties[i] = true;
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
-        // an embedded property has been changed - recurse
-        dirties[i] = true;
-      }
+      // this, or an embedded property has been changed - recurse
+      dirties[i] = (flags[i] & (FLAG_CHANGED_PROP + FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY)) != 0;
     }
     return dirties;
   }
@@ -634,11 +635,11 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   public void addDirtyPropertyNames(Set<String> props, String prefix) {
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0) {
         // the property has been changed on this bean
         String propName = (prefix == null ? getProperty(i) : prefix + getProperty(i));
         props.add(propName);
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY) != 0) {
         // an embedded property has been changed - recurse
         EntityBean embeddedBean = (EntityBean) owner._ebean_getField(i);
         embeddedBean._ebean_getIntercept().addDirtyPropertyNames(props, getProperty(i) + ".");
@@ -654,12 +655,12 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     String[] names = owner._ebean_getPropertyNames();
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0) {
         // the property has been changed on this bean
         if (propertyNames.contains(names[i])) {
           return true;
         }
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY) != 0) {
         if (propertyNames.contains(names[i])) {
           return true;
         }
@@ -683,15 +684,16 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   public void addDirtyPropertyValues(Map<String, ValuePair> dirtyValues, String prefix) {
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0) {
         // the property has been changed on this bean
         String propName = (prefix == null ? getProperty(i) : prefix + getProperty(i));
         Object newVal = owner._ebean_getField(i);
         Object oldVal = getOrigValue(i);
+        if (!areEqual(oldVal, newVal)) {
+          dirtyValues.put(propName, new ValuePair(newVal, oldVal));
+        }
 
-        dirtyValues.put(propName, new ValuePair(newVal, oldVal));
-
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY) != 0) {
         // an embedded property has been changed - recurse
         EntityBean embeddedBean = (EntityBean) owner._ebean_getField(i);
         embeddedBean._ebean_getIntercept().addDirtyPropertyValues(dirtyValues, getProperty(i) + ".");
@@ -705,13 +707,15 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
   public void addDirtyPropertyValues(BeanDiffVisitor visitor) {
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0) {
         // the property has been changed on this bean
         Object newVal = owner._ebean_getField(i);
         Object oldVal = getOrigValue(i);
-        visitor.visit(i, newVal, oldVal);
+        if (!areEqual(oldVal, newVal)) {
+          visitor.visit(i, newVal, oldVal);
+        }
 
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY) != 0) {
         // an embedded property has been changed - recurse
         EntityBean embeddedBean = (EntityBean) owner._ebean_getField(i);
         visitor.visitPush(i);
@@ -739,9 +743,9 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     }
     int len = getPropertyLength();
     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-      if (changedProps != null && changedProps[i]) {
+      if ((flags[i] & FLAG_CHANGED_PROP) != 0) {
         sb.append(i).append(',');
-      } else if (embeddedDirty != null && embeddedDirty[i]) {
+      } else if ((flags[i] & FLAG_EMBEDDED_DIRTY) != 0) {
         // an embedded property has been changed - recurse
         EntityBean embeddedBean = (EntityBean) owner._ebean_getField(i);
         sb.append(i).append('[');
@@ -765,15 +769,12 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
     return sb;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the set of property names for changed properties.
-   */
-  public boolean[] getChanged() {
-    return changedProps;
-  }
-
   public boolean[] getLoaded() {
-    return loadedProps;
+    boolean[] ret= new boolean[flags.length];
+    for (int i = 0; i < ret.length; i++) {
+      ret[i] = (flags[i] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0;
+    }
+    return ret;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -821,14 +822,14 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    */
   private void loadBeanInternal(int loadProperty, BeanLoader loader) {
 
-    if (loadedProps == null || loadedProps[loadProperty]) {
+    if ((flags[loadProperty] & FLAG_LOADED_PROP) != 0) {
       // race condition where multiple threads calling preGetter concurrently
       return;
     }
 
     if (lazyLoadFailure) {
       // failed when batch lazy loaded by another bean in the batch
-      throw new EntityNotFoundException("Lazy loading failed on type:" + owner.getClass().getName() + " id:" + ownerId + " - Bean has been deleted");
+      throw new EntityNotFoundException("(Lazy) loading failed on type:" + owner.getClass().getName() + " id:" + ownerId + " - Bean has been deleted");
     }
 
     if (lazyLoadProperty == -1) {
@@ -887,7 +888,7 @@ public final class EntityBeanIntercept implements Serializable {
    * Called when a BeanCollection is initialised automatically.
    */
   public void initialisedMany(int propertyIndex) {
-    loadedProps[propertyIndex] = true;
+    flags[propertyIndex] |= FLAG_LOADED_PROP;
   }
 
   private void preGetterCallback(int propertyIndex) {

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/QueryCacheEntry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * For query cache entries we additionally hold the dependent tables and timestamp for the query result.
+ * <p>
+ * We use the dependent tables and timestamp to validate that tables the query joins to have not been
+ * modified since the query cache entry was cached. If any dependent tables have since been modified
+ * the query cache entry is treated as invalid.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class QueryCacheEntry {
+
+  private final Object value;
+
+  private final Set<String> dependentTables;
+
+  private final long timestamp;
+
+  /**
+   * Create with dependent tables and timestamp.
+   *
+   * @param value           The query result being cached
+   * @param dependentTables The extra tables the query is dependent on (joins to)
+   * @param timestamp       The timestamp that the query uses to check for modifications
+   */
+  public QueryCacheEntry(Object value, Set<String> dependentTables, long timestamp) {
+    this.value = value;
+    this.dependentTables = dependentTables;
+    this.timestamp = timestamp;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the actual query result.
+   */
+  public Object getValue() {
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the tables the query result is dependent on.
+   */
+  public Set<String> getDependentTables() {
+    return dependentTables;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the timestamp used to check for modifications on the dependent tables.
+   */
+  public long getTimestamp() {
+    return timestamp;
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/QueryCacheEntryValidate.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+/**
+ * Used to validate that a query cache entry is still valid based on dependent tables.
+ */
+public interface QueryCacheEntryValidate {
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the entry is still valid based on dependent tables.
+   */
+  boolean isValid(QueryCacheEntry queryCacheEntry);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/ServerCacheConfig.java

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+import io.ebean.config.CurrentTenantProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Configuration used to create ServerCache instances.
+ */
+public class ServerCacheConfig {
+
+  private final ServerCacheType type;
+  private final String cacheKey;
+  private final ServerCacheOptions cacheOptions;
+  private final CurrentTenantProvider tenantProvider;
+  private final QueryCacheEntryValidate queryCacheEntryValidate;
+
+  public ServerCacheConfig(ServerCacheType type, String cacheKey, ServerCacheOptions cacheOptions, CurrentTenantProvider tenantProvider, QueryCacheEntryValidate queryCacheEntryValidate) {
+    this.type = type;
+    this.cacheKey = cacheKey;
+    this.cacheOptions = cacheOptions;
+    this.tenantProvider = tenantProvider;
+    this.queryCacheEntryValidate = queryCacheEntryValidate;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the cache type.
+   */
+  public ServerCacheType getType() {
+    return type;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the name of the cache.
+   */
+  public String getCacheKey() {
+    return cacheKey;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the tuning options.
+   */
+  public ServerCacheOptions getCacheOptions() {
+    return cacheOptions;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the current tenant provider.
+   */
+  public CurrentTenantProvider getTenantProvider() {
+    return tenantProvider;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the service that provides validation for query cache entries.
+   */
+  public QueryCacheEntryValidate getQueryCacheEntryValidate() {
+    return queryCacheEntryValidate;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the cache is a query cache.
+   */
+  public boolean isQueryCache() {
+    return type == ServerCacheType.QUERY;
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/ServerCacheFactory.java

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package io.ebean.cache;
 
-import io.ebean.config.CurrentTenantProvider;
-
 /**
  * Defines method for constructing caches for beans and queries.
  */
@@ -10,6 +8,15 @@ public interface ServerCacheFactory {
   /**
    * Create the cache for the given type with options.
    */
-  ServerCache createCache(ServerCacheType type, String cacheKey, CurrentTenantProvider tenantProvider, ServerCacheOptions cacheOptions);
+  ServerCache createCache(ServerCacheConfig config);
 
+  /**
+   * Return a ServerCacheNotify that we will send ServerCacheNotification events to.
+   * <p>
+   * This is used if a ServerCacheNotifyPlugin is not supplied.
+   * </p>
+   *
+   * @param listener The listener that should be used to process the notification events.
+   */
+  ServerCacheNotify createCacheNotify(ServerCacheNotify listener);
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/ServerCacheNotification.java

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Notification event that dependent tables have been modified.
+ * <p>
+ * This is sent to other interested servers (in the cluster).
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class ServerCacheNotification {
+
+  private final long modifyTimestamp;
+
+  private final Set<String> dependentTables;
+
+  public ServerCacheNotification(long modifyTimestamp, Set<String> dependentTables) {
+    this.modifyTimestamp = modifyTimestamp;
+    this.dependentTables = dependentTables;
+  }
+
+  public long getModifyTimestamp() {
+    return modifyTimestamp;
+  }
+
+  public Set<String> getDependentTables() {
+    return dependentTables;
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/ServerCacheNotify.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for both listening to notification changes and sending them to other members of the cluster.
+ */
+public interface ServerCacheNotify {
+
+  /**
+   * Notify other server cache members of the table modifications or process the notifications.
+   */
+  void notify(ServerCacheNotification notification);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/cache/ServerCacheNotifyPlugin.java

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package io.ebean.cache;
+
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin that provides a ServerCacheNotify implementation.
+ * <p>
+ * Is supplied this will be used to send the ServerCacheNotification event to other cluster members.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface ServerCacheNotifyPlugin {
+
+  /**
+   * Create a ServerCacheNotify implementation given the server configuration.
+   */
+  ServerCacheNotify create(ServerConfig serverConfig);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/common/BeanMap.java

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
   private void initClear() {
     synchronized (this) {
       if (map == null) {
-        if (modifyListening) {
+        if (!disableLazyLoad && modifyListening) {
           lazyLoadCollection(true);
         } else {
           map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
   private void init() {
     synchronized (this) {
       if (map == null) {
-        lazyLoadCollection(false);
+        if (disableLazyLoad) {
+          map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        } else {
+          lazyLoadCollection(false);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -273,14 +277,16 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
     checkReadOnly();
     init();
     if (modifyListening) {
-      Object oldBean = map.put(key, value);
+      E oldBean = map.put(key, value);
       if (value != oldBean) {
         // register the add of the new and the removal of the old
         modifyAddition(value);
         modifyRemoval(oldBean);
       }
+      return oldBean;
+    } else {
+      return map.put(key, value);
     }
-    return map.put(key, value);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -295,8 +301,9 @@ public final class BeanMap<K, E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Ma
           modifyRemoval(oldBean);
         }
       }
+    } else {
+      map.putAll(puts);
     }
-    map.putAll(puts);
   }
 
   @Override

src/main/java/io/ebean/common/BeanSet.java

@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
   private void initClear() {
     synchronized (this) {
       if (set == null) {
-        if (modifyListening) {
+        if (!disableLazyLoad && modifyListening) {
           lazyLoadCollection(true);
         } else {
           set = new LinkedHashSet<>();
@@ -128,7 +128,11 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
   private void init() {
     synchronized (this) {
       if (set == null) {
-        lazyLoadCollection(true);
+        if (disableLazyLoad) {
+          set = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+        } else {
+          lazyLoadCollection(true);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -377,7 +381,7 @@ public final class BeanSet<E> extends AbstractBeanCollection<E> implements Set<E
       throw new IllegalStateException("This collection is in ReadOnly mode");
     }
   }
-  
+
   @Override
   public BeanCollection<E> getShallowCopy() {
     BeanSet<E> copy = new BeanSet<>(new LinkedHashSet<>(set));

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/BeanNotEnhancedException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.ebean.config;
+
+/**
+ * Throw when an processing an entity bean that is not bytecode enhanced.
+ *
+ * Refer: https://ebean.io/docs/trouble-shooting#not-enhanced
+ */
+public class BeanNotEnhancedException extends IllegalStateException {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 3008101919425876799L;
+
+  public BeanNotEnhancedException(String msg) {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/BeanNotRegisteredException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.ebean.config;
+
+/**
+ * Throw when an processing thinks a bean is not registered.
+ *
+ * Refer: https://ebean.io/docs/trouble-shooting#not-registered
+ */
+public class BeanNotRegisteredException extends IllegalStateException {
+
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = -1411298126011136552L;
+
+  public BeanNotRegisteredException(String msg) {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/DbMigrationConfig.java

@@ -28,34 +28,6 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
    */
   protected Platform platform;
 
-  /**
-   * Set to true if the DB migration should be generated on server start.
-   */
-  protected boolean generate;
-
-  /**
-   * The migration version name (typically FlywayDb compatible).
-   * <p>
-   * Example: 1.1.1_2
-   * <p>
-   * The version is expected to be the combination of the current pom version plus
-   * a 'feature' id. The combined version must be unique and ordered to work with
-   * FlywayDb so each developer sets a unique version so that the migration script
-   * generated is unique (typically just prior to being submitted as a merge request).
-   */
-  protected String version;
-
-  /**
-   * Description text that can be appended to the version to become the ddl script file name.
-   * <p>
-   * So if the name is "a foo table" then the ddl script file could be:
-   * "1.1.1_2__a-foo-table.sql"
-   * <p>
-   * When the DB migration relates to a git feature (merge request) then this description text
-   * is a short description of the feature.
-   */
-  protected String name;
-
   /**
    * Resource path for the migration xml and sql.
    */
@@ -75,13 +47,6 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
 
   protected String modelSuffix = ".model.xml";
 
-  protected boolean includeGeneratedFileComment;
-
-  /**
-   * The version of a pending drop that should be generated as the next migration.
-   */
-  protected String generatePendingDrop;
-
   /**
    * For running migration the DB table that holds migration execution status.
    */
@@ -102,6 +67,16 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
    */
   protected Map<String, String> runPlaceholderMap;
 
+  /**
+   * DB schema used for the migration (and testing).
+   */
+  protected String dbSchema;
+
+  /**
+   * Set to true if we consider this the 'default schema' (Postgres schema that matches DB username)
+   */
+  protected boolean defaultDbSchema;
+
   /**
    * DB user used to run the DB migration.
    */
@@ -218,52 +193,6 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     this.applyPrefix = applyPrefix;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return true if the generated file comment should be included.
-   */
-  public boolean isIncludeGeneratedFileComment() {
-    return includeGeneratedFileComment;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set to true if the generated file comment should be included.
-   */
-  public void setIncludeGeneratedFileComment(boolean includeGeneratedFileComment) {
-    this.includeGeneratedFileComment = includeGeneratedFileComment;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the migration version (or "next") to generate pending drops for.
-   */
-  public String getGeneratePendingDrop() {
-    return generatePendingDrop;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the migration version (or "next") to generate pending drops for.
-   */
-  public void setGeneratePendingDrop(String generatePendingDrop) {
-    this.generatePendingDrop = generatePendingDrop;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the migration version.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that version set via System property or environment variable <code>ddl.migration.version</code> takes precedence.
-   */
-  public void setVersion(String version) {
-    this.version = version;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Set the migration name.
-   * <p>
-   * Note that name set via System property or environment variable <code>ddl.migration.name</code> takes precedence.
-   */
-  public void setName(String name) {
-    this.name = name;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the table name that holds the migration run details
    * (used by DB Migration runner only).
@@ -373,6 +302,39 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     this.dbPassword = dbPassword;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the DB schema to use (for migration, testing etc).
+   */
+  public String getDbSchema() {
+    String schema = readEnvironment("ddl.migration.schema");
+    if (schema != null) {
+      return schema;
+    }
+    return dbSchema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the Db schema to use.
+   */
+  public void setDbSchema(String dbSchema) {
+    this.dbSchema = dbSchema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the Db schema if it hasn't already been defined.
+   */
+  public void setDefaultDbSchema(String dbSchema) {
+    this.defaultDbSchema = true;
+    this.dbSchema = dbSchema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if this is considered the default DB schema (Postgres schema matching DB username).
+   */
+  public boolean isDefaultDbSchema() {
+    return defaultDbSchema;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return migration versions that should be added to history without running.
    */
@@ -402,9 +364,20 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
    * You can use placeholders like ${version} or ${timestamp} in properties file.
    */
   public String getDdlHeader() {
+    if (ddlHeader != null && !ddlHeader.isEmpty()) {
+      ddlHeader = StringHelper.replaceString(ddlHeader, "${version}", EbeanVersion.getVersion());
+      ddlHeader = StringHelper.replaceString(ddlHeader, "${timestamp}", ZonedDateTime.now().format( DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT ));
+    }
     return ddlHeader;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the header prepended to the DDL.
+   */
+  public void setDdlHeader(String ddlHeader) {
+    this.ddlHeader = ddlHeader;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set migration versions that should have their checksum reset and not run.
    * <p>
@@ -450,20 +423,15 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     applyPrefix = properties.get("migration.applyPrefix", applyPrefix);
     applySuffix = properties.get("migration.applySuffix", applySuffix);
     modelSuffix = properties.get("migration.modelSuffix", modelSuffix);
-    includeGeneratedFileComment = properties.getBoolean("migration.includeGeneratedFileComment", includeGeneratedFileComment);
-    generatePendingDrop = properties.get("migration.generatePendingDrop", generatePendingDrop);
 
     platform = properties.getEnum(Platform.class, "migration.platform", platform);
-
-    generate = properties.getBoolean("migration.generate", generate);
-    version = properties.get("migration.version", version);
-    name = properties.get("migration.name", name);
     patchInsertOn = properties.get("migration.patchInsertOn", patchInsertOn);
     patchResetChecksumOn = properties.get("migration.patchResetChecksumOn", patchResetChecksumOn);
 
     runMigration = properties.getBoolean("migration.run", runMigration);
     metaTable = properties.get("migration.metaTable", metaTable);
     runPlaceholders = properties.get("migration.placeholders", runPlaceholders);
+    dbSchema = properties.get("migration.dbSchema", dbSchema);
 
     //Do not set user and pass from "datasource.db.username"
     //There is a null test in MigrationRunner::getConnection to handle this
@@ -475,48 +443,6 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     String adminPwd = properties.get("datasource." + serverName + ".adminpassword", dbPassword);
     dbPassword = properties.get("migration.dbpassword", adminPwd);
     ddlHeader = properties.get("ddl.header", ddlHeader);
-    if (ddlHeader != null && !ddlHeader.isEmpty()) {
-      ddlHeader = StringHelper.replaceString(ddlHeader, "${version}", EbeanVersion.getVersion());
-      ddlHeader = StringHelper.replaceString(ddlHeader, "${timestamp}", ZonedDateTime.now().format( DateTimeFormatter.ISO_INSTANT ));
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the migration version (typically FlywayDb compatible).
-   * <p>
-   * Example: 1.1.1_2
-   * <p>
-   * The version is expected to be the combination of the current pom version plus
-   * a 'feature' id. The combined version must be unique and ordered to work with
-   * FlywayDb so each developer sets a unique version so that the migration script
-   * generated is unique (typically just prior to being submitted as a merge request).
-   */
-  public String getVersion() {
-    String envVersion = readEnvironment("ddl.migration.version");
-    if (!isEmpty(envVersion)) {
-      return envVersion.trim();
-    }
-    return version;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Return the migration name which is short description text that can be appended to
-   * the migration version to become the ddl script file name.
-   * <p>
-   * So if the name is "a foo table" then the ddl script file could be:
-   * "1.1.1_2__a-foo-table.sql"
-   * </p>
-   * <p>
-   * When the DB migration relates to a git feature (merge request) then this description text
-   * is a short description of the feature.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  public String getName() {
-    String envName = readEnvironment("ddl.migration.name");
-    if (!isEmpty(envName)) {
-      return envName.trim();
-    }
-    return name;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -550,6 +476,10 @@ public class DbMigrationConfig {
     runnerConfig.setRunPlaceholders(runPlaceholders);
     runnerConfig.setDbUsername(getDbUsername());
     runnerConfig.setDbPassword(getDbPassword());
+    runnerConfig.setDbSchema(getDbSchema());
+    if (defaultDbSchema) {
+      runnerConfig.setSetCurrentSchema(false);
+    }
     runnerConfig.setClassLoader(classLoader);
     if (patchInsertOn != null) {
       runnerConfig.setPatchInsertOn(patchInsertOn);

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfig.java

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbEncrypt;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbType;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.IdType;
 import io.ebean.config.properties.PropertiesLoader;
+import io.ebean.datasource.DataSourceConfig;
 import io.ebean.event.BeanFindController;
 import io.ebean.event.BeanPersistController;
 import io.ebean.event.BeanPersistListener;
@@ -30,9 +31,9 @@ import io.ebean.event.readaudit.ReadAuditPrepare;
 import io.ebean.meta.MetaInfoManager;
 import io.ebean.migration.MigrationRunner;
 import io.ebean.util.StringHelper;
-import org.avaje.datasource.DataSourceConfig;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.time.Clock;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -57,22 +58,24 @@ import java.util.ServiceLoader;
  * <pre>{@code
  *
  * ServerConfig c = new ServerConfig();
- * c.setName("db");
  *
  * // read the ebean.properties and load
  * // those settings into this serverConfig object
  * c.loadFromProperties();
  *
- * // add any classes found in the app.data package
- * c.addPackage("com.myapp.domain");
- *
- * // register as the 'Default' server
- * c.setDefaultServer(true);
+ * // explicitly register the entity beans to avoid classpath scanning
+ * c.addClass(Customer.class);
+ * c.addClass(User.class);
  *
  * EbeanServer server = EbeanServerFactory.create(c);
  *
  * }</pre>
  *
+ * <p>
+ * Note that ServerConfigProvider provides a standard Java ServiceLoader mechanism that can
+ * be used to apply configuration to the ServerConfig.
+ * </p>
+ *
  * @author emcgreal
  * @author rbygrave
  * @see EbeanServerFactory
@@ -226,6 +229,8 @@ public class ServerConfig {
 
   private int persistBatchSize = 20;
 
+  private boolean disableLazyLoading;
+
   /**
    * The default batch size for lazy loading
    */
@@ -293,6 +298,11 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    */
   private DataSourceConfig readOnlyDataSourceConfig = new DataSourceConfig();
 
+  /**
+   * Optional - the database schema that should be used to own the tables etc.
+   */
+  private String dbSchema;
+
   /**
    * The db migration config (migration resource path etc).
    */
@@ -360,6 +370,11 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    */
   private String uuidStateFile = "ebean-uuid.state";
 
+  /**
+   * The clock used for setting the timestamps (e.g. @UpdatedTimestamp) on objects.
+   */
+  private Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
+
   private List<IdGenerator> idGenerators = new ArrayList<>();
   private List<BeanFindController> findControllers = new ArrayList<>();
   private List<BeanPersistController> persistControllers = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -493,6 +508,11 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    */
   private List<String> mappingLocations = new ArrayList<>();
 
+  /**
+   * When true we do not need explicit GeneratedValue mapping.
+   */
+  private boolean idGeneratorAutomatic = true;
+
   /**
    * Construct a Server Configuration for programmatically creating an EbeanServer.
    */
@@ -500,6 +520,20 @@ public class ServerConfig {
 
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the clock used for setting the timestamps (e.g. @UpdatedTimestamp) on objects.
+   */
+  public Clock getClock() {
+    return clock;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the clock used for setting the timestamps (e.g. @UpdatedTimestamp) on objects.
+   */
+  public void setClock(final Clock clock) {
+    this.clock = clock;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the slow query time in millis.
    */
@@ -895,6 +929,22 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     this.queryBatchSize = queryBatchSize;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if lazy loading is disabled on queries by default.
+   */
+  public boolean isDisableLazyLoading() {
+    return disableLazyLoading;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set to true to disable lazy loading by default.
+   * <p>
+   * It can be turned on per query via {@link Query#setDisableLazyLoading(boolean)}.
+   */
+  public void setDisableLazyLoading(boolean disableLazyLoading) {
+    this.disableLazyLoading = disableLazyLoading;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the default batch size for lazy loading of beans and collections.
    */
@@ -1093,6 +1143,25 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     this.profilingConfig = profilingConfig;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the DB schema to use.
+   */
+  public String getDbSchema() {
+    return dbSchema;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the DB schema to use. This specifies to use this schema for:
+   * <ul>
+   * <li>Running Database migrations - Create and use the DB schema</li>
+   * <li>Testing DDL - Create-all.sql DDL execution creates and uses schema</li>
+   * <li>Testing Docker - Set default schema on connection URL</li>
+   * </ul>
+   */
+  public void setDbSchema(String dbSchema) {
+    this.dbSchema = dbSchema;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the DB migration configuration.
    */
@@ -1914,6 +1983,15 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    * Return the UUID state file.
    */
   public String getUuidStateFile() {
+    if (uuidStateFile == null || uuidStateFile.isEmpty()) {
+      // by default, add servername...
+      uuidStateFile = name + "-uuid.state";
+      // and store it in the user's home directory
+      String homeDir = System.getProperty("user.home");
+      if (homeDir != null && homeDir.isEmpty()) {
+        uuidStateFile = homeDir + "/.ebean/" + uuidStateFile;
+      }
+    }
     return uuidStateFile;
   }
 
@@ -1967,7 +2045,7 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    * This is the same as serverConfig.getMigrationConfig().setRunMigration(). We have added this method here
    * as it is often the only thing we need to configure for migrations.
    */
-  public void setRunMigration(boolean runMigration){
+  public void setRunMigration(boolean runMigration) {
     migrationConfig.setRunMigration(runMigration);
   }
 
@@ -2685,20 +2763,6 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     return list;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Deprecated - this does nothing now, we always try to read test configuration.
-   * <p>
-   * Load settings from test-ebean.properties and do nothing if the properties is not found.
-   * <p>
-   * This is typically used when test-ebean.properties is put into the test class path and used
-   * to configure Ebean for running tests.
-   * </p>
-   */
-  @Deprecated
-  public void loadTestProperties() {
-    // do nothing now ... as we always try to read test configuration and that should only
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the properties that we used for configuration and were set via a call to loadFromProperties().
    */
@@ -2737,6 +2801,10 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    */
   protected void loadSettings(PropertiesWrapper p) {
 
+    dbSchema = p.get("dbSchema", dbSchema);
+    if (dbSchema != null) {
+      migrationConfig.setDefaultDbSchema(dbSchema);
+    }
     profilingConfig.loadSettings(p, name);
     migrationConfig.loadSettings(p, name);
     platformConfig.loadSettings(p);
@@ -2772,6 +2840,7 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     useJtaTransactionManager = p.getBoolean("useJtaTransactionManager", useJtaTransactionManager);
     useJavaxValidationNotNull = p.getBoolean("useJavaxValidationNotNull", useJavaxValidationNotNull);
     autoReadOnlyDataSource = p.getBoolean("autoReadOnlyDataSource", autoReadOnlyDataSource);
+    idGeneratorAutomatic = p.getBoolean("idGeneratorAutomatic", idGeneratorAutomatic);
 
     backgroundExecutorSchedulePoolSize = p.getInt("backgroundExecutorSchedulePoolSize", backgroundExecutorSchedulePoolSize);
     backgroundExecutorShutdownSecs = p.getInt("backgroundExecutorShutdownSecs", backgroundExecutorShutdownSecs);
@@ -2831,6 +2900,7 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     localTimeWithNanos = p.getBoolean("localTimeWithNanos", localTimeWithNanos);
     jodaLocalTimeMode = p.get("jodaLocalTimeMode", jodaLocalTimeMode);
 
+    disableLazyLoading = p.getBoolean("disableLazyLoading", disableLazyLoading);
     lazyLoadBatchSize = p.getInt("lazyLoadBatchSize", lazyLoadBatchSize);
     queryBatchSize = p.getInt("queryBatchSize", queryBatchSize);
 
@@ -3074,9 +3144,10 @@ public class ServerConfig {
    * @return A copy of the PlatformConfig with overridden properties
    */
   public PlatformConfig newPlatformConfig(String propertiesPath, String platformPrefix) {
-
+    if (properties == null) {
+      properties = new Properties();
+    }
     PropertiesWrapper p = new PropertiesWrapper(propertiesPath, platformPrefix, properties, classLoadConfig);
-
     PlatformConfig config = new PlatformConfig(platformConfig);
     config.loadSettings(p);
     return config;
@@ -3109,6 +3180,23 @@ public class ServerConfig {
     this.mappingLocations = mappingLocations;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When false we need explicit <code>@GeneratedValue</code> mapping to assign
+   * Identity or Sequence generated values. When true Id properties are automatically
+   * assigned Identity or Sequence without the GeneratedValue mapping.
+   */
+  public boolean isIdGeneratorAutomatic() {
+    return idGeneratorAutomatic;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set to false such that Id properties require explicit <code>@GeneratedValue</code>
+   * mapping before they are assigned Identity or Sequence generation based on platform.
+   */
+  public void setIdGeneratorAutomatic(boolean idGeneratorAutomatic) {
+    this.idGeneratorAutomatic = idGeneratorAutomatic;
+  }
+
   public enum UuidVersion {
     VERSION4,
     VERSION1,

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/ServerConfigProvider.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package io.ebean.config;
+
+/**
+ * Provides a ServiceLoader based mechanism to configure a ServerConfig.
+ * <p>
+ * Provide an implementation and register it via the standard Java ServiceLoader mechanism
+ * via a file at <code>META-INF/services/io.ebean.config.ServerConfigProvider</code>.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * If you are using a DI container like Spring or Guice you are unlikely to use this but instead use a
+ * spring specific configuration.  When we are not using a DI container we may use this mechanism to
+ * explicitly register the entity beans and avoid classpath scanning.
+ * </p>
+ * <pre>{@code
+ *
+ * public class EbeanConfigProvider implements ServerConfigProvider {
+ *
+ *   @Override
+ *   public void apply(ServerConfig config) {
+ *
+ *     // register the entity bean classes explicitly
+ *     config.addClass(Customer.class);
+ *     config.addClass(User.class);
+ *     ...
+ *   }
+ * }
+ *
+ * }</pre>
+ */
+public interface ServerConfigProvider {
+
+  /**
+   * Apply the configuration to the ServerConfig.
+   * <p>
+   * Typically we explicitly register entity bean classes and thus avoid classpath scanning.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  void apply(ServerConfig config);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/DatabasePlatform.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.ebean.config.dbplatform;
 
 import io.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
 import io.ebean.Query;
+import io.ebean.annotation.PartitionMode;
 import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
 import io.ebean.annotation.Platform;
 import io.ebean.config.CustomDbTypeMapping;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.sql.DatabaseMetaData;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Statement;
 import java.sql.Types;
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
   /**
    * The behaviour used when ending a read only transaction at read committed isolation level.
    */
-  protected OnQueryOnly onQueryOnly = OnQueryOnly.ROLLBACK;
+  protected OnQueryOnly onQueryOnly = OnQueryOnly.COMMIT;
 
   /**
    * The open quote used by quoted identifiers.
@@ -62,8 +64,6 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
    */
   protected String closeQuote = "\"";
 
-  protected String concatOperator = "||";
-
   /**
    * When set to true all db column names and table names use quoted identifiers.
    */
@@ -176,9 +176,17 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
    * findIterate() and findVisit().
    */
   protected boolean forwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate;
+  
+  /**
+   * If set then use the CONCUR_UPDATABLE hint when creating ResultSets.
+   * 
+   * This is {@code false} for HANA
+   */
+  protected boolean supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable = true;
+
 
   /**
-   * By default we use JDBC batch when cascading (except for SQL Server).
+   * By default we use JDBC batch when cascading (except for SQL Server and HANA).
    */
   protected PersistBatch persistBatchOnCascade = PersistBatch.ALL;
 
@@ -453,13 +461,6 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
     return openQuote;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Return the DB concat operator.
-   */
-  public String getConcatOperator() {
-    return concatOperator;
-  }
-
   /**
    * Return the JDBC type used to store booleans.
    */
@@ -523,6 +524,24 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
   public void setForwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate(boolean forwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate) {
     this.forwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate = forwardOnlyHintOnFindIterate;
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Return true if the ResultSet CONCUR_UPDATABLE Hint should be used on
+   * createNativeSqlTree() PreparedStatements.
+   * <p>
+   * This specifically is required for Hana which doesn't support CONCUR_UPDATABLE
+   * </p>
+   */
+  public boolean isSupportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable() {
+    return supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Set to true if the ResultSet CONCUR_UPDATABLE Hint should be used by default on createNativeSqlTree() PreparedStatements.
+   */
+  public void setSupportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable(boolean supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable) {
+    this.supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable = supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Normally not needed - overridden in CockroachPlatform.
@@ -658,6 +677,39 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
     return persistBatchOnCascade;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create the DB schema if it does not exist.
+   */
+  public void createSchemaIfNotExists(String dbSchema, Connection connection) throws SQLException {
+    if (!schemaExists(dbSchema, connection)) {
+      Statement query = connection.createStatement();
+      try {
+        logger.info("create schema:{}", dbSchema);
+        query.executeUpdate("create schema " + dbSchema);
+      } finally {
+        JdbcClose.close(query);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the schema exists.
+   */
+  public boolean schemaExists(String dbSchema, Connection connection) throws SQLException {
+    ResultSet schemas = connection.getMetaData().getSchemas();
+    try {
+      while (schemas.next()) {
+        String schema = schemas.getString(1);
+        if (schema.equalsIgnoreCase(dbSchema)) {
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    } finally {
+      JdbcClose.close(schemas);
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return true if the table exists.
    */
@@ -672,6 +724,20 @@ public class DatabasePlatform {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if partitions exist for the given table.
+   */
+  public boolean tablePartitionsExist(Connection connection, String table) throws SQLException {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the SQL to create an initial partition for the given table.
+   */
+  public String tablePartitionInit(String tableName, PartitionMode mode, String property, String singlePrimaryKey) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Escapes the like string for this DB-Platform
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/DbIdentity.java

@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
  */
 public class DbIdentity {
 
-  private static final Pattern TABLE_REPLACE = Pattern.compile("{table}", Pattern.LITERAL);
+  private static final String TABLE_PLACEHOLDER = "{table}";
+
+  private static final Pattern TABLE_REPLACE = Pattern.compile(TABLE_PLACEHOLDER, Pattern.LITERAL);
 
   /**
    * Set if this DB supports sequences. Note some DB's support both Sequences
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ public class DbIdentity {
     if (selectLastInsertedIdTemplate == null) {
       return null;
     }
-
+    if (!selectLastInsertedIdTemplate.contains(TABLE_PLACEHOLDER)) {
+      return selectLastInsertedIdTemplate;
+    }
     return TABLE_REPLACE.matcher(selectLastInsertedIdTemplate).replaceAll(Matcher.quoteReplacement(table));
   }
 

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/hana/HanaBasicSqlLimiter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana;
+
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.BasicSqlLimiter;
+
+public class HanaBasicSqlLimiter implements BasicSqlLimiter {
+  @Override
+  public String limit(String dbSql, int firstRow, int maxRows) {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(50 + dbSql.length());
+
+    sb.append(dbSql);
+
+    if (maxRows > 0) {
+      sb.append(" ").append("limit");
+      sb.append(" ").append(maxRows);
+
+      if (firstRow > 0) {
+        sb.append(" ").append("offset").append(" ");
+        sb.append(firstRow);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/hana/HanaHistorySupport.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana;
+
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbStandardHistorySupport;
+
+public class HanaHistorySupport extends DbStandardHistorySupport {
+
+  @Override
+  public String getAsOfViewSuffix(String asOfViewSuffix) {
+    return " for system_time as of ?";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getVersionsBetweenSuffix(String asOfViewSuffix) {
+    return " for system_time between ? and ?";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getSysPeriodLower(String tableAlias, String sysPeriod) {
+    return tableAlias + "." + sysPeriod + "_start";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getSysPeriodUpper(String tableAlias, String sysPeriod) {
+    return tableAlias + "." + sysPeriod + "_end";
+  }
+  
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/hana/HanaPlatform.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana;
+
+import io.ebean.Query.ForUpdate;
+import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
+import io.ebean.annotation.Platform;
+import io.ebean.config.PlatformConfig;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbType;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.IdType;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.SqlErrorCodes;
+
+public class HanaPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
+
+  public HanaPlatform() {
+    this.platform = Platform.HANA;
+    this.sqlLimiter = new HanaSqlLimiter();
+    this.persistBatchOnCascade = PersistBatch.NONE;
+    this.supportsResultSetConcurrencyModeUpdatable = false;
+    this.columnAliasPrefix = null;
+
+    this.historySupport = new HanaHistorySupport();
+    this.basicSqlLimiter = new HanaBasicSqlLimiter();
+
+    this.likeClauseRaw = "like ?";
+    this.maxConstraintNameLength = 127;
+    this.maxTableNameLength = 127;
+
+    this.dbDefaultValue.setNow("current_timestamp");
+
+    this.exceptionTranslator = new SqlErrorCodes().addAcquireLock("131", "133", "146")
+      .addDataIntegrity("130", "429", "461", "462").addDuplicateKey("144", "301", "349").build();
+
+    this.dbIdentity.setIdType(IdType.IDENTITY);
+    this.dbIdentity.setSelectLastInsertedIdTemplate("select current_identity_value() from sys.dummy");
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsGetGeneratedKeys(false);
+    this.dbIdentity.setSupportsIdentity(true);
+
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BIGINT, new DbPlatformType("bigint", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BINARY, new DbPlatformType("varbinary", 255));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BIT, new DbPlatformType("smallint", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.BLOB, new DbPlatformType("blob", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.CHAR, new DbPlatformType("nvarchar", 255));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.CLOB, new DbPlatformType("nclob", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.INTEGER, new DbPlatformType("integer", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.JSONVARCHAR, new DbPlatformType("nvarchar", 255));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LINESTRING, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LONGVARBINARY, new DbPlatformType("blob", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LONGVARCHAR, new DbPlatformType("nclob", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTILINESTRING, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTIPOINT, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTIPOLYGON, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.POINT, new DbPlatformType("st_point"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.POLYGON, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry"));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.SMALLINT, new DbPlatformType("smallint", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.TINYINT, new DbPlatformType("smallint", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.UUID, new DbPlatformType("varchar", 40));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.VARBINARY, new DbPlatformType("varbinary", 255));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.VARCHAR, new DbPlatformType("nvarchar", 255));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void addGeoTypes(int srid) {
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.LINESTRING, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry(" + srid + ")", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTILINESTRING, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry(" + srid + ")", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTIPOINT, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry(" + srid + ")", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.MULTIPOLYGON, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry(" + srid + ")", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.POINT, new DbPlatformType("st_point(" + srid + ")", false));
+    this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.POLYGON, new DbPlatformType("st_geometry(" + srid + ")", false));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String withForUpdate(String sql, ForUpdate forUpdateMode) {
+    switch (forUpdateMode) {
+      case BASE:
+        return sql + " for update";
+      case NOWAIT:
+        return sql + " for update nowait";
+      case SKIPLOCKED:
+        return sql + " for update ignore locked";
+      default:
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown update mode: " + forUpdateMode.name());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void configure(PlatformConfig config, boolean allQuotedIdentifiers) {
+    super.configure(config, allQuotedIdentifiers);
+    if (config.getDbUuid().useBinary()) {
+      this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.UUID, new DbPlatformType("varbinary", 16));
+    } else {
+      this.dbTypeMap.put(DbType.UUID, new DbPlatformType("varchar", 40));
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/hana/HanaSqlLimiter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana;
+
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.SqlLimitRequest;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.SqlLimitResponse;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.SqlLimiter;
+
+public class HanaSqlLimiter implements SqlLimiter {
+  @Override
+  public SqlLimitResponse limit(SqlLimitRequest request) {
+    String dbSql = request.getDbSql();
+
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(50 + dbSql.length());
+    sb.append("select ");
+    if (request.isDistinct()) {
+      sb.append("distinct ");
+    }
+
+    sb.append(dbSql);
+
+    int firstRow = request.getFirstRow();
+    int maxRows = request.getMaxRows();
+
+    if (maxRows > 0) {
+      sb.append(" ").append("limit ").append(maxRows);
+      if (firstRow > 0) {
+        sb.append(" ").append("offset ");
+        sb.append(firstRow);
+      }
+    }
+
+    String sql = request.getDbPlatform().completeSql(sb.toString(), request.getOrmQuery());
+
+    return new SqlLimitResponse(sql, false);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/hana/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * SAP HANA specific support.
+ */
+package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana;

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/dbplatform/postgres/PostgresPlatform.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.ebean.config.dbplatform.postgres;
 
 import io.ebean.BackgroundExecutor;
 import io.ebean.Query;
+import io.ebean.annotation.PartitionMode;
 import io.ebean.annotation.Platform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.PlatformIdGenerator;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.SqlErrorCodes;
 
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.sql.Types;
 
 /**
@@ -116,4 +121,32 @@ public class PostgresPlatform extends DatabasePlatform {
         return sql + " for update";
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean tablePartitionsExist(Connection connection, String table) throws SQLException {
+
+    try (PreparedStatement statement = connection.prepareStatement("select count(*) from pg_inherits i WHERE  i.inhparent = ?::regclass")) {
+      statement.setString(1, table);
+      try (ResultSet resultSet = statement.executeQuery()) {
+        return resultSet.next() && resultSet.getInt(1) > 0;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return SQL using built in partition helper functions to create some initial partitions.
+   *
+   * Only use this if extra-ddl doesn't have some initial partitions defined (which it should).
+   */
+  @Override
+  public String tablePartitionInit(String tableName, PartitionMode mode, String property, String pkey) {
+    if (property == null) {
+      property = "";
+    }
+    if (pkey == null) {
+      pkey = "";
+    }
+    return "select partition('" + mode.name().toLowerCase() + "','" + tableName + "','" + pkey + "','" + property + "',1);";
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/LoadContext.java

@@ -18,26 +18,26 @@ import java.util.Set;
  */
 class LoadContext {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoadContext.class);
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LoadContext.class);
 
   /**
    * Map we are loading the properties into.
    */
-	private final Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+  private final Map<String, String> map = new LinkedHashMap<>();
 
   /**
    * Names of resources/files that were loaded.
    */
-	private final Set<String> loadedResources = new LinkedHashSet<>();
+  private final Set<String> loadedResources = new LinkedHashSet<>();
 
   /**
    * Return the input stream (maybe null) for the given source.
    */
-	InputStream resource(String resourcePath, Loader.Source source) {
+  InputStream resource(String resourcePath, Loader.Source source) {
 
     InputStream is = null;
     if (source == Loader.Source.RESOURCE) {
-      is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + resourcePath);
+      is = resourceStream(resourcePath);
       if (is != null) {
         loadedResources.add(resourcePath);
       }
@@ -46,43 +46,52 @@ class LoadContext {
       if (file.exists()) {
         try {
           is = new FileInputStream(file);
-          loadedResources.add("file:"+resourcePath);
+          loadedResources.add("file:" + resourcePath);
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
           throw new IllegalStateException(e);
         }
       }
     }
 
-		return is;
-	}
+    return is;
+  }
+
+  private InputStream resourceStream(String resourcePath) {
+    InputStream is = getClass().getResourceAsStream("/" + resourcePath);
+    if (is == null) {
+      // search the module path for top level resource
+      is = ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream(resourcePath);
+    }
+    return is;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Add a property entry.
    */
-	void put(String key, String val) {
-	  if (val != null) {
-	    val = val.trim();
+  void put(String key, String val) {
+    if (val != null) {
+      val = val.trim();
     }
-		map.put(key, val);
-	}
+    map.put(key, val);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Evaluate all the expressions and return as a Properties object.
    */
-	Properties eval() {
+  Properties eval() {
 
-		log.info("loaded properties from {}", loadedResources);
+    log.info("loaded properties from {}", loadedResources);
 
-		Properties properties = new Properties();
+    Properties properties = new Properties();
 
-		for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
-			String key = entry.getKey();
-			String value = PropertyEval.eval(entry.getValue());
-			properties.setProperty(key, value);
-		}
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+      String key = entry.getKey();
+      String value = PropertyEval.eval(entry.getValue());
+      properties.setProperty(key, value);
+    }
 
-		return properties;
-	}
+    return properties;
+  }
 
   /**
    * Read the special properties that can point to an external properties source.

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/Loader.java

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ import java.util.Properties;
  */
 class Loader {
 
-	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Loader.class);
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(Loader.class);
 
-	enum Source {
-	  RESOURCE,
+  enum Source {
+    RESOURCE,
     FILE
   }
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Loader {
 
   private YamlLoader yamlLoader;
 
-	Loader() {
+  Loader() {
     String skipYaml = System.getProperty("ebeanSkipYaml");
     if (!"true".equals(skipYaml)) {
       try {
@@ -44,25 +44,26 @@ class Loader {
   /**
    * Load the configuration with the expected ordering.
    */
-	void load() {
+  void load() {
 
     loadMain(Source.RESOURCE);
     // external file configuration overrides the resources configuration
     loadMain(Source.FILE);
 
-		loadViaSystemProperty();
-		loadViaIndirection();
+    loadViaSystemProperty();
+    loadViaIndirection();
 
-		// test configuration (if found) overrides main configuration
+    // test configuration (if found) overrides main configuration
     // we should only find these resources when running tests
-		loadTest();
-	}
+    loadTest();
+  }
 
   /**
    * Load test configuration.
    */
   private void loadTest() {
     loadProperties("application-test.properties", Source.RESOURCE);
+    loadYaml("application-test.yaml", Source.RESOURCE);
     loadYaml("application-test.yml", Source.RESOURCE);
     loadProperties("test-ebean.properties", Source.RESOURCE);
   }
@@ -83,13 +84,14 @@ class Loader {
    * Load the main configuration for the given source.
    */
   private void loadMain(Source source) {
+    loadYaml("application.yaml", source);
     loadYaml("application.yml", source);
     loadProperties("application.properties", source);
     loadProperties("ebean.properties", source);
   }
 
   private void loadViaSystemProperty() {
-	  String fileName = System.getenv("EBEAN_PROPS_FILE");
+    String fileName = System.getenv("EBEAN_PROPS_FILE");
     if (fileName == null) {
       fileName = System.getProperty("ebean.props.file");
       if (fileName != null) {
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ class Loader {
   }
 
   void loadWithExtensionCheck(String fileName) {
-    if (fileName.endsWith("yml")) {
+    if (fileName.endsWith("yaml") || fileName.endsWith("yml")) {
       loadYaml(fileName, Source.FILE);
     } else if (fileName.endsWith("properties")) {
       loadProperties(fileName, Source.FILE);
@@ -112,59 +114,66 @@ class Loader {
    * Evaluate all the configuration entries and return as properties.
    */
   Properties eval() {
-		return loadContext.eval();
-	}
+    return loadContext.eval();
+  }
 
-	void loadYaml(String resourcePath, Source source) {
-		if (yamlLoader != null) {
-		  try {
-			  yamlLoader.load(resource(resourcePath, source));
+  void loadYaml(String resourcePath, Source source) {
+    if (yamlLoader != null) {
+      try {
+        try (InputStream is = resource(resourcePath, source)) {
+          yamlLoader.load(is);
+        }
       } catch (Exception e) {
         log.warn("Failed to read yml from:" + resourcePath, e);
       }
-		}
-	}
+    }
+  }
 
-	void loadProperties(String resourcePath, Source source) {
-		InputStream is = resource(resourcePath, source);
-		if (is != null) {
-			loadProperties(is);
-		}
-	}
+  void loadProperties(String resourcePath, Source source) {
+    try {
+      try (InputStream is = resource(resourcePath, source)) {
+        if (is != null) {
+          loadProperties(is);
+        }
+      }
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      log.warn("Failed to read properties from:" + resourcePath, e);
+    }
+  }
 
-	private InputStream resource(String resourcePath, Source source) {
-		return loadContext.resource(resourcePath, source);
-	}
+  private InputStream resource(String resourcePath, Source source) {
+    return loadContext.resource(resourcePath, source);
+  }
 
-	private void loadProperties(InputStream is) {
+  private void loadProperties(InputStream is) {
 
-		if (is != null) {
-			try {
-				Properties properties = new Properties();
-				properties.load(is);
-				put(properties);
-			} catch (IOException e) {
-				throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load properties?", e);
-			} finally {
-				close(is);
-			}
-		}
-	}
+    if (is != null) {
+      try {
+        Properties properties = new Properties();
+        properties.load(is);
+        put(properties);
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("Failed to load properties?", e);
+      } finally {
+        close(is);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 
-	private void put(Properties properties) {
-		Enumeration<?> enumeration = properties.propertyNames();
-		while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
-			String key = (String) enumeration.nextElement();
-			String property = properties.getProperty(key);
-			loadContext.put(key, property);
-		}
-	}
+  private void put(Properties properties) {
+    Enumeration<?> enumeration = properties.propertyNames();
+    while (enumeration.hasMoreElements()) {
+      String key = (String) enumeration.nextElement();
+      String property = properties.getProperty(key);
+      loadContext.put(key, property);
+    }
+  }
 
-	private void close(InputStream is) {
-		try {
-			is.close();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			log.warn("Error closing input stream for properties", e);
-		}
-	}
+  private void close(InputStream is) {
+    try {
+      is.close();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.warn("Error closing input stream for properties", e);
+    }
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/config/properties/PropertiesLoader.java

@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@ public class PropertiesLoader {
    * <p>Firstly loads from main resources</p>
    * <pre>
    *   - application.properties
-   *   - application.yml
+   *   - application.yaml
    *   - ebean.properties
    * </pre>
    * <p>
    * <p>Then loads from local files</p>
    * <pre>
    *   - application.properties
-   *   - application.yml
+   *   - application.yaml
    *   - ebean.properties
    * </pre>
    * <p>
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class PropertiesLoader {
    * <p>Loads from test resources</p>
    * <pre>
    *   - application-test.properties
-   *   - application-test.yml
+   *   - application-test.yaml
    *   - test-ebean.properties
    * </pre>
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/dbmigration/DbMigration.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ServiceLoader;
 
 /**
@@ -93,6 +94,43 @@ public interface DbMigration {
    */
   void setStrictMode(boolean strictMode);
 
+  /**
+   * Set to true to include a generated header comment in the DDL script.
+   */
+  void setIncludeGeneratedFileComment(boolean includeGeneratedFileComment);
+
+  /**
+   * Set this to false to exclude the builtin support for table partitioning (with @DbPartition).
+   */
+  void setIncludeBuiltInPartitioning(boolean includeBuiltInPartitioning);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the header that is included in the generated DDL script.
+   */
+  void setHeader(String header);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the prefix for the version. Set this to "V" for use with Flyway.
+   */
+  void setApplyPrefix(String applyPrefix);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the version of the migration to be generated.
+   */
+  void setVersion(String version);
+
+  /**
+   * Set the name of the migration to be generated.
+   */
+  void setName(String name);
+
+  /**
+   * Generate a migration for the version specified that contains pending drops.
+   *
+   * @param generatePendingDrop The version of a prior migration that holds pending drops.
+   */
+  void setGeneratePendingDrop(String generatePendingDrop);
+
   /**
    * Add an additional platform to write the migration DDL.
    * <p>
@@ -110,6 +148,11 @@ public interface DbMigration {
    */
   void addDatabasePlatform(DatabasePlatform databasePlatform, String prefix);
 
+  /**
+   * Return the list of versions that contain pending drops.
+   */
+  List<String> getPendingDrops();
+
   /**
    * Generate the next migration xml file and associated apply and rollback sql scripts.
    * <p>

src/main/java/io/ebean/event/ServletContextListener.java

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package io.ebeaninternal.server.core;
+package io.ebean.event;
 
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.lib.ShutdownManager;
 
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 /**
  * Listens for webserver server starting and stopping events.
  * <p>
- * Register this listener in the web.xml configuration file. This will listen
- * for startup and shutdown events.
+ * This should be used when the deployment is into a servlet container where the webapp
+ * can be shutdown or redeployed without the JVM stopping.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * If deployment is into a container where the JVM is completely shutdown (like spring boot,
+ * runnable war or when using a servlet container that only contains the single webapp and
+ * the JVM is shutdown then this isn't required. Instead we can just rely on the JVM shutdown
+ * hook that Ebean registers.
  * </p>
  */
 public class ServletContextListener implements javax.servlet.ServletContextListener {

src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/BeanType.java

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import io.ebean.event.BeanQueryAdapter;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.mapping.DocumentMapping;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
 /**
  * Information and methods on BeanDescriptors made available to plugins.
@@ -18,6 +22,7 @@ public interface BeanType<T> {
   /**
    * Return the short name of the bean type.
    */
+  @Nonnull
   String getName();
 
   /**
@@ -28,11 +33,13 @@ public interface BeanType<T> {
   /**
    * Return the full name of the bean type.
    */
+  @Nonnull
   String getFullName();
 
   /**
    * Return the class type this BeanDescriptor describes.
    */
+  @Nonnull
   Class<T> getBeanType();
 
   /**
@@ -43,6 +50,7 @@ public interface BeanType<T> {
   /**
    * Return all the properties for this bean type.
    */
+  @Nonnull
   Collection<? extends Property> allProperties();
 
   /**
@@ -197,6 +205,28 @@ public interface BeanType<T> {
    */
   boolean hasInheritance();
 
+  /**
+   * Return true if this object is the root level object in its entity
+   * inheritance.
+   */
+  boolean isInheritanceRoot();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns all direct children of this beantype
+   */
+  List<BeanType<?>> getInheritanceChildren();
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the parent in inheritance hiearchy
+   */
+  BeanType<?> getInheritanceParent();
+
+  /**
+   * Visit all children recursively
+   * @param visitor
+   */
+  void visitAllInheritanceChildren(Consumer<BeanType<?>> visitor);
+
   /**
    * Return the discriminator column.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/ExpressionPath.java

@@ -73,4 +73,14 @@ public interface ExpressionPath {
    * Return the Id values for the given bean value.
    */
   Object[] getAssocIdValues(EntityBean bean);
+
+  /**
+   * Return the underlying bean property.
+   */
+  public Property getProperty();
+
+  /**
+   * The ElPrefix plus name.
+   */
+  String getElName();
 }

src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/Property.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package io.ebean.plugin;
 
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
 /**
  * Property of a entity bean that can be read.
  */
@@ -8,8 +10,15 @@ public interface Property {
   /**
    * Return the name of the property.
    */
+  @Nonnull
   String getName();
 
+  /**
+   * Return the type of the property.
+   */
+  @Nonnull
+  Class<?> getPropertyType();
+
   /**
    * Return the value of the property on the given bean.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebean/service/SpiFetchGroupService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package io.ebean.service;
+
+import io.ebean.FetchGroup;
+import io.ebean.FetchGroupBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Service that parses FetchGroup expressions.
+ */
+public interface SpiFetchGroupService {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the FetchGroup with the given select clause.
+   *
+   * @param beanType The type of entity bean the fetch group is for
+   * @param select   The properties to select (top level properties)
+   */
+  <T> FetchGroup<T> of(Class<T> beanType, String select);
+
+  /**
+   * Create and return a FetchGroupBuilder starting with a select() clause.
+   *
+   * @param beanType The type of entity bean the fetch group is for
+   * @return The FetchGroupBuilder to add additional select and fetch clauses
+   */
+  <T> FetchGroupBuilder<T> of(Class<T> beanType);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebean/text/PathProperties.java

@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ public class PathProperties implements FetchPath {
   }
 
   Props getProps(String path) {
-    Props props = pathMap.computeIfAbsent(path, p -> new Props(this, null, p));
-    return props;
+    return pathMap.computeIfAbsent(path, p -> new Props(this, null, p));
   }
 
   public Collection<Props> getPathProps() {

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/BinaryReadContext.java

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Context used to read binary format messages.
+ */
+public class BinaryReadContext {
+
+  private final DataInputStream in;
+
+  /**
+   * Create with protocol 0 and byte data.
+   */
+  public BinaryReadContext(byte[] byteData) {
+    this(new DataInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(byteData)));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create with protocol version and DataInputStream data.
+   */
+  public BinaryReadContext(DataInputStream in) {
+    this.in = in;
+  }
+
+  public DataInputStream in() {
+    return in;
+  }
+
+  public boolean readBoolean() throws IOException {
+    return in.readBoolean();
+  }
+
+  public int readInt() throws IOException {
+    return in.readInt();
+  }
+
+  public String readUTF() throws IOException {
+    return in.readUTF();
+  }
+
+  public long readLong() throws IOException {
+    return in.readLong();
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/BinaryWritable.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Messages that can be sent in binary form.
+ * <p>
+ * Mainly RemoteTransactionEvent which is sent to cluster members.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface BinaryWritable {
+
+  int TYPE_BEANIUD = 1;
+  int TYPE_TABLEIUD = 2;
+  int TYPE_CACHE = 3;
+  int TYPE_TABLEMOD = 4;
+
+  /**
+   * Write message in binary format.
+   */
+  void writeBinary(BinaryWriteContext out) throws IOException;
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/BinaryWriteContext.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Context used to write binary message (like RemoteTransactionEvent).
+ */
+public class BinaryWriteContext {
+
+  private final DataOutputStream out;
+
+  private long counter;
+
+  public BinaryWriteContext(DataOutputStream out) {
+    this.out = out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the number of message parts that have been written.
+   */
+  public long counter() {
+    return counter;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the output stream to write to.
+   */
+  public DataOutputStream os() {
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Start a message part with a given type code.
+   */
+  public DataOutputStream start(int type) throws IOException {
+    counter++;
+    out.writeBoolean(true);
+    out.writeInt(type);
+    return out;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * End of message parts.
+   */
+  public void end() throws IOException {
+    out.writeBoolean(false);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/BindParams.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.persist.MultiValueWrapper;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.querydefn.NaturalKeyBindParam;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -154,6 +155,10 @@ public class BindParams implements Serializable {
   public void setParameter(int position, Object value) {
 
     Param p = getParam(position);
+    if (value instanceof Collection) {
+      // use of postgres ANY with positioned parameter
+      value = new MultiValueWrapper((Collection)value);
+    }
     p.setInValue(value);
   }
 

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/LoadBeanRequest.java

@@ -168,13 +168,8 @@ public class LoadBeanRequest extends LoadRequest {
         // necessary but allow processing to continue until it is accessed by client code
         Object id = desc.getId(ebi.getOwner());
         if (!loadedIds.contains(id)) {
-          if (desc.isSoftDelete()) {
-            // assume this is logically deleted (hence not found)
-            desc.setSoftDeleteValue(ebi.getOwner());
-          } else {
-            logger.info("Lazy loading unsuccessful for type:" + desc.getName() + " id:" + id + " - expecting when bean has been deleted");
-            ebi.setLazyLoadFailure(id);
-          }
+          // assume this is logically deleted (hence not found)
+          desc.markAsDeleted(ebi.getOwner());
         }
       }
     }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/NaturalKeyQueryData.java

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public class NaturalKeyQueryData<T> {
   private List<Pairs.Entry> inPairs;
 
   // IN clause - only one allowed
-  private Collection<?> inValues;
+  private List<Object> inValues;
   private String inProperty;
 
   // normal EQ expressions
@@ -52,36 +52,36 @@ public class NaturalKeyQueryData<T> {
   /**
    * Match for In Pairs expression. We only allow one IN clause.
    */
-  public boolean matchInPairs(Pairs pairs) {
+  public List<Pairs.Entry> matchInPairs(String property0, String property1, List<Pairs.Entry> inPairs) {
     if (hasIn) {
       // only 1 IN allowed (to project naturalIds)
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
-    if (matchProperty(pairs.getProperty0()) && matchProperty(pairs.getProperty1())) {
+    if (matchProperty(property0) && matchProperty(property1)) {
       this.hasIn = true;
-      this.inProperty0 = pairs.getProperty0();
-      this.inProperty1 = pairs.getProperty1();
-      this.inPairs = pairs.getEntries();
-      return true;
+      this.inProperty0 = property0;
+      this.inProperty1 = property1;
+      this.inPairs = new ArrayList<>(inPairs); // will be modified
+      return this.inPairs;
     }
-    return false;
+    return null;
   }
 
   /**
    * Match for IN expression. We only allow one IN clause.
    */
-  public boolean matchIn(String propName, Collection<?> sourceValues) {
+  public List<Object> matchIn(String propName, List<Object> sourceValues) {
     if (hasIn) {
       // only 1 IN allowed (to project naturalIds)
-      return false;
+      return null;
     }
     if (matchProperty(propName)) {
       this.hasIn = true;
       this.inProperty = propName;
-      this.inValues = sourceValues;
-      return true;
+      this.inValues = new ArrayList<>(sourceValues);
+      return this.inValues;
     }
-    return false;
+    return null;
   }
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/ScopeTrans.java

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 
 import io.ebean.TxScope;
-import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
@@ -38,9 +37,9 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
    */
   private final ArrayList<Class<? extends Throwable>> rollbackFor;
 
-  private PersistBatch restoreBatch;
+  private Boolean restoreBatch;
 
-  private PersistBatch restoreBatchOnCascade;
+  private Boolean restoreBatchOnCascade;
 
   private int restoreBatchSize;
 
@@ -53,6 +52,10 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
    */
   private boolean rolledBack;
 
+  /**
+   * Flag set when nested commit has occurred.
+   */
+  private boolean nestedCommit;
 
   public ScopeTrans(boolean rollbackOnChecked, boolean created, SpiTransaction transaction, TxScope txScope) {
 
@@ -64,20 +67,20 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
 
     if (transaction != null) {
       if (!created && txScope.isBatchSet() || txScope.isBatchOnCascadeSet() || txScope.isBatchSizeSet()) {
-        restoreBatch = transaction.getBatch();
-        restoreBatchOnCascade = transaction.getBatchOnCascade();
+        restoreBatch = transaction.isBatchMode();
+        restoreBatchOnCascade = transaction.isBatchOnCascade();
         restoreBatchSize = transaction.getBatchSize();
         restoreBatchGeneratedKeys = transaction.getBatchGetGeneratedKeys();
         restoreBatchFlushOnQuery = transaction.isBatchFlushOnQuery();
       }
       if (txScope.isBatchSet()) {
-        transaction.setBatch(txScope.getBatch());
+        transaction.setBatchMode(txScope.isBatchMode());
       }
       if (!txScope.isFlushOnQuery()) {
         transaction.setBatchFlushOnQuery(false);
       }
       if (txScope.isBatchOnCascadeSet()) {
-        transaction.setBatchOnCascade(txScope.getBatchOnCascade());
+        transaction.setBatchOnCascade(txScope.isBatchOnCascade());
       }
       if (txScope.isBatchSizeSet()) {
         transaction.setBatchSize(txScope.getBatchSize());
@@ -113,7 +116,6 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
     complete();
   }
 
-
   /**
    * Complete the transaction programmatically. Try to commit.
    */
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
   }
 
   public void end() {
-    if (created) {
+    if (created || !nestedCommit) {
       transaction.end();
     }
   }
@@ -133,9 +135,10 @@ public class ScopeTrans {
     if (created) {
       transaction.commit();
     } else {
+      nestedCommit = true;
       transaction.setBatchFlushOnQuery(restoreBatchFlushOnQuery);
       if (restoreBatch != null) {
-        transaction.setBatch(restoreBatch);
+        transaction.setBatchMode(restoreBatch);
       }
       if (restoreBatchOnCascade != null) {
         transaction.setBatchOnCascade(restoreBatchOnCascade);

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiContainerBootup.java

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package io.ebeaninternal.api;
-
-/**
- * Plugin API available to invoke something prior to container bootup.
- * <p>
- * The initial intent is to provide a hook for 'docker-run' such that we can automatically ensure
- * we have a test DB docker container running and setup ready to go.
- * </p>
- */
-public interface SpiContainerBootup {
-
-  /**
-   * Run something at bootup prior to the container starting.
-   *
-   * For example, start DB docker container(s).
-   */
-  void bootup();
-}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiDtoQuery.java

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public interface SpiDtoQuery<T> extends DtoQuery<T>, SpiSqlBinding {
   /**
    * Return the label for the query.
    */
+  @Override
   String getLabel();
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiEbeanServer.java

@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 
 import io.ebean.DtoQuery;
 import io.ebean.EbeanServer;
+import io.ebean.ExtendedServer;
 import io.ebean.PersistenceContextScope;
 import io.ebean.Query;
+import io.ebean.RowConsumer;
+import io.ebean.RowMapper;
 import io.ebean.Transaction;
 import io.ebean.TxScope;
 import io.ebean.bean.BeanCollectionLoader;
@@ -29,7 +32,12 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 /**
  * Service Provider extension to EbeanServer.
  */
-public interface SpiEbeanServer extends EbeanServer, BeanLoader, BeanCollectionLoader {
+public interface SpiEbeanServer extends ExtendedServer, EbeanServer, BeanLoader, BeanCollectionLoader {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the log manager.
+   */
+  SpiLogManager log();
 
   /**
    * Return the server extended Json context.
@@ -229,6 +237,31 @@ public interface SpiEbeanServer extends EbeanServer, BeanLoader, BeanCollectionL
    */
   void scopedTransactionExit(Object returnOrThrowable, int opCode);
 
+  /**
+   * SqlQuery find single attribute.
+   */
+  <T> T findSingleAttribute(SpiSqlQuery query, Class<T> cls);
+
+  /**
+   * SqlQuery find single attribute list.
+   */
+  <T> List<T> findSingleAttributeList(SpiSqlQuery query, Class<T> cls);
+
+  /**
+   * SqlQuery find one with mapper.
+   */
+  <T> T findOneMapper(SpiSqlQuery query, RowMapper<T> mapper);
+
+  /**
+   * SqlQuery find list with mapper.
+   */
+  <T> List<T> findListMapper(SpiSqlQuery query, RowMapper<T> mapper);
+
+  /**
+   * SqlQuery find each with consumer.
+   */
+  void findEachRow(SpiSqlQuery query, RowConsumer consumer);
+
   /**
    * DTO findList query.
    */
@@ -268,4 +301,19 @@ public interface SpiEbeanServer extends EbeanServer, BeanLoader, BeanCollectionL
    * Return true if a row for the bean type and id exists.
    */
   boolean exists(Class<?> beanType, Object beanId, Transaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Add to JDBC batch for later execution.
+   */
+  void addBatch(SpiSqlUpdate defaultSqlUpdate, SpiTransaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the batched statement.
+   */
+  int[] executeBatch(SpiSqlUpdate defaultSqlUpdate, SpiTransaction transaction);
+
+  /**
+   * Execute the sql update regardless of transaction batch mode.
+   */
+  int executeNow(SpiSqlUpdate sqlUpdate);
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiLogManager.java

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+/**
+ * Log manager for SQL, TXN and Summary logging.
+ * <p>
+ * In general at runtime this uses SLF4J Logger but this abstraction allows us to capture
+ * the logged SQL during testing such that we can assert against the executed sql if desired.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface SpiLogManager {
+
+  /**
+   * Return the SQL logger.
+   */
+  SpiLogger sql();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the TXN logger.
+   */
+  SpiLogger txn();
+
+  /**
+   * Return the Summary logger.
+   */
+  SpiLogger sum();
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiLogger.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+/**
+ * Logger for SQL, TXN and Summary logging.
+ * <p>
+ * In general at runtime this uses SLF4J Logger but this abstraction allows us to capture
+ * the logged SQL during testing such that we can assert against the executed sql if desired.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public interface SpiLogger {
+
+  /**
+   * Is debug logging enabled.
+   */
+  boolean isDebug();
+
+  /**
+   * Is trace logging enabled.
+   */
+  boolean isTrace();
+
+  /**
+   * Log a debug level message.
+   */
+  void debug(String msg);
+
+  /**
+   * Log a trace level message.
+   */
+  void trace(String msg);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiLoggerFactory.java

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.api;
+
+/**
+ * API for Plugins to define the logger for io.ebean.SQL, io.ebean.TXN and io.ebean.SUM.
+ */
+public interface SpiLoggerFactory {
+
+  /**
+   * Create the logger given the name.
+   */
+  SpiLogger create(String name);
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiQuery.java

@@ -134,27 +134,40 @@ public interface SpiQuery<T> extends Query<T>, TxnProfileEventCodes {
     /**
      * Includes soft deletes rows in the result.
      */
-    SOFT_DELETED,
+    SOFT_DELETED(false),
 
     /**
      * Query runs against draft tables.
      */
-    DRAFT,
+    DRAFT(false),
 
     /**
      * Query runs against current data (normal).
      */
-    CURRENT,
+    CURRENT(false),
 
     /**
      * Query runs potentially returning many versions of the same bean.
      */
-    VERSIONS,
+    VERSIONS(true),
 
     /**
      * Query runs 'As Of' a given date time.
      */
-    AS_OF;
+    AS_OF(true);
+
+    private final boolean history;
+
+    TemporalMode(boolean history) {
+      this.history = history;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return true if this is a history query.
+     */
+    public boolean isHistory() {
+      return history;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Return the mode of the query of if null return CURRENT mode.
@@ -644,9 +657,9 @@ public interface SpiQuery<T> extends Query<T>, TxnProfileEventCodes {
   boolean isBeanCachePut();
 
   /**
-   * Return true if the bean cache is being explicitly loaded via RECACHE mode.
+   * Return true if we must hit the DB (Cache reload or select for update).
    */
-  boolean isBeanCacheReload();
+  boolean isForceHitDatabase();
 
   /**
    * Return the cache mode for using the bean cache (Get and Put).

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiTransaction.java

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import io.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
 import io.ebean.event.changelog.BeanChange;
 import io.ebean.event.changelog.ChangeSet;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistDeferredRelationship;
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequest;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequestBean;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.persist.BatchControl;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction.ProfileStream;
@@ -101,6 +100,11 @@ public interface SpiTransaction extends Transaction {
    */
   String getId();
 
+  /**
+   * Return the start timestamp for the transaction (JVM side).
+   */
+  long getStartMillis();
+
   /**
    * Return true if this transaction has updateAllLoadedProperties set.
    * If null is returned the server default is used (set on ServerConfig).
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@ public interface SpiTransaction extends Transaction {
    * Return true if this request should be batched. Conversely returns false
    * if this request should be executed immediately.
    */
-  boolean isBatchThisRequest(PersistRequest.Type type);
+  boolean isBatchThisRequest();
 
   /**
    * Return the BatchControl used to batch up persist requests.

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/SpiTransactionProxy.java

@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 import io.ebean.ProfileLocation;
 import io.ebean.TransactionCallback;
 import io.ebean.annotation.DocStoreMode;
-import io.ebean.annotation.PersistBatch;
 import io.ebean.bean.PersistenceContext;
 import io.ebean.event.changelog.BeanChange;
 import io.ebean.event.changelog.ChangeSet;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistDeferredRelationship;
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequest;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequestBean;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.persist.BatchControl;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction.ProfileStream;
@@ -30,6 +28,11 @@ public abstract class SpiTransactionProxy implements SpiTransaction {
     return transaction.translate(message, cause);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public long getStartMillis() {
+    return transaction.getStartMillis();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setLabel(String label) {
     transaction.setLabel(label);
@@ -246,23 +249,18 @@ public abstract class SpiTransactionProxy implements SpiTransaction {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void setBatch(PersistBatch persistBatchMode) {
-    transaction.setBatch(persistBatchMode);
+  public boolean isBatchMode() {
+    return transaction.isBatchMode();
   }
 
   @Override
-  public PersistBatch getBatch() {
-    return transaction.getBatch();
+  public void setBatchOnCascade(boolean batchMode) {
+    transaction.setBatchOnCascade(batchMode);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void setBatchOnCascade(PersistBatch batchOnCascadeMode) {
-    transaction.setBatchOnCascade(batchOnCascadeMode);
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public PersistBatch getBatchOnCascade() {
-    return transaction.getBatchOnCascade();
+  public boolean isBatchOnCascade() {
+    return transaction.isBatchOnCascade();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -356,8 +354,8 @@ public abstract class SpiTransactionProxy implements SpiTransaction {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public boolean isBatchThisRequest(PersistRequest.Type type) {
-    return transaction.isBatchThisRequest(type);
+  public boolean isBatchThisRequest() {
+    return transaction.isBatchThisRequest();
   }
 
   @Override

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TransactionEvent.java

@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.cache.CacheChangeSet;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequestBean;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptor;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.BeanDescriptorManager;
 import io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction.DeleteByIdMap;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.transaction.TransactionManager;
 import io.ebeanservice.docstore.api.DocStoreUpdates;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -27,16 +30,21 @@ public class TransactionEvent implements Serializable {
    */
   private final transient boolean local;
 
+  private final long startMillis;
+
   private TransactionEventTable eventTables;
 
-  private transient TransactionEventBeans eventBeans;
+  private transient List<PersistRequestBean<?>> listenerNotify;
 
   private transient DeleteByIdMap deleteByIdMap;
 
+  private transient CacheChangeSet changeSet;
+
   /**
    * Create the TransactionEvent, one per Transaction.
    */
-  public TransactionEvent() {
+  public TransactionEvent(long startMillis) {
+    this.startMillis = startMillis;
     this.local = true;
   }
 
@@ -69,8 +77,8 @@ public class TransactionEvent implements Serializable {
   /**
    * Return the list of PersistRequestBean's for this transaction.
    */
-  public List<PersistRequestBean<?>> getPersistRequestBeans() {
-    return (eventBeans == null) ? null : eventBeans.getRequests();
+  public List<PersistRequestBean<?>> getListenerNotify() {
+    return (listenerNotify == null) ? null : listenerNotify;
   }
 
   public TransactionEventTable getEventTables() {
@@ -92,26 +100,33 @@ public class TransactionEvent implements Serializable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Add a inserted updated or deleted bean to the event.
+   * Add post commit listeners. Watch this for large transactions.
    */
-  public void add(PersistRequestBean<?> request) {
-
-    if (request.isNotify()) {
-      // either a BeanListener or Cache is interested
-      if (eventBeans == null) {
-        eventBeans = new TransactionEventBeans();
-      }
-      eventBeans.add(request);
+  public void addListenerNotify(PersistRequestBean<?> request) {
+    if (listenerNotify == null) {
+      listenerNotify = new ArrayList<>();
     }
+    listenerNotify.add(request);
   }
 
   /**
    * Build and return the cache changeSet.
    */
-  public CacheChangeSet buildCacheChanges(boolean viewInvalidation) {
-    CacheChangeSet changeSet = new CacheChangeSet(viewInvalidation);
-    if (eventBeans != null) {
-      eventBeans.notifyCache(changeSet);
+  public CacheChangeSet buildCacheChanges(TransactionManager manager) {
+
+    if (changeSet == null && deleteByIdMap == null && eventTables == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if (changeSet == null) {
+      changeSet = new CacheChangeSet(manager.clockNowMillis());
+    }
+    if (eventTables != null && !eventTables.isEmpty()) {
+      // notify cache with table based changes
+      BeanDescriptorManager dm = manager.getBeanDescriptorManager();
+      for (TransactionEventTable.TableIUD tableIUD : eventTables.values()) {
+        dm.cacheNotify(tableIUD, changeSet);
+      }
     }
     if (deleteByIdMap != null) {
       deleteByIdMap.notifyCache(changeSet);
@@ -123,12 +138,25 @@ public class TransactionEvent implements Serializable {
    * Add any relevant PersistRequestBean's to DocStoreUpdates for later processing.
    */
   public void addDocStoreUpdates(DocStoreUpdates docStoreUpdates) {
-
-    List<PersistRequestBean<?>> persistRequestBeans = getPersistRequestBeans();
-    if (persistRequestBeans != null) {
-      for (PersistRequestBean<?> persistRequestBean : persistRequestBeans) {
+    List<PersistRequestBean<?>> requests = getListenerNotify();
+    if (requests != null) {
+      for (PersistRequestBean<?> persistRequestBean : requests) {
         persistRequestBean.addDocStoreUpdates(docStoreUpdates);
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the CacheChangeSet that we add cache notification messages to.
+   *
+   * We want to add to this change set as we process requests allowing the
+   * PersistRequestBean to be garbage collected for large transactions.
+   */
+  public CacheChangeSet obtainCacheChangeSet() {
+    if (changeSet == null) {
+      changeSet = new CacheChangeSet(startMillis);
+    }
+    return changeSet;
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TransactionEventBeans.java

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-package io.ebeaninternal.api;
-
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.cache.CacheChangeSet;
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.core.PersistRequestBean;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-/**
- * Lists of inserted updated and deleted beans that have a BeanPersistListener.
- * <p>
- * These beans will be sent to the appropriate BeanListeners after a successful
- * commit of the transaction.
- * </p>
- */
-public class TransactionEventBeans {
-
-  final ArrayList<PersistRequestBean<?>> requests = new ArrayList<>();
-
-  /**
-   * Return the list of PersistRequests that BeanListeners are interested in.
-   */
-  public List<PersistRequestBean<?>> getRequests() {
-    return requests;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Add a bean for BeanListener notification.
-   */
-  public void add(PersistRequestBean<?> request) {
-
-    requests.add(request);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Collect the cache changes.
-   */
-  public void notifyCache(CacheChangeSet changeSet) {
-    for (PersistRequestBean<?> request : requests) {
-      request.notifyCache(changeSet);
-    }
-  }
-
-}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TransactionEventTable.java

@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.api;
 
 import io.ebean.event.BulkTableEvent;
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.cluster.BinaryMessage;
-import io.ebeaninternal.server.cluster.BinaryMessageList;
 
-import java.io.DataInput;
 import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
@@ -12,7 +9,7 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
+public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable, BinaryWritable {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 2236555729767483264L;
 
@@ -23,20 +20,13 @@ public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
     return "TransactionEventTable " + map.values();
   }
 
-  public void writeBinaryMessage(BinaryMessageList msgList) throws IOException {
-
+  @Override
+  public void writeBinary(BinaryWriteContext out) throws IOException {
     for (TableIUD tableIud : map.values()) {
-      tableIud.writeBinaryMessage(msgList);
+      tableIud.writeBinary(out);
     }
   }
 
-  public void readBinaryMessage(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
-
-    TableIUD tableIud = TableIUD.readBinaryMessage(dataInput);
-    map.put(tableIud.getTableName(), tableIud);
-  }
-
-
   public void add(TransactionEventTable table) {
 
     for (TableIUD iud : table.values()) {
@@ -47,7 +37,6 @@ public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
   public void add(String table, boolean insert, boolean update, boolean delete) {
 
     table = table.toUpperCase();
-
     add(new TableIUD(table, insert, update, delete));
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +56,7 @@ public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
     return map.values();
   }
 
-  public static class TableIUD implements Serializable, BulkTableEvent {
+  public static class TableIUD implements Serializable, BulkTableEvent, BinaryWritable {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -1958317571064162089L;
 
@@ -83,7 +72,7 @@ public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
       this.delete = delete;
     }
 
-    public static TableIUD readBinaryMessage(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
+    public static TableIUD readBinaryMessage(BinaryReadContext dataInput) throws IOException {
 
       String table = dataInput.readUTF();
       boolean insert = dataInput.readBoolean();
@@ -93,17 +82,13 @@ public final class TransactionEventTable implements Serializable {
       return new TableIUD(table, insert, update, delete);
     }
 
-    public void writeBinaryMessage(BinaryMessageList msgList) throws IOException {
-
-      BinaryMessage msg = new BinaryMessage(table.length() + 10);
-      DataOutputStream os = msg.getOs();
-      os.writeInt(BinaryMessage.TYPE_TABLEIUD);
+    @Override
+    public void writeBinary(BinaryWriteContext out) throws IOException {
+      DataOutputStream os = out.start(TYPE_TABLEIUD);
       os.writeUTF(table);
       os.writeBoolean(insert);
       os.writeBoolean(update);
       os.writeBoolean(delete);
-
-      msgList.add(msg);
     }
 
     @Override

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/api/TxnProfileEventCodes.java

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public interface TxnProfileEventCodes {
   String EVT_INSERT = "i";
   String EVT_UPDATE = "u";
   String EVT_DELETE = "d";
-  String EVT_SOFT_DELETE = "ds";
+  String EVT_DELETE_SOFT = "ds";
   String EVT_DELETE_PERMANENT = "dp";
   String EVT_ORMUPDATE = "uo";
   String FIND_UPDATE = "uq";

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/DdlGenerator.java

@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration;
 
-import io.ebean.Transaction;
+import io.ebean.config.DbMigrationConfig;
 import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
-import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.CurrentModel;
-import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
-import io.ebeaninternal.extraddl.model.ExtraDdlXmlReader;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import io.ebean.migration.ddl.DdlRunner;
+import io.ebean.migration.runner.ScriptTransform;
+import io.ebean.util.JdbcClose;
+import io.ebeaninternal.api.SpiEbeanServer;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.CurrentModel;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.MTable;
+import io.ebeaninternal.extraddl.model.ExtraDdlXmlReader;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.deploy.PartitionMeta;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -38,6 +43,8 @@ public class DdlGenerator {
   private final boolean createOnly;
   private final boolean jaxbPresent;
   private final boolean ddlCommitOnCreateIndex;
+  private final String dbSchema;
+  private final ScriptTransform scriptTransform;
 
   private CurrentModel currentModel;
   private String dropAllContent;
@@ -48,6 +55,7 @@ public class DdlGenerator {
     this.jaxbPresent = serverConfig.getClassLoadConfig().isJavaxJAXBPresent();
     this.generateDdl = serverConfig.isDdlGenerate();
     this.createOnly = serverConfig.isDdlCreateOnly();
+    this.dbSchema = serverConfig.getDbSchema();
     if (!serverConfig.getTenantMode().isDdlEnabled() && serverConfig.isDdlRun()) {
       log.warn("DDL can't be run on startup with TenantMode " + serverConfig.getTenantMode());
       this.runDdl = false;
@@ -56,6 +64,7 @@ public class DdlGenerator {
       this.runDdl = serverConfig.isDdlRun();
       this.ddlCommitOnCreateIndex = server.getDatabasePlatform().isDdlCommitOnCreateIndex();
     }
+    this.scriptTransform = createScriptTransform(serverConfig.getMigrationConfig());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -85,98 +94,164 @@ public class DdlGenerator {
    * Run the DDL drop and DDL create scripts if properties have been set.
    */
   protected void runDdl() {
-
     if (runDdl) {
+      Connection connection = null;
       try {
-        runInitSql();
-        runDropSql();
-        runCreateSql();
-        runSeedSql();
-
-      } catch (IOException e) {
-        String msg = "Error reading drop/create script from file system";
-        throw new RuntimeException(msg, e);
+        connection = obtainConnection();
+        runDdlWith(connection);
+      } finally {
+        JdbcClose.rollback(connection);
+        JdbcClose.close(connection);
       }
     }
   }
 
+  private void runDdlWith(Connection connection) {
+    try {
+      if (dbSchema != null) {
+        createSchemaIfRequired(connection);
+      }
+      runInitSql(connection);
+      runDropSql(connection);
+      runCreateSql(connection);
+      runSeedSql(connection);
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Error reading drop/create script from file system", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private Connection obtainConnection() {
+    try {
+      return server.getPluginApi().getDataSource().getConnection();
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      throw new PersistenceException("Failed to obtain connection to run DDL", e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void createSchemaIfRequired(Connection connection) {
+    try {
+      for (String schema : dbSchema.split(",")) {
+        server.getDatabasePlatform().createSchemaIfNotExists(schema, connection);
+      }
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      throw new PersistenceException("Failed to create DB Schema", e);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Execute all the DDL statements in the script.
    */
-  public int runScript(boolean expectErrors, String content, String scriptName) {
+  public int runScript(Connection connection, boolean expectErrors, String content, String scriptName) {
 
     DdlRunner runner = new DdlRunner(expectErrors, scriptName);
-
-    Transaction transaction = server.createTransaction();
-    Connection connection = transaction.getConnection();
     try {
       if (expectErrors) {
         connection.setAutoCommit(true);
       } else if (ddlCommitOnCreateIndex) {
         runner.setCommitOnCreateIndex();
       }
-      int count = runner.runAll(content, connection);
+      int count = runner.runAll(scriptTransform.transform(content), connection);
       if (expectErrors) {
         connection.setAutoCommit(false);
       }
-      transaction.commit();
+      connection.commit();
       return count;
 
     } catch (SQLException e) {
       throw new PersistenceException("Failed to run script", e);
-
     } finally {
-      transaction.end();
+      JdbcClose.rollback(connection);
     }
   }
 
-  protected void runDropSql() throws IOException {
+  protected void runDropSql(Connection connection) throws IOException {
     if (!createOnly) {
       String ignoreExtraDdl = System.getProperty("ebean.ignoreExtraDdl");
       if (!"true".equalsIgnoreCase(ignoreExtraDdl) && jaxbPresent) {
         String extraApply = ExtraDdlXmlReader.buildExtra(server.getDatabasePlatform().getName(), true);
         if (extraApply != null) {
-          runScript(false, extraApply, "extra-dll");
+          runScript(connection, false, extraApply, "extra-ddl");
         }
       }
 
       if (dropAllContent == null) {
         dropAllContent = readFile(getDropFileName());
       }
-      runScript(true, dropAllContent, getDropFileName());
+      runScript(connection, true, dropAllContent, getDropFileName());
     }
   }
 
-  protected void runCreateSql() throws IOException {
+  protected void runCreateSql(Connection connection) throws IOException {
     if (createAllContent == null) {
       createAllContent = readFile(getCreateFileName());
     }
-    runScript(false, createAllContent, getCreateFileName());
+    runScript(connection, false, createAllContent, getCreateFileName());
 
     String ignoreExtraDdl = System.getProperty("ebean.ignoreExtraDdl");
     if (!"true".equalsIgnoreCase(ignoreExtraDdl) && jaxbPresent) {
+      if (currentModel.isTablePartitioning()) {
+        String extraPartitioning = ExtraDdlXmlReader.buildPartitioning(server.getDatabasePlatform().getName());
+        if (extraPartitioning != null && !extraPartitioning.isEmpty()) {
+          runScript(connection, false, extraPartitioning, "builtin-partitioning-ddl");
+        }
+      }
+
       String extraApply = ExtraDdlXmlReader.buildExtra(server.getDatabasePlatform().getName(), false);
       if (extraApply != null) {
-        runScript(false, extraApply, "extra-dll");
+        runScript(connection, false, extraApply, "extra-ddl");
+      }
+
+      if (currentModel.isTablePartitioning()) {
+        checkInitialTablePartitions(connection);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  protected void runInitSql() throws IOException {
-    runResourceScript(server.getServerConfig().getDdlInitSql());
+  /**
+   * Check if table partitions exist and if not create some. The expectation is that
+   * extra-ddl.xml should have some partition initialisation but this helps people get going.
+   */
+  private void checkInitialTablePartitions(Connection connection) {
+
+    DatabasePlatform databasePlatform = server.getDatabasePlatform();
+    try {
+      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+      for (MTable table : currentModel.getPartitionedTables()) {
+        String tableName = table.getName();
+        if (!databasePlatform.tablePartitionsExist(connection, tableName)) {
+          log.info("No table partitions for table {}", tableName);
+          PartitionMeta meta = table.getPartitionMeta();
+          String initPart = databasePlatform.tablePartitionInit(tableName, meta.getMode(), meta.getProperty(), table.singlePrimaryKey());
+          sb.append(initPart).append("\n");
+        }
+      }
+
+      String initialPartitionSql = sb.toString();
+      if (!initialPartitionSql.isEmpty()) {
+        runScript(connection, false, initialPartitionSql, "initial table partitions");
+      }
+
+    } catch (SQLException e) {
+      log.error("Error checking initial table partitions", e);
+    }
   }
 
-  protected void runSeedSql() throws IOException {
-    runResourceScript(server.getServerConfig().getDdlSeedSql());
+  protected void runInitSql(Connection connection) throws IOException {
+    runResourceScript(connection, server.getServerConfig().getDdlInitSql());
   }
 
-  protected void runResourceScript(String sqlScript) throws IOException {
+  protected void runSeedSql(Connection connection) throws IOException {
+    runResourceScript(connection, server.getServerConfig().getDdlSeedSql());
+  }
+
+  protected void runResourceScript(Connection connection, String sqlScript) throws IOException {
 
     if (sqlScript != null) {
-      InputStream is = getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(sqlScript);
-      if (is != null) {
-        String content = readContent(new InputStreamReader(is));
-        runScript(false, content, sqlScript);
+      try (InputStream is = getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(sqlScript)) {
+        if (is != null) {
+          String content = readContent(new InputStreamReader(is));
+          runScript(connection,  false, content, sqlScript);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -273,8 +348,15 @@ public class DdlGenerator {
         buf.append(s).append("\n");
       }
       return buf.toString();
-
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Create the ScriptTransform for placeholder key/value replacement.
+   */
+  private ScriptTransform createScriptTransform(DbMigrationConfig config) {
+
+    return ScriptTransform.build(config.getRunPlaceholders(), config.getRunPlaceholderMap());
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/DefaultDbMigration.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.db2.DB2Platform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.h2.H2Platform;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hana.HanaPlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.hsqldb.HsqldbPlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.mysql.MySqlPlatform;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.oracle.OraclePlatform;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  *
  *       DbMigration migration = DbMigration.create();
  *       migration.setPathToResources("src/main/resources");
- *       migration.setPlatform(DbPlatformName.ORACLE);
+ *       migration.setPlatform(Platform.POSTGRES);
  *
  *       migration.generateMigration();
  *
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
 
-  protected static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultDbMigration.class);
+  protected static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger("io.ebean.GenerateMigration");
 
   private static final String initialVersion = "1.0";
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
 
   protected DatabasePlatform databasePlatform;
 
+  private boolean vanillaPlatform;
+
   protected List<Pair> platforms = new ArrayList<>();
 
   protected ServerConfig serverConfig;
@@ -91,6 +94,14 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
   protected DbConstraintNaming constraintNaming;
 
   protected Boolean strictMode;
+  protected Boolean includeGeneratedFileComment;
+  protected String header;
+  protected String applyPrefix;
+  protected String version;
+  protected String name;
+  protected String generatePendingDrop;
+
+  protected boolean includeBuiltInPartitioning = true;
 
   /**
    * Create for offline migration generation.
@@ -148,6 +159,41 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     this.strictMode = strictMode;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setApplyPrefix(String applyPrefix) {
+    this.applyPrefix = applyPrefix;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setVersion(String version) {
+    this.version = version;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setGeneratePendingDrop(String generatePendingDrop) {
+    this.generatePendingDrop = generatePendingDrop;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setIncludeGeneratedFileComment(boolean includeGeneratedFileComment) {
+    this.includeGeneratedFileComment = includeGeneratedFileComment;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setIncludeBuiltInPartitioning(boolean includeBuiltInPartitioning) {
+    this.includeBuiltInPartitioning = includeBuiltInPartitioning;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setHeader(String header) {
+    this.header = header;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Set the specific platform to generate DDL for.
    * <p>
@@ -156,6 +202,7 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
    */
   @Override
   public void setPlatform(Platform platform) {
+    vanillaPlatform = true;
     setPlatform(getPlatform(platform));
   }
 
@@ -219,6 +266,7 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
    *       migration.generateMigration();
    *
    * }</pre>
+   *
    * @return the generated migration or null
    */
   @Override
@@ -240,7 +288,13 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     try {
       Request request = createRequest();
       if (platforms.isEmpty()) {
-        generateExtraDdl(request.migrationDir, databasePlatform);
+        generateExtraDdl(request.migrationDir, databasePlatform, request.isTablePartitioning());
+      } else {
+        for (Pair pair : platforms) {
+          PlatformDdlWriter platformWriter = createDdlWriter(pair.platform);
+          File subPath = platformWriter.subPath(request.migrationDir, pair.prefix);
+          generateExtraDdl(subPath, pair.platform, request.isTablePartitioning());
+        }
       }
 
       String pendingVersion = generatePendingDrop();
@@ -257,6 +311,24 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the versions containing pending drops.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public List<String> getPendingDrops() {
+    if (!online) {
+      DbOffline.setGenerateMigration();
+    }
+    setDefaults();
+    try {
+      return createRequest().getPendingDrops();
+    } finally {
+      if (!online) {
+        DbOffline.reset();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Load the configuration for each of the target platforms.
    */
@@ -270,21 +342,28 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
   /**
    * Generate "repeatable" migration scripts.
    * <p>
-   * These take scrips from extra-dll.xml (typically views) and outputs "repeatable"
+   * These take scrips from extra-ddl.xml (typically views) and outputs "repeatable"
    * migration scripts (starting with "R__") to be run by FlywayDb or Ebean's own
    * migration runner.
    * </p>
    */
-  private void generateExtraDdl(File migrationDir, DatabasePlatform dbPlatform) throws IOException {
+  private void generateExtraDdl(File migrationDir, DatabasePlatform dbPlatform, boolean tablePartitioning) throws IOException {
 
     if (dbPlatform != null) {
-      ExtraDdl extraDdl = ExtraDdlXmlReader.read("/extra-ddl.xml");
-      if (extraDdl != null) {
-        List<DdlScript> ddlScript = extraDdl.getDdlScript();
-        for (DdlScript script : ddlScript) {
-          if (!script.isDrop() && ExtraDdlXmlReader.matchPlatform(dbPlatform.getName(), script.getPlatforms())) {
-            writeExtraDdl(migrationDir, script);
-          }
+      if (tablePartitioning && includeBuiltInPartitioning) {
+        generateExtraDdlFor(migrationDir, dbPlatform, ExtraDdlXmlReader.readBuiltinTablePartitioning());
+      }
+      generateExtraDdlFor(migrationDir, dbPlatform, ExtraDdlXmlReader.readBuiltin());
+      generateExtraDdlFor(migrationDir, dbPlatform, ExtraDdlXmlReader.read());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void generateExtraDdlFor(File migrationDir, DatabasePlatform dbPlatform, ExtraDdl extraDdl) throws IOException {
+    if (extraDdl != null) {
+      List<DdlScript> ddlScript = extraDdl.getDdlScript();
+      for (DdlScript script : ddlScript) {
+        if (!script.isDrop() && ExtraDdlXmlReader.matchPlatform(dbPlatform.getName(), script.getPlatforms())) {
+          writeExtraDdl(migrationDir, script);
         }
       }
     }
@@ -295,7 +374,7 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
    */
   private void writeExtraDdl(File migrationDir, DdlScript script) throws IOException {
 
-    String fullName = repeatableMigrationName(script.getName());
+    String fullName = repeatableMigrationName(script.isInit(), script.getName());
 
     logger.info("writing repeatable script {}", fullName);
 
@@ -306,8 +385,16 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     }
   }
 
-  private String repeatableMigrationName(String scriptName) {
-    return "R__" + scriptName.replace(' ', '_') + migrationConfig.getApplySuffix();
+  private String repeatableMigrationName(boolean init, String scriptName) {
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    if (init) {
+      sb.append("I__");
+    } else {
+      sb.append("R__");
+    }
+    sb.append(scriptName.replace(' ', '_'));
+    sb.append(migrationConfig.getApplySuffix());
+    return sb.toString();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -368,6 +455,10 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
       this.current = currentModel.read();
     }
 
+    boolean isTablePartitioning() {
+      return current.isTablePartitioning();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the migration for the pending drops for a given version.
      */
@@ -429,7 +520,7 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     if (nextDrop != null) {
       return nextDrop;
     }
-    return migrationConfig.getGeneratePendingDrop();
+    return generatePendingDrop;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -439,14 +530,15 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
    */
   private String getFullVersion(MigrationModel migrationModel, String dropsFor) {
 
-    String version = migrationConfig.getVersion();
+    String version = getVersion();
     if (version == null) {
       version = migrationModel.getNextVersion(initialVersion);
     }
 
     String fullVersion = migrationConfig.getApplyPrefix() + version;
-    if (migrationConfig.getName() != null) {
-      fullVersion += "__" + toUnderScore(migrationConfig.getName());
+    String name = getName();
+    if (name != null) {
+      fullVersion += "__" + toUnderScore(name);
 
     } else if (dropsFor != null) {
       fullVersion += "__" + toUnderScore("dropsFor_" + MigrationVersion.trim(dropsFor));
@@ -474,8 +566,6 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
       PlatformDdlWriter platformWriter = createDdlWriter(pair.platform);
       File subPath = platformWriter.subPath(writePath, pair.prefix);
       platformWriter.processMigration(dbMigration, platformBuffer, subPath, fullVersion);
-
-      generateExtraDdl(subPath, pair.platform);
     }
   }
 
@@ -493,7 +583,7 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     if (file.exists()) {
       return false;
     }
-    String comment = migrationConfig.isIncludeGeneratedFileComment() ? GENERATED_COMMENT : null;
+    String comment = Boolean.TRUE.equals(includeGeneratedFileComment) ? GENERATED_COMMENT : null;
     MigrationXmlWriter xmlWriter = new MigrationXmlWriter(comment);
     xmlWriter.write(dbMigration, file);
     return true;
@@ -506,17 +596,81 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
     if (server == null) {
       setServer(Ebean.getDefaultServer());
     }
-    if (databasePlatform == null && platforms.isEmpty()) {
-      // not explicitly set not set a list of platforms so
-      // default to the platform of the default server
+    if (vanillaPlatform || databasePlatform == null) {
+      // not explicitly set so use the platform of the server
       databasePlatform = server.getDatabasePlatform();
-      logger.debug("set platform to {}", databasePlatform.getName());
+      logger.trace("set platform to {}", databasePlatform.getName());
     }
-    if (strictMode != null && migrationConfig != null) {
-      migrationConfig.setStrictMode(strictMode);
+    if (migrationConfig != null) {
+      if (strictMode != null) {
+        migrationConfig.setStrictMode(strictMode);
+      }
+      if (applyPrefix != null) {
+        migrationConfig.setApplyPrefix(applyPrefix);
+      }
+      if (header != null) {
+        migrationConfig.setDdlHeader(header);
+      }
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the migration version (typically FlywayDb compatible).
+   * <p>
+   * Example: 1.1.1_2
+   * <p>
+   * The version is expected to be the combination of the current pom version plus
+   * a 'feature' id. The combined version must be unique and ordered to work with
+   * FlywayDb so each developer sets a unique version so that the migration script
+   * generated is unique (typically just prior to being submitted as a merge request).
+   */
+  private String getVersion() {
+    String envVersion = readEnvironment("ddl.migration.version");
+    if (!isEmpty(envVersion)) {
+      return envVersion.trim();
+    }
+    return version;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the migration name which is short description text that can be appended to
+   * the migration version to become the ddl script file name.
+   * <p>
+   * So if the name is "a foo table" then the ddl script file could be:
+   * "1.1.1_2__a-foo-table.sql"
+   * </p>
+   * <p>
+   * When the DB migration relates to a git feature (merge request) then this description text
+   * is a short description of the feature.
+   * </p>
+   */
+  private String getName() {
+    String envName = readEnvironment("ddl.migration.name");
+    if (!isEmpty(envName)) {
+      return envName.trim();
+    }
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return true if the string is null or empty.
+   */
+  private boolean isEmpty(String val) {
+    return val == null || val.trim().isEmpty();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the system or environment property.
+   */
+  private String readEnvironment(String key) {
+
+    String val = System.getProperty(key);
+    if (val == null) {
+      val = System.getenv(key);
+    }
+    return val;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Return the file path to write the xml and sql to.
    */
@@ -578,6 +732,8 @@ public class DefaultDbMigration implements DbMigration {
         return new DB2Platform();
       case SQLITE:
         return new SQLitePlatform();
+      case HANA:
+        return new HanaPlatform();
       case GENERIC:
         return new DatabasePlatform();
 

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/BaseDdlHandler.java

@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@ public class BaseDdlHandler implements DdlHandler {
   protected final TableDdl tableDdl;
 
   public BaseDdlHandler(ServerConfig serverConfig, PlatformDdl platformDdl) {
-    this.tableDdl = new BaseTableDdl(serverConfig, platformDdl);
+    this(serverConfig, platformDdl, new BaseTableDdl(serverConfig, platformDdl));
+  }
+  
+  protected BaseDdlHandler(ServerConfig serverConfig, PlatformDdl platformDdl, TableDdl tableDdl) {
+    this.tableDdl = tableDdl;
   }
 
   @Override

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/DdlWrite.java

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ public class DdlWrite {
 
   private final DdlBuffer applyForeignKeys;
 
-  private final DdlBuffer applyHistory;
+  private final DdlBuffer applyHistoryView;
+
+  private final DdlBuffer applyHistoryTrigger;
 
   private final DdlBuffer dropAllForeignKeys;
 
@@ -39,7 +41,8 @@ public class DdlWrite {
     this.applyDropDependencies = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
     this.apply = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
     this.applyForeignKeys = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
-    this.applyHistory = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
+    this.applyHistoryView = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
+    this.applyHistoryTrigger = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
     this.dropAllForeignKeys = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
     this.dropAll = new BaseDdlBuffer(configuration);
   }
@@ -61,7 +64,8 @@ public class DdlWrite {
   public boolean isApplyEmpty() {
     return apply.getBuffer().isEmpty()
       && applyForeignKeys.getBuffer().isEmpty()
-      && applyHistory.getBuffer().isEmpty()
+      && applyHistoryView.getBuffer().isEmpty()
+      && applyHistoryTrigger.getBuffer().isEmpty()
       && applyDropDependencies.getBuffer().isEmpty();
   }
 
@@ -90,10 +94,17 @@ public class DdlWrite {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the buffer that apply history DDL is written to.
+   * Return the buffer that apply history-view DDL is written to.
    */
-  public DdlBuffer applyHistory() {
-    return applyHistory;
+  public DdlBuffer applyHistoryView() {
+    return applyHistoryView;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Return the buffer that apply history-trigger DDL is written to.
+   */
+  public DdlBuffer applyHistoryTrigger() {
+    return applyHistoryTrigger;
   }
 
   /**

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/AbstractHanaDdl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,225 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DbPlatformType;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlBuffer;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlHandler;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterColumn;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public abstract class AbstractHanaDdl extends PlatformDdl {
+
+  private static final Pattern ARRAY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("(\\w+)\\s*\\[\\s*\\]\\s*(\\(\\d+\\))?", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+
+  public AbstractHanaDdl(DatabasePlatform platform) {
+    super(platform);
+    this.addColumn = "add (";
+    this.addColumnSuffix = ")";
+    this.alterColumn = "alter (";
+    this.alterColumnSuffix = ")";
+    this.columnDropDefault = " default null";
+    this.columnSetDefault = " default";
+    this.columnSetNotnull = " not null";
+    this.columnSetNull = " null";
+    this.dropColumn = "drop (";
+    this.dropColumnSuffix = ")";
+    this.dropConstraintIfExists = "drop constraint ";
+    this.dropIndexIfExists = "drop index ";
+    this.dropSequenceIfExists = "drop sequence ";
+    this.dropTableCascade = " cascade";
+    this.dropTableIfExists = "drop table ";
+    this.fallbackArrayType = "nvarchar(1000)";
+    this.historyDdl = new HanaHistoryDdl();
+    this.identitySuffix = " generated by default as identity";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterColumnBaseAttributes(AlterColumn alter) {
+    String tableName = alter.getTableName();
+    String columnName = alter.getColumnName();
+    String currentType = alter.getCurrentType();
+    String type = alter.getType() != null ? alter.getType() : currentType;
+    type = convert(type, false);
+    currentType = convert(currentType, false);
+    boolean notnull = (alter.isNotnull() != null) ? alter.isNotnull() : Boolean.TRUE.equals(alter.isCurrentNotnull());
+    String notnullClause = notnull ? " not null" : "";
+    String defaultValue = DdlHelp.isDropDefault(alter.getDefaultValue()) ? "null"
+      : (alter.getDefaultValue() != null ? alter.getDefaultValue() : alter.getCurrentDefaultValue());
+    String defaultValueClause = (defaultValue == null || defaultValue.isEmpty()) ? "" : " default " + defaultValue;
+
+    try {
+      DdlBuffer buffer = new BaseDdlBuffer(null);
+      if (!isConvertible(currentType, type)) {
+        // add an intermediate conversion if possible
+        if (isNumberType(currentType)) {
+          // numbers can always be converted to decimal
+          buffer.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" ").append(alterColumn).append(" ").append(columnName)
+            .append(" decimal ").append(defaultValueClause).append(notnullClause).append(alterColumnSuffix)
+            .endOfStatement();
+
+        } else if (isStringType(currentType)) {
+          // strings can always be converted to nclob
+          buffer.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" ").append(alterColumn).append(" ").append(columnName)
+            .append(" nclob ").append(defaultValueClause).append(notnullClause).append(alterColumnSuffix)
+            .endOfStatement();
+        }
+      }
+
+      buffer.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" ").append(alterColumn).append(" ").append(columnName)
+        .append(" ").append(type).append(defaultValueClause).append(notnullClause).append(alterColumnSuffix);
+
+      return buffer.getBuffer();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterColumnDefaultValue(String tableName, String columnName, String defaultValue) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterColumnNotnull(String tableName, String columnName, boolean notnull) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public DdlHandler createDdlHandler(ServerConfig serverConfig) {
+    return new HanaDdlHandler(serverConfig, this);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterColumnType(String tableName, String columnName, String type) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String convertArrayType(String logicalArrayType) {
+    Matcher matcher = ARRAY_PATTERN.matcher(logicalArrayType);
+    if (matcher.matches()) {
+      return convert(matcher.group(1), false) + " array" + (matcher.group(2) == null ? "" : matcher.group(2));
+    } else {
+      return fallbackArrayType;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterTableAddUniqueConstraint(String tableName, String uqName, String[] columns, String[] nullableColumns) {
+    if (nullableColumns == null || nullableColumns.length == 0) {
+      return super.alterTableAddUniqueConstraint(tableName, uqName, columns, nullableColumns);
+    } else {
+      return "-- cannot create unique index \"" + uqName + "\" on table \"" + tableName + "\" with nullable columns";
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterTableDropUniqueConstraint(String tableName, String uniqueConstraintName) {
+    DdlBuffer buffer = new BaseDdlBuffer(null);
+    try {
+      buffer.append("delimiter $$").newLine();
+      buffer.append("do").newLine();
+      buffer.append("begin").newLine();
+      buffer.append("declare exit handler for sql_error_code 397 begin end").endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("exec 'alter table ").append(tableName).append(" ").append(dropUniqueConstraint).append(" ")
+        .append(maxConstraintName(uniqueConstraintName)).append("'").endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("end").endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("$$");
+      return buffer.getBuffer();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String alterTableDropConstraint(String tableName, String constraintName) {
+    return alterTableDropUniqueConstraint(tableName, constraintName);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * It is rather complex to delete a column on HANA as there must not exist any
+   * foreign keys. That's why we call a user stored procedure here
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void alterTableDropColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, String columnName) throws IOException {
+    buffer.append("CALL usp_ebean_drop_column('").append(tableName).append("', '").append(columnName).append("')")
+      .endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if a data type can be converted to another data type. Data types can't
+   * be converted if the target type has a lower precision than the source type.
+   *
+   * @param sourceType The source data type
+   * @param targetType the target data type
+   * @return {@code true} if the type can be converted, {@code false} otherwise
+   */
+  private boolean isConvertible(String sourceType, String targetType) {
+    if (Objects.equals(sourceType, targetType)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if (sourceType == null || targetType == null) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    if ("bigint".equals(sourceType)) {
+      if ("integer".equals(targetType) || "smallint".equals(targetType) || "tinyint".equals(targetType)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else if ("integer".equals(sourceType)) {
+      if ("smallint".equals(targetType) || "tinyint".equals(targetType)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else if ("smallint".equals(sourceType)) {
+      if ("tinyint".equals(targetType)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else if ("double".equals(sourceType)) {
+      if ("real".equals(targetType)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+
+    DbPlatformType dbPlatformSourceType = DbPlatformType.parse(sourceType);
+
+    if ("float".equals(dbPlatformSourceType.getName())) {
+      if ("real".equals(targetType)) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    } else if ("varchar".equals(dbPlatformSourceType.getName()) || "nvarchar".equals(dbPlatformSourceType.getName())) {
+      DbPlatformType dbPlatformTargetType = DbPlatformType.parse(targetType);
+      if ("varchar".equals(dbPlatformTargetType.getName()) || "nvarchar".equals(dbPlatformTargetType.getName())) {
+        if (dbPlatformSourceType.getDefaultLength() > dbPlatformTargetType.getDefaultLength()) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+    } else if ("decimal".equals(dbPlatformSourceType.getName())) {
+      DbPlatformType dbPlatformTargetType = DbPlatformType.parse(targetType);
+      if ("decimal".equals(dbPlatformTargetType.getName())) {
+        if (dbPlatformSourceType.getDefaultLength() > dbPlatformTargetType.getDefaultLength()
+          || dbPlatformSourceType.getDefaultScale() > dbPlatformTargetType.getDefaultScale()) {
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isNumberType(String type) {
+    return type != null
+      && ("bigint".equals(type) || "integer".equals(type) || "smallint".equals(type) || "tinyint".equals(type)
+      || type.startsWith("float") || "real".equals(type) || "double".equals(type) || type.startsWith("decimal"));
+  }
+
+  private boolean isStringType(String type) {
+    return type != null
+      && (type.startsWith("varchar") || type.startsWith("nvarchar") || "clob".equals(type) || "nclob".equals(type));
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/BaseTableDdl.java

@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
 
+  enum HistorySupport {
+    NONE,
+    SQL2011,
+    TRIGGER_BASED
+  }
+
   protected final DbConstraintNaming naming;
 
   protected final NamingConvention namingConvention;
@@ -78,22 +84,23 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
 
   private boolean strictMode;
 
-  private final boolean sql2011History;
+  private final HistorySupport historySupport;
 
   /**
    * Helper class that is used to execute the migration ddl before and after the migration action.
    */
   private class DdlMigrationHelp {
-    private List<String> before;
-    private List<String> after;
-    private String tableName;
-    private String columnName;
-    private String defaultValue;
+    private final List<String> before;
+    private final List<String> after;
+    private final String tableName;
+    private final String columnName;
+    private final String defaultValue;
+    private final boolean withHistory;
 
     /**
      * Constructor for DdlMigrationHelp when adding a NEW column.
      */
-    DdlMigrationHelp(String tableName, Column column) {
+    DdlMigrationHelp(String tableName, Column column, boolean withHistory) {
       this.tableName = tableName;
       this.columnName = column.getName();
       this.defaultValue = platformDdl.convertDefaultValue(column.getDefaultValue());
@@ -105,6 +112,7 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
 
       before = getScriptsForPlatform(column.getBefore(), platformDdl.getPlatform().getName());
       after = getScriptsForPlatform(column.getAfter(), platformDdl.getPlatform().getName());
+      this.withHistory = withHistory;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
 
       boolean alterNotNull = Boolean.TRUE.equals(alter.isNotnull());
       // here we add the platform's default update script
+      withHistory = isTrue(alter.isWithHistory());
       if (alter.getBefore().isEmpty() && alterNotNull) {
         if (defaultValue == null) {
           handleStrictError(tableName, columnName);
@@ -134,6 +143,10 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
       if (!before.isEmpty()) {
         buffer.end();
       }
+
+      if (!before.isEmpty() && withHistory) {
+        buffer.append("-- NOTE: table has @History - special migration may be necessary").newLine();
+      }
       for (String ddlScript : before) {
         buffer.append(translate(ddlScript, tableName, columnName, this.defaultValue));
         buffer.endOfStatement();
@@ -141,6 +154,9 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     }
 
     void writeAfter(DdlBuffer buffer) throws IOException {
+      if (!after.isEmpty() && withHistory) {
+        buffer.append("-- NOTE: table has @History - special migration may be necessary").newLine();
+      }
       // here we run post migration scripts
       for (String ddlScript : after) {
         buffer.append(translate(ddlScript, tableName, columnName, defaultValue));
@@ -198,7 +214,11 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     this.platformDdl.configure(serverConfig);
     this.strictMode = serverConfig.getMigrationConfig().isStrictMode();
     DbHistorySupport hist = platformDdl.getPlatform().getHistorySupport();
-    this.sql2011History = hist != null && hist.isStandardsBased();
+    if (hist == null) {
+      this.historySupport = HistorySupport.NONE;
+    } else {
+      this.historySupport = hist.isStandardsBased() ? HistorySupport.SQL2011 : HistorySupport.TRIGGER_BASED;
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -237,15 +257,19 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
       useSequence = (IdType.SEQUENCE == useDbIdentityType);
     }
 
+    String partitionMode = createTable.getPartitionMode();
+
     DdlBuffer apply = writer.apply();
-    apply.append("create table ").append(tableName).append(" (");
+    apply.append(platformDdl.getCreateTableCommandPrefix()).append(" ").append(tableName).append(" (");
     writeTableColumns(apply, columns, useIdentity);
     writeCheckConstraints(apply, createTable);
     writeUniqueConstraints(apply, createTable);
     writeCompoundUniqueConstraints(apply, createTable);
     if (!pk.isEmpty()) {
       // defined on the columns
-      writePrimaryKeyConstraint(apply, createTable.getPkName(), toColumnNames(pk));
+      if (partitionMode == null || !platformDdl.suppressPrimaryKeyOnPartition()) {
+        writePrimaryKeyConstraint(apply, createTable.getPkName(), toColumnNames(pk));
+      }
     }
     if (platformDdl.isInlineForeignKeys()) {
       writeInlineForeignKeys(writer, createTable);
@@ -253,6 +277,9 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
 
     apply.newLine().append(")");
     addTableCommentInline(apply, createTable);
+    if (partitionMode != null) {
+      platformDdl.addTablePartition(apply, partitionMode, createTable.getPartitionColumn());
+    }
     apply.endOfStatement();
 
     addComments(apply, createTable);
@@ -700,8 +727,14 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
    */
   @Override
   public void generateEpilog(DdlWrite write) throws IOException {
-    for (HistoryTableUpdate update : this.regenerateHistoryTriggers.values()) {
-      platformDdl.regenerateHistoryTriggers(write, update);
+    if (!regenerateHistoryTriggers.isEmpty()) {
+      platformDdl.lockTables(write.applyHistoryTrigger(), regenerateHistoryTriggers.keySet());
+
+      for (HistoryTableUpdate update : this.regenerateHistoryTriggers.values()) {
+        platformDdl.regenerateHistoryTriggers(write, update);
+      }
+
+      platformDdl.unlockTables(write.applyHistoryTrigger(), regenerateHistoryTriggers.keySet());
     }
     platformDdl.generateEpilog(write);
   }
@@ -722,15 +755,15 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     String tableName = addColumn.getTableName();
     List<Column> columns = addColumn.getColumn();
     for (Column column : columns) {
-      alterTableAddColumn(writer.apply(), tableName, column, false);
+      alterTableAddColumn(writer.apply(), tableName, column, false, isTrue(addColumn.isWithHistory()));
     }
 
-    if (isTrue(addColumn.isWithHistory()) && !sql2011History) {
+    if (isTrue(addColumn.isWithHistory()) && historySupport == HistorySupport.TRIGGER_BASED) {
       // make same changes to the history table
       String historyTable = historyTable(tableName);
       for (Column column : columns) {
         regenerateHistoryTriggers(tableName, HistoryTableUpdate.Change.ADD, column.getName());
-        alterTableAddColumn(writer.apply(), historyTable, column, true);
+        alterTableAddColumn(writer.apply(), historyTable, column, true, true);
       }
     }
 
@@ -771,7 +804,8 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     String tableName = dropColumn.getTableName();
 
     alterTableDropColumn(writer.apply(), tableName, dropColumn.getColumnName());
-    if (isTrue(dropColumn.isWithHistory()) && !sql2011History) {
+
+    if (isTrue(dropColumn.isWithHistory())  && historySupport == HistorySupport.TRIGGER_BASED) {
       // also drop from the history table
       regenerateHistoryTriggers(tableName, HistoryTableUpdate.Change.DROP, dropColumn.getColumnName());
       alterTableDropColumn(writer.apply(), historyTable(tableName), dropColumn.getColumnName());
@@ -813,12 +847,15 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     if (hasValue(alterColumn.getComment())) {
       alterColumnComment(writer, alterColumn);
     }
+    if (hasValue(alterColumn.getDropCheckConstraint())) {
+      dropCheckConstraint(writer, alterColumn, alterColumn.getDropCheckConstraint());
+    }
 
     boolean alterCheckConstraint = hasValue(alterColumn.getCheckConstraint());
 
     if (alterCheckConstraint) {
       // drop constraint before altering type etc
-      dropCheckConstraint(writer, alterColumn);
+      dropCheckConstraint(writer, alterColumn, alterColumn.getCheckConstraintName());
     }
     boolean alterBaseAttributes = false;
     if (hasValue(alterColumn.getType())) {
@@ -872,8 +909,9 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     if (hasValue(ddl)) {
       writer.apply().append(ddl).endOfStatement();
 
-      if (isTrue(alter.isWithHistory()) && alter.getType() != null && !sql2011History) {
+      if (isTrue(alter.isWithHistory()) && alter.getType() != null && historySupport == HistorySupport.TRIGGER_BASED) {
         // mysql and sql server column type change allowing nulls in the history table column
+        regenerateHistoryTriggers(alter.getTableName(), HistoryTableUpdate.Change.ALTER, alter.getColumnName());
         AlterColumn alterHistoryColumn = new AlterColumn();
         alterHistoryColumn.setTableName(historyTable(alter.getTableName()));
         alterHistoryColumn.setColumnName(alter.getColumnName());
@@ -894,9 +932,9 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     }
   }
 
-  protected void dropCheckConstraint(DdlWrite writer, AlterColumn alter) throws IOException {
+  protected void dropCheckConstraint(DdlWrite writer, AlterColumn alter, String constraintName) throws IOException {
 
-    String ddl = platformDdl.alterTableDropConstraint(alter.getTableName(), alter.getCheckConstraintName());
+    String ddl = platformDdl.alterTableDropConstraint(alter.getTableName(), constraintName);
     if (hasValue(ddl)) {
       writer.apply().append(ddl).endOfStatement();
     }
@@ -923,7 +961,8 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     String ddl = platformDdl.alterColumnType(alter.getTableName(), alter.getColumnName(), alter.getType());
     if (hasValue(ddl)) {
       writer.apply().append(ddl).endOfStatement();
-      if (isTrue(alter.isWithHistory()) && !sql2011History) {
+      if (isTrue(alter.isWithHistory()) && historySupport == HistorySupport.TRIGGER_BASED) {
+        regenerateHistoryTriggers(alter.getTableName(), HistoryTableUpdate.Change.ALTER, alter.getColumnName());
         // apply same type change to matching column in the history table
         ddl = platformDdl.alterColumnType(historyTable(alter.getTableName()), alter.getColumnName(), alter.getType());
         writer.apply().append(ddl).endOfStatement();
@@ -979,8 +1018,8 @@ public class BaseTableDdl implements TableDdl {
     platformDdl.alterTableDropColumn(buffer, tableName, columnName);
   }
 
-  protected void alterTableAddColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, Column column, boolean onHistoryTable) throws IOException {
-    DdlMigrationHelp help = new DdlMigrationHelp(tableName, column);
+  protected void alterTableAddColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, Column column, boolean onHistoryTable, boolean withHistory) throws IOException {
+    DdlMigrationHelp help = new DdlMigrationHelp(tableName, column, withHistory);
     if (!onHistoryTable) {
       help.writeBefore(buffer);
     }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl.java

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
    */
   protected void updateTriggers(DdlWrite writer, MTable table, HistoryTableUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    writer.applyHistory().append("-- changes: ").append(update.description()).newLine();
+    writer.applyHistoryTrigger().append("-- changes: ").append(update.description()).newLine();
 
     updateHistoryTriggers(createDbTriggerUpdate(writer, table));
   }
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
 
     String baseTableName = table.getName();
 
-    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryView();
 
     addSysPeriodColumns(apply, baseTableName, whenCreatedColumn);
     createHistoryTable(apply, table);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
 
   protected void createHistoryTable(DdlBuffer apply, MTable table) throws IOException {
 
-    apply.append("create table ").append(table.getName()).append(historySuffix).append("(").newLine();
+    apply.append(platformDdl.getCreateTableCommandPrefix()).append(" ").append(table.getName()).append(historySuffix).append("(").newLine();
 
     Collection<MColumn> cols = table.allColumns();
     for (MColumn column : cols) {
@@ -210,19 +210,19 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
       .endOfStatement().end();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Create or replace the with_history view with explicit columns.
-   */
-  protected void createWithHistoryView(DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    DdlBuffer apply = update.historyBuffer();
-    apply.append("create or replace view ").append(update.getBaseTable()).append(viewSuffix).append(" as select ");
-    appendColumnNames(apply, update.getColumns(), "");
-    appendSysPeriodColumns(apply, ", ");
-    apply.append(" from ").append(update.getBaseTable()).append(" union all select ");
-    appendColumnNames(apply, update.getColumns(), "");
-    appendSysPeriodColumns(apply, ", ");
-    apply.append(" from ").append(update.getHistoryTable()).endOfStatement().end();
+  /**
+   * For postgres/h2/mysql we need to drop and recreate the view. Well, we could add columns to the end of the view
+   * but otherwise we need to drop and create it.
+   */
+  protected void recreateHistoryView(DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
+
+    DdlBuffer buffer = update.dropDependencyBuffer();
+    // we need to drop the view early/first before any changes to the tables etc
+    buffer.append("drop view if exists ").append(update.getBaseTable()).append(viewSuffix).endOfStatement();
+
+    // recreate the view after all ddl modifications - the view requires ALL columns, also the historyExclude ones.
+    createWithHistoryView(update.historyViewBuffer(), update.getBaseTable());
   }
 
   protected void appendSysPeriodColumns(DdlBuffer apply, String prefix) throws IOException {
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ public abstract class DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
   }
 
   protected void dropSysPeriodColumns(DdlBuffer buffer, String baseTableName) throws IOException {
-    buffer.append("alter table ").append(baseTableName).append(" drop column ").append(sysPeriodStart).endOfStatement();
-    buffer.append("alter table ").append(baseTableName).append(" drop column ").append(sysPeriodEnd).endOfStatement();
+    platformDdl.alterTableDropColumn(buffer, baseTableName, sysPeriodStart);
+    platformDdl.alterTableDropColumn(buffer, baseTableName, sysPeriodEnd);
   }
 
   protected void appendInsertIntoHistory(DdlBuffer buffer, String historyTable, List<String> columns) throws IOException {

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/DbTriggerUpdate.java

@@ -28,10 +28,18 @@ public class DbTriggerUpdate {
   /**
    * Return the appropriate buffer for the current mode.
    */
-  public DdlBuffer historyBuffer() {
-    return writer.applyHistory();
+  public DdlBuffer historyViewBuffer() {
+    return writer.applyHistoryView();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the appropriate buffer for the current mode.
+   */
+  public DdlBuffer historyTriggerBuffer() {
+    return writer.applyHistoryTrigger();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * Return the appropriate drop dependency buffer for the current mode.
    */

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/H2HistoryDdl.java

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public class H2HistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
   private static final String TRIGGER_CLASS = H2HistoryTrigger.class.getName();
 
   public H2HistoryDdl() {
+    this.sysPeriodType = "timestamp";
+    this.currentTimestamp = "now()";
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ public class H2HistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
   protected void createTriggers(DdlWrite writer, MTable table) throws IOException {
 
     String baseTableName = table.getName();
-    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryTrigger();
 
     addCreateTrigger(apply, updateTriggerName(baseTableName), baseTableName);
   }
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ public class H2HistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
   @Override
   protected void updateHistoryTriggers(DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    DdlBuffer buffer = update.historyBuffer();
+    recreateHistoryView(update);
+
+    DdlBuffer buffer = update.historyTriggerBuffer();
     dropTriggers(buffer, update.getBaseTable());
     addCreateTrigger(buffer, updateTriggerName(update.getBaseTable()), update.getBaseTable());
   }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HanaColumnStoreDdl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlBuffer;
+
+public class HanaColumnStoreDdl extends AbstractHanaDdl {
+
+  public HanaColumnStoreDdl(DatabasePlatform platform) {
+    super(platform);
+    this.createTable = "create column table";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String createIndex(String indexName, String tableName, String[] columns) {
+    if (columns == null || columns.length == 0) {
+      return "-- cannot create index: no columns given";
+    }
+
+    if (columns.length == 1) {
+      return "-- explicit index \"" + indexName + "\" for single column \"" + columns[0] + "\" of table \"" + tableName
+          + "\" is not necessary";
+    }
+
+    StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder();
+    buffer.append("create inverted hash index ").append(maxConstraintName(indexName)).append(" on ").append(tableName);
+    appendColumns(columns, buffer);
+
+    return buffer.toString();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String dropIndex(String indexName, String tableName) {
+    DdlBuffer buffer = new BaseDdlBuffer(null);
+    try {
+      buffer.append("delimiter $$").newLine();
+      buffer.append("do").newLine();
+      buffer.append("begin").newLine();
+      buffer.append("declare exit handler for sql_error_code 261 begin end").endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("exec '").append(dropIndexIfExists).append(maxConstraintName(indexName)).append("'")
+          .endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("end").endOfStatement();
+      buffer.append("$$");
+      return buffer.getBuffer();
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(e);
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HanaDdlHandler.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.BaseDdlHandler;
+
+public class HanaDdlHandler extends BaseDdlHandler {
+
+  public HanaDdlHandler(ServerConfig serverConfig, PlatformDdl platformDdl) {
+    super(serverConfig, platformDdl, new HanaTableDdl(serverConfig, platformDdl));
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HanaHistoryDdl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlBuffer;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlWrite;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AddHistoryTable;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropHistoryTable;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.MColumn;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.MTable;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
+
+public class HanaHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
+
+  private String systemPeriodStart;
+  private String systemPeriodEnd;
+  private PlatformDdl platformDdl;
+  private String historySuffix;
+  private final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger(0);
+  private Map<String, String> createdHistoryTables = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+  @Override
+  public void configure(ServerConfig serverConfig, PlatformDdl platformDdl) {
+    this.systemPeriodStart = serverConfig.getAsOfSysPeriod() + "_start";
+    this.systemPeriodEnd = serverConfig.getAsOfSysPeriod() + "_end";
+    this.platformDdl = platformDdl;
+    this.historySuffix = serverConfig.getHistoryTableSuffix();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void createWithHistory(DdlWrite writer, MTable table) throws IOException {
+    String tableName = table.getName();
+    String historyTableName = tableName + historySuffix;
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryView();
+    if (apply.isEmpty()) {
+      createdHistoryTables.clear();
+    }
+
+    apply.append(platformDdl.getCreateTableCommandPrefix()).append(" ").append(historyTableName).append(" (").newLine();
+
+    // create history table
+    Collection<MColumn> cols = table.allColumns();
+    for (MColumn column : cols) {
+      if (!column.isDraftOnly()) {
+        writeColumnDefinition(apply, column.getName(), column.getType(), column.getDefaultValue(), column.isNotnull(),
+          column.isIdentity() ? platformDdl.identitySuffix : null);
+        apply.append(",").newLine();
+      }
+    }
+    writeColumnDefinition(apply, systemPeriodStart, "TIMESTAMP", null, false, null);
+    apply.append(",").newLine();
+    writeColumnDefinition(apply, systemPeriodEnd, "TIMESTAMP", null, false, null);
+    apply.newLine().append(")").endOfStatement();
+
+    // enable system versioning
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" add (").newLine();
+    apply.append("    ").append(systemPeriodStart).append(" TIMESTAMP NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START, ").newLine();
+    apply.append("    ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append(" TIMESTAMP NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END").newLine();
+    apply.append(")").endOfStatement();
+
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" add period for system_time(").append(systemPeriodStart)
+      .append(",").append(systemPeriodEnd).append(")").endOfStatement();
+
+    enableSystemVersioning(apply, tableName, historyTableName, true, false);
+
+    createdHistoryTables.put(tableName, historyTableName);
+
+    dropHistoryTable(writer.dropAll(), tableName, historyTableName);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dropHistoryTable(DdlWrite writer, DropHistoryTable dropHistoryTable) throws IOException {
+    dropHistoryTable(writer.applyDropDependencies(), dropHistoryTable.getBaseTable(),
+      dropHistoryTable.getBaseTable() + historySuffix);
+  }
+
+  protected void dropHistoryTable(DdlBuffer apply, String baseTable, String historyTable) throws IOException {
+    // disable system versioning
+    disableSystemVersioning(apply, baseTable);
+
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).append(" drop period for system_time").endOfStatement();
+
+    // drop the period columns
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).append(" drop (").append(systemPeriodStart).append(",")
+      .append(systemPeriodEnd).append(")").endOfStatement();
+
+    // drop the history table
+    apply.append("drop table ").append(historyTable).append(" cascade").endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addHistoryTable(DdlWrite writer, AddHistoryTable addHistoryTable) throws IOException {
+    MTable table = writer.getTable(addHistoryTable.getBaseTable());
+    if (table == null) {
+      throw new IllegalStateException("MTable " + addHistoryTable.getBaseTable() + " not found in writer? (required for history DDL)");
+    }
+    createWithHistory(writer, table);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void updateTriggers(DdlWrite write, HistoryTableUpdate baseTable) {
+    // nothing to do
+  }
+
+  protected void writeColumnDefinition(DdlBuffer buffer, String columnName, String type, String defaultValue,
+                                       boolean isNotNull, String generated) throws IOException {
+
+    String platformType = platformDdl.convert(type, false);
+    buffer.append(" ").append(platformDdl.lowerColumnName(columnName));
+    buffer.append(" ").append(platformType);
+    if (defaultValue != null) {
+      buffer.append(" default ").append(defaultValue);
+    }
+    if (isNotNull) {
+      buffer.append(" not null");
+    }
+    if (generated != null) {
+      buffer.append(" ").append(generated);
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void disableSystemVersioning(DdlBuffer apply, String tableName) throws IOException {
+    disableSystemVersioning(apply, tableName, false);
+  }
+
+  public void disableSystemVersioning(DdlBuffer apply, String tableName, boolean uniqueStatement) throws IOException {
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" drop system versioning");
+    if (uniqueStatement) {
+      // needed for the DB migration test to prevent the statement from being filtered
+      // out as a duplicate
+      apply.append(" /* ").append(String.valueOf(counter.getAndIncrement())).append(" */");
+    }
+    apply.endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  public void enableSystemVersioning(DdlBuffer apply, String tableName, String historyTableName, boolean validated,
+                                     boolean uniqueStatement) throws IOException {
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" add system versioning history table ").append(historyTableName);
+    if (!validated) {
+      apply.append(" not validated");
+    }
+    if (uniqueStatement) {
+      // needed for the DB migration test to prevent the statement from being filtered
+      // out as a duplicate
+      apply.append(" /* ").append(String.valueOf(counter.getAndIncrement())).append(" */");
+    }
+    apply.endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  public boolean isSystemVersioningEnabled(String tableName) {
+    return !createdHistoryTables.containsKey(tableName);
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HanaRowStoreDdl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
+
+public class HanaRowStoreDdl extends AbstractHanaDdl {
+
+  public HanaRowStoreDdl(DatabasePlatform platform) {
+    super(platform);
+    this.createTable = "create row table";
+  }
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HanaTableDdl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import io.ebean.config.PropertiesWrapper;
+import io.ebean.config.ServerConfig;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlWrite;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AddColumn;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterColumn;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.Column;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropColumn;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.MTable;
+
+public class HanaTableDdl extends BaseTableDdl {
+
+  private final HanaHistoryDdl historyDdl;
+  private final boolean generateUniqueDdl;
+
+  public HanaTableDdl(ServerConfig serverConfig, PlatformDdl platformDdl) {
+    super(serverConfig, platformDdl);
+    this.historyDdl = (HanaHistoryDdl) platformDdl.historyDdl;
+    if (serverConfig.getProperties() != null) {
+      PropertiesWrapper wrapper = new PropertiesWrapper("ebean", "hana", serverConfig.getProperties(), serverConfig.getClassLoadConfig());
+      this.generateUniqueDdl = wrapper.getBoolean("generateUniqueDdl", false);
+    } else {
+      this.generateUniqueDdl = false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void alterColumnDefaultValue(DdlWrite writer, AlterColumn alter) throws IOException {
+    String ddl = platformDdl.alterColumnBaseAttributes(alter);
+    if (hasValue(ddl)) {
+      writer.apply().append(ddl).endOfStatement();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void generate(DdlWrite writer, AddColumn addColumn) throws IOException {
+    String tableName = addColumn.getTableName();
+    MTable table = writer.getTable(tableName);
+    if (table == null) {
+      super.generate(writer, addColumn);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    boolean manageSystemVersioning = isTrue(table.isWithHistory()) && historyDdl.isSystemVersioningEnabled(tableName);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      historyDdl.disableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), table.getName(), this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+
+    super.generate(writer, addColumn);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      // make same changes to the history table
+      String historyTable = historyTable(tableName);
+      List<Column> columns = addColumn.getColumn();
+      for (Column column : columns) {
+        alterTableAddColumn(writer.apply(), historyTable, column, true, true);
+      }
+
+      historyDdl.enableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), table.getName(), historyTable, false, this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void generate(DdlWrite writer, AlterColumn alterColumn) throws IOException {
+    String tableName = alterColumn.getTableName();
+    MTable table = writer.getTable(tableName);
+    if (table == null) {
+      super.generate(writer, alterColumn);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    boolean manageSystemVersioning = isTrue(table.isWithHistory()) && historyDdl.isSystemVersioningEnabled(tableName);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      historyDdl.disableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), tableName, this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+
+    super.generate(writer, alterColumn);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      // make same changes to the history table
+      String historyTable = historyTable(tableName);
+      if (hasValue(alterColumn.getType()) || hasValue(alterColumn.getDefaultValue()) || alterColumn.isNotnull() != null) {
+        AlterColumn alterHistoryColumn = new AlterColumn();
+        alterHistoryColumn.setTableName(historyTable);
+        alterHistoryColumn.setColumnName(alterColumn.getColumnName());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setType(alterColumn.getType());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setDefaultValue(alterColumn.getDefaultValue());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setNotnull(alterColumn.isNotnull());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setCurrentType(alterColumn.getCurrentType());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setCurrentDefaultValue(alterColumn.getCurrentDefaultValue());
+        alterHistoryColumn.setCurrentNotnull(alterColumn.isCurrentNotnull());
+        String histColumnDdl = platformDdl.alterColumnBaseAttributes(alterHistoryColumn);
+
+        // write the apply to history table
+        writer.apply().append(histColumnDdl).endOfStatement();
+      }
+
+      historyDdl.enableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), tableName, historyTable, false, this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void generate(DdlWrite writer, DropColumn dropColumn) throws IOException {
+    String tableName = dropColumn.getTableName();
+    MTable table = writer.getTable(tableName);
+    if (table == null) {
+      super.generate(writer, dropColumn);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    boolean manageSystemVersioning = isTrue(table.isWithHistory()) && historyDdl.isSystemVersioningEnabled(tableName);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      historyDdl.disableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), tableName, this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+
+    super.generate(writer, dropColumn);
+
+    if (manageSystemVersioning) {
+      // also drop from the history table
+      String historyTable = historyTable(tableName);
+      alterTableDropColumn(writer.apply(), historyTable, dropColumn.getColumnName());
+
+      historyDdl.enableSystemVersioning(writer.apply(), tableName, historyTable, false, this.generateUniqueDdl);
+    }
+  }
+
+}

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/HistoryTableUpdate.java

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ public class HistoryTableUpdate {
     ADD,
     DROP,
     INCLUDE,
-    EXCLUDE
+    EXCLUDE,
+    ALTER
   }
 
   private static class Column {

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/MySqlDdl.java

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterColumn;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.Column;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
 
 /**
  * MySql specific DDL.
@@ -37,9 +38,20 @@ public class MySqlDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     return "alter table " + tableName + " drop foreign key " + maxConstraintName(fkName);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * It is rather complex to delete a column on MySql as there must not exist any foreign keys.
+   * That's why we call a user stored procedure here
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void alterTableDropColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, String columnName) throws IOException {
+
+    buffer.append("CALL usp_ebean_drop_column('").append(tableName).append("', '").append(columnName).append("')").endOfStatement();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String alterTableDropConstraint(String tableName, String constraintName) {
-    // drop constraint not supported
+    // drop constraint not supported in MySQL 5.7 and 8.0 but starting with MariaDB 10.2.1 CHECK is evaluated
+    // TODO: Implement for MariaDB >= 10.2.1
     return null;
   }
 
@@ -59,7 +71,7 @@ public class MySqlDdl extends PlatformDdl {
   @Override
   public String alterColumnDefaultValue(String tableName, String columnName, String defaultValue) {
 
-    String suffix = DdlHelp.isDropDefault(defaultValue) ? columnDropDefault : columnSetDefault + " " + defaultValue;
+    String suffix = DdlHelp.isDropDefault(defaultValue) ? columnDropDefault : columnSetDefault + " " + convertDefaultValue(defaultValue);
 
     // use alter
     return "alter table " + tableName + " alter " + columnName + " " + suffix;
@@ -113,10 +125,39 @@ public class MySqlDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     }
     apply.append(String.format("alter table %s comment = '%s'", tableName, tableComment)).endOfStatement();
   }
-  
+
   @Override
   public void addColumnComment(DdlBuffer apply, String table, String column, String comment) throws IOException {
     // alter comment currently not supported as it requires to repeat whole column definition
   }
-  
+
+
+  /**
+   * Locks all tables for triggers that have to be updated.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void lockTables(DdlBuffer buffer, Collection<String> tables) throws IOException {
+    if (!tables.isEmpty()) {
+      buffer.append("lock tables ");
+      int i = 0;
+      for (String table : tables) {
+        if (i > 0) {
+          buffer.append(", ");
+        }
+        buffer.append(table).append(" write");
+        i++;
+      }
+      buffer.endOfStatement();
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Unlocks all tables for triggers that have to be updated.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void unlockTables(DdlBuffer buffer, Collection<String> tables) throws IOException {
+    buffer.append("unlock tables").endOfStatement();
+  }
+
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/MySqlHistoryDdl.java

@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ public class MySqlHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
   @Override
   protected void updateHistoryTriggers(DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    DdlBuffer buffer = update.historyBuffer();
+    recreateHistoryView(update);
+
+    DdlBuffer buffer = update.historyTriggerBuffer();
     String baseTable = update.getBaseTable();
 
-    buffer.append("lock tables ").append(baseTable).append(" write").endOfStatement();
     dropTriggers(buffer, baseTable);
     addBeforeUpdate(updateTriggerName(baseTable), update);
     addBeforeDelete(deleteTriggerName(baseTable), update);
-    buffer.append("unlock tables").endOfStatement();
   }
 
   private void addBeforeUpdate(String triggerName, DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    DdlBuffer apply = update.historyBuffer();
+    DdlBuffer apply = update.historyTriggerBuffer();
     apply
       .append("delimiter $$").newLine()
       .append("create trigger ").append(triggerName).append(" before update on ").append(update.getBaseTable())
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public class MySqlHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
 
   private void addBeforeDelete(String triggerName, DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
 
-    DdlBuffer apply = update.historyBuffer();
+    DdlBuffer apply = update.historyTriggerBuffer();
     apply
       .append("delimiter $$").newLine()
       .append("create trigger ").append(triggerName).append(" before delete on ").append(update.getBaseTable())

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PlatformDdl.java

@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.Column;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.DropHistoryTable;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.IdentityType;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.model.MTable;
+
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -76,14 +78,16 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
   protected String dropIndexIfExists = "drop index if exists ";
 
   protected String alterColumn = "alter column";
-
-  protected String dropConstraint = "drop constraint";
+  
+  protected String alterColumnSuffix = "";
 
   protected String dropUniqueConstraint = "drop constraint";
 
   protected String addConstraint = "add constraint";
 
   protected String addColumn = "add column";
+  
+  protected String addColumnSuffix = "";
 
   protected String columnSetType = "";
 
@@ -96,6 +100,12 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
   protected String columnSetNull = "set null";
 
   protected String updateNullWithDefault = "update ${table} set ${column} = ${default} where ${column} is null";
+  
+  protected String createTable = "create table";
+  
+  protected String dropColumn = "drop column";
+  
+  protected String dropColumnSuffix = "";
 
   /**
    * Set false for MsSqlServer to allow multiple nulls for OneToOne mapping.
@@ -246,6 +256,9 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
    * Convert the standard type to the platform specific type.
    */
   public String convert(String type, boolean identity) {
+    if (type == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
     if (type.contains("[]")) {
       return convertArrayType(type);
     }
@@ -418,7 +431,7 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
    * Drop a unique constraint from the table.
    */
   public String alterTableDropConstraint(String tableName, String constraintName) {
-    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + dropConstraint + " " + maxConstraintName(constraintName);
+    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + dropConstraintIfExists + " " + maxConstraintName(constraintName);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -442,32 +455,38 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
       .append(" ").append(addColumn).append(" ").append(column.getName())
       .append(" ").append(convertedType);
 
-    if (!onHistoryTable) {
 
-      if (defaultValue != null) {
+    // Add default value also to history table if it is not excluded
+    if (defaultValue != null) {
+      if (!onHistoryTable || !isTrue(column.isHistoryExclude())) {
         buffer.append(" default ");
         buffer.append(defaultValue);
       }
+    }
 
+    if (!onHistoryTable) {
       if (isTrue(column.isNotnull())) {
         buffer.append(" not null");
       }
+      buffer.append(addColumnSuffix);
       buffer.endOfStatement();
 
       // check constraints cannot be added in one statement for h2
       if (!StringHelper.isNull(column.getCheckConstraint())) {
-        String ddl = alterTableAddCheckConstraint(tableName, column.getCheckConstraintName(), column.getCheckConstraint());
+        String ddl = alterTableAddCheckConstraint(tableName, column.getCheckConstraintName(),
+            column.getCheckConstraint());
         buffer.append(ddl).endOfStatement();
       }
     } else {
+      buffer.append(addColumnSuffix);
       buffer.endOfStatement();
     }
 
   }
 
   public void alterTableDropColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, String columnName) throws IOException {
-    buffer.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" drop column ").append(columnName)
-    .endOfStatement();
+    buffer.append("alter table ").append(tableName).append(" ").append(dropColumn).append(" ").append(columnName)
+    .append(dropColumnSuffix).endOfStatement();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -487,19 +506,19 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
    */
   public String alterColumnType(String tableName, String columnName, String type) {
 
-    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + columnSetType + convert(type, false);
+    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + columnSetType + convert(type, false) + alterColumnSuffix;
   }
 
   /**
    * Alter a column adding or removing the not null constraint.
    * <p>
-   * Note that that MySql and SQL Server instead use alterColumnBaseAttributes()
+   * Note that that MySql, SQL Server, and HANA instead use alterColumnBaseAttributes()
    * </p>
    */
   public String alterColumnNotnull(String tableName, String columnName, boolean notnull) {
 
     String suffix = notnull ? columnSetNotnull : columnSetNull;
-    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + suffix;
+    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + suffix + alterColumnSuffix;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -515,17 +534,17 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
    */
   public String alterColumnDefaultValue(String tableName, String columnName, String defaultValue) {
     String suffix = DdlHelp.isDropDefault(defaultValue) ? columnDropDefault : columnSetDefault + " " + convertDefaultValue(defaultValue);
-    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + suffix;
+    return "alter table " + tableName + " " + alterColumn + " " + columnName + " " + suffix + alterColumnSuffix;
   }
 
   /**
    * Alter column setting both the type and not null constraint.
    * <p>
-   * Used by MySql and SQL Server as these require both column attributes to be set together.
+   * Used by MySql, SQL Server, and HANA as these require both column attributes to be set together.
    * </p>
    */
   public String alterColumnBaseAttributes(AlterColumn alter) {
-    // by default do nothing, only used by mysql and sql server as they can only
+    // by default do nothing, only used by mysql, sql server, and HANA as they can only
     // modify the column with the full column definition
     return null;
   }
@@ -641,4 +660,37 @@ public class PlatformDdl {
     }
     return name;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Mysql-specific: Locks all tables for triggers that have to be updated.
+   */
+  public void lockTables(DdlBuffer buffer, Collection<String> tables) throws IOException {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Mysql-specific: Unlocks all tables for triggers that have to be updated.
+   */
+  public void unlockTables(DdlBuffer buffer, Collection<String> tables) throws IOException {
+
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Returns the database-specific "create table" command prefix. For HANA this is
+   * either "create column table" or "create row table", for all other databases
+   * it is "create table".
+   * 
+   * @return The "create table" command prefix
+   */
+  public String getCreateTableCommandPrefix() {
+    return createTable;
+  }
+
+  public boolean suppressPrimaryKeyOnPartition() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  public void addTablePartition(DdlBuffer apply, String partitionMode, String partitionColumn) throws IOException {
+    // only supported by postgres initially
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresDdl.java

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
 
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlBuffer;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 /**
  * Postgres specific DDL.
@@ -16,6 +19,11 @@ public class PostgresDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     this.columnSetNull = "drop not null";
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean suppressPrimaryKeyOnPartition() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String convertArrayType(String logicalArrayType) {
     return NativeDbArray.logicalToNative(logicalArrayType);
@@ -38,4 +46,9 @@ public class PostgresDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     }
     return columnDefn;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void addTablePartition(DdlBuffer apply, String partitionMode, String partitionColumn) throws IOException {
+    apply.append(" partition by range (").append(partitionColumn).append(")");
+  }
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/PostgresHistoryDdl.java

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class PostgresHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
     String procedureName = procedureName(baseTableName);
     String triggerName = triggerName(baseTableName);
 
-    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryTrigger();
     apply
       .append("create trigger ").append(triggerName).newLine()
       .append("  before update or delete on ").append(baseTableName).newLine()
@@ -79,13 +79,21 @@ public class PostgresHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
 
   protected void createOrReplaceFunction(DdlBuffer apply, String procedureName, String historyTable, List<String> includedColumns) throws IOException {
     apply
-      .append("create or replace function ").append(procedureName).append("() returns trigger as $$").newLine()
-      .append("begin").newLine();
+      .append("create or replace function ").append(procedureName).append("() returns trigger as $$").newLine();
+
+    apply.append("declare").newLine()
+      .append("  lowerTs timestamptz;").newLine()
+      .append("  upperTs timestamptz;").newLine();
+
+    apply.append("begin").newLine()
+      .append("  lowerTs = lower(OLD.sys_period);").newLine()
+      .append("  upperTs = greatest(lowerTs + '1 microsecond',current_timestamp);").newLine();
+
     apply
       .append("  if (TG_OP = 'UPDATE') then").newLine();
     appendInsertIntoHistory(apply, historyTable, includedColumns);
     apply
-      .append("    NEW.").append(sysPeriod).append(" = tstzrange(").append(currentTimestamp).append(",null);").newLine()
+      .append("    NEW.").append(sysPeriod).append(" = tstzrange(upperTs,null);").newLine()
       .append("    return new;").newLine();
     apply
       .append("  elsif (TG_OP = 'DELETE') then").newLine();
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@ public class PostgresHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
     String historyTable = historyTableName(table.getName());
 
     List<String> columnNames = columnNamesForApply(table);
-    createOrReplaceFunction(writer.applyHistory(), procedureName, historyTable, columnNames);
+    createOrReplaceFunction(writer.applyHistoryTrigger(), procedureName, historyTable, columnNames);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -116,21 +124,7 @@ public class PostgresHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
     String procedureName = procedureName(update.getBaseTable());
 
     recreateHistoryView(update);
-    createOrReplaceFunction(update.historyBuffer(), procedureName, update.getHistoryTable(), update.getColumns());
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * For postgres we need to drop and recreate the view. Well, we could add columns to the end of the view
-   * but otherwise we need to drop and create it.
-   */
-  private void recreateHistoryView(DbTriggerUpdate update) throws IOException {
-
-    DdlBuffer buffer = update.dropDependencyBuffer();
-    // we need to drop the view early/first before any changes to the tables etc
-    buffer.append("drop view if exists ").append(update.getBaseTable()).append(viewSuffix).endOfStatement();
-
-    // recreate the view with specific columns specified (the columns generally are not dropped until later)
-    createWithHistoryView(update);
+    createOrReplaceFunction(update.historyTriggerBuffer(), procedureName, update.getHistoryTable(), update.getColumns());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -138,7 +132,7 @@ public class PostgresHistoryDdl extends DbTriggerBasedHistoryDdl {
 
     buffer.append("    insert into ").append(historyTable).append(" (").append(sysPeriod).append(",");
     appendColumnNames(buffer, columns, "");
-    buffer.append(") values (tstzrange(lower(OLD.").append(sysPeriod).append("), ").append(currentTimestamp).append("), ");
+    buffer.append(") values (tstzrange(lowerTs,upperTs), ");
     appendColumnNames(buffer, columns, "OLD.");
     buffer.append(");").newLine();
   }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerDdl.java

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.platform;
 import io.ebean.annotation.ConstraintMode;
 import io.ebean.config.dbplatform.DatabasePlatform;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlBuffer;
+import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.ddlgeneration.DdlWrite;
 import io.ebeaninternal.dbmigration.migration.AlterColumn;
+import io.ebeaninternal.server.persist.platform.MultiValueBind;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -137,13 +139,7 @@ public class SqlServerDdl extends PlatformDdl {
     // a rather complex statement.
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     if (DdlHelp.isDropDefault(defaultValue)) {
-      sb.append("delimiter $$\n");
-      sb.append("DECLARE @Tmp nvarchar(200);");
-      sb.append("select @Tmp = t1.name  from sys.default_constraints t1\n");
-      sb.append("  join sys.columns t2 on t1.object_id = t2.default_object_id\n");
-      sb.append("  where t1.parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID('").append(tableName)
-        .append("') and t2.name = '").append(columnName).append("';\n");
-      sb.append("if @Tmp is not null EXEC('alter table ").append(tableName).append(" drop constraint ' + @Tmp)$$");
+      sb.append("EXEC usp_ebean_drop_default_constraint ").append(tableName).append(", ").append(columnName);
     } else {
       sb.append("alter table ").append(tableName);
       sb.append(" add default ").append(convertDefaultValue(defaultValue)).append(" for ").append(columnName);
@@ -200,25 +196,50 @@ public class SqlServerDdl extends PlatformDdl {
 
   /**
    * It is rather complex to delete a column on SqlServer as there must not exist any references
-   * (constraints, default values, indices and foreign keys). The list is not yet complete, as
-   * indices over multiple columns will not yet deleted.
-   * (This may be changed to delete all refering objects by using the sys.* tables later)
+   * (constraints, default values, indices and foreign keys). That's why we call a user stored procedure here
    */
   @Override
   public void alterTableDropColumn(DdlBuffer buffer, String tableName, String columnName) throws IOException {
-    buffer.append("-- drop column ").append(tableName).append(".").append(columnName).endOfStatement();
 
-    buffer.append(alterTableDropUniqueConstraint(tableName, naming.uniqueConstraintName(tableName, columnName)));
-    buffer.endOfStatement();
-    buffer.append(alterColumnDefaultValue(tableName, columnName, DdlHelp.DROP_DEFAULT));
-    buffer.endOfStatement();
-    buffer.append(alterTableDropConstraint(tableName, naming.checkConstraintName(tableName, columnName)));
-    buffer.endOfStatement();
-    buffer.append(dropIndex(naming.indexName(tableName, columnName), tableName));
-    buffer.endOfStatement();
-    buffer.append(alterTableDropForeignKey(tableName, naming.foreignKeyConstraintName(tableName, columnName)));
-    buffer.endOfStatement();
-    super.alterTableDropColumn(buffer, tableName, columnName);
+    buffer.append("EXEC usp_ebean_drop_column ").append(tableName).append(", ").append(columnName).endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This writes the multi value datatypes needed for {@link MultiValueBind}
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void generateProlog(DdlWrite write) throws IOException {
+    super.generateProlog(write);
+
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "bigint");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "float");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "bit");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "date");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "time");
+    //generateTVPDefinitions(write, "datetime2");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "uniqueidentifier");
+    generateTVPDefinitions(write, "nvarchar(max)");
+
+  }
+
+  private void generateTVPDefinitions(DdlWrite write, String definition) throws IOException {
+    int pos = definition.indexOf('(');
+    String name = pos == -1 ? definition : definition.substring(0, pos);
+
+    dropTVP(write.dropAll(), name);
+    //TVPs are included in "I__create_procs.sql"
+    //createTVP(write.apply(), name, definition);
+  }
+
+  private void dropTVP(DdlBuffer ddl, String name) throws IOException {
+    ddl.append("if exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_").append(name)
+        .append("_tvp') drop type ebean_").append(name).append("_tvp").endOfStatement();
+  }
+
+  private void createTVP(DdlBuffer ddl, String name, String definition) throws IOException {
+    ddl.append("if not exists (select name  from sys.types where name = 'ebean_").append(name)
+    .append("_tvp') create type ebean_").append(name).append("_tvp as table (c1 ").append(definition).append(")")
+        .endOfStatement();
   }
 
 }

src/main/java/io/ebeaninternal/dbmigration/ddlgeneration/platform/SqlServerHistoryDdl.java

@@ -31,19 +31,24 @@ public class SqlServerHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
     enableSystemVersioning(writer, baseTable);
   }
 
-  private void enableSystemVersioning(DdlWrite writer, String baseTable) throws IOException {
-    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
-    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).newLine()
-      .append("    add ").append(systemPeriodStart).append(" datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START NOT NULL DEFAULT SYSUTCDATETIME(),").newLine()
-      .append("        ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append("   datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END   NOT NULL DEFAULT '9999-12-31T23:59:59.9999999',").newLine()
-      .append("period for system_time (").append(systemPeriodStart).append(", ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append(")").endOfStatement();
-
+  private String getHistoryTable(String baseTable) {
     String historyTable = baseTable + "_history"; // history must contain schema, otherwise you'll get
     // Setting SYSTEM_VERSIONING to ON failed because history table 'xxx_history' is not specified in two-part name format.
     if (historyTable.indexOf('.') == -1) {
       historyTable = "dbo." +historyTable; // so add the default schema, if none was specified.
     }
-    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).append(" set (system_versioning = on (history_table=").append(historyTable).append("))").endOfStatement();
+    return historyTable;
+  }
+
+  private void enableSystemVersioning(DdlWrite writer, String baseTable) throws IOException {
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryView();
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).newLine()
+      .append("    add ").append(systemPeriodStart).append(" datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW START NOT NULL DEFAULT SYSUTCDATETIME(),").newLine()
+      .append("        ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append("   datetime2 GENERATED ALWAYS AS ROW END   NOT NULL DEFAULT '9999-12-31T23:59:59.9999999',").newLine()
+      .append("period for system_time (").append(systemPeriodStart).append(", ").append(systemPeriodEnd).append(")").endOfStatement();
+
+    apply.append("alter table ").append(baseTable).append(" set (system_versioning = on (history_table=")
+      .append(getHistoryTable(baseTable)).append("))").endOfStatement();
 
     DdlBuffer drop = writer.dropAll();
     drop.append("IF OBJECT_ID('").append(baseTable).append("', 'U') IS NOT NULL alter table ").append(baseTable).append(" set (system_versioning = off)").endOfStatement();
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ public class SqlServerHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
   @Override
   public void dropHistoryTable(DdlWrite writer, DropHistoryTable dropHistoryTable) throws IOException {
     String baseTable = dropHistoryTable.getBaseTable();
-    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistory();
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryView();
     apply.append("-- dropping history support for ").append(baseTable).endOfStatement();
     // drop default constraints
 
@@ -76,7 +81,15 @@ public class SqlServerHistoryDdl implements PlatformHistoryDdl {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public void updateTriggers(DdlWrite write, HistoryTableUpdate baseTable) throws IOException {
+  public void updateTriggers(DdlWrite writer, HistoryTableUpdate baseTable) throws IOException {
     // SQL Server 2016 does not need triggers
+    DdlBuffer apply = writer.applyHistoryView();
+    String baseTableName = baseTable.getBaseTable();
+    apply.append("-- alter table ").append(baseTableName).append(" set (system_versioning = off (history_table=")
+    .append(getHistoryTable(baseTableName)).append("))").endOfStatement();
+    apply.append("-- history migration goes here").newLine();
+    apply.append("-- alter table ").append(baseTableName).append(" set (system_versioning = on (history_table=")
+    .append(getHistoryTable(baseTableName)).append("))").endOfStatement();
+
   }
 }