Can I include persistence.xml file in my own .jar file?

Question

Can we include persistence.xml file in our own user define .jar file in jpa. If yes, then please guide me how can we add the persistence.xml file in folder structure?

Answer 1

Yes you can, persistence.xml goes in

META-INF/persistence.xml

if you are packaging it inside a *.jar, or

WEB-INF/classes/META-INF/persistence.xml

if you are packaging it inside a *.war