What is DdlUtils

In short, DdlUtils is both a library and a set of Ant tasks that allows the manipulation of schemas in a database. It allows to create and drop complete databases, and the creation, alteration and removal of tables.
Additionally, it provides an easy way to insert data that is specified in XML, into a database and the reverse, extracting data from a database into an XML file.

DdlUtils strives to be database independent. The schemas are specified in the database-agnostic Turbine XML format that is for instance also used by Torque and OJB.

Where to start

There are basically two ways to use DdlUtils which are explained in these sections:

• Examples of how to use the API are shown here. The Javadoc documentation for the API can be found here.
• The Ant tasks are explained in detail in this document.