public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { System.out.println("hello from Customer.java"); EntityManagerFactory factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("customerPU"); EntityManager manager = factory.createEntityManager(); Query q1 = manager.createQuery("SELECT COUNT(c) FROM Customer c"); Long count = (Long) q1.getSingleResult(); if (count == 0) { // record is empty, read from data.txst System.out.println("record empty, read from data.txt..."); // try { FileReader fr = new FileReader("data.txt"); BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr); String s; while ((s = br.readLine()) != null) { // System.out.println(s); // split the string s Object[] items = s.split("\\|"); // store in string list // List<String> itemList= new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(items)); // string list converted to array // Object[] itemArray = itemList.toArray(); // insert data into database table manager.getTransaction().begin(); Customer c = new Customer(); // add email c.setEmail((String) items[0]); // add pass c.setPass((String) items[1]); // add name c.setName((String) items[2]); // add address c.setAddress((String) items[3]); // add yob c.setYob((String) items[4]); // change to managed state manager.persist(c); manager.getTransaction().commit(); } fr.close(); } // display the records Query q2 = manager.createNamedQuery("Customer.findAll"); List<Customer> customers = q2.getResultList(); for (Customer c : customers) { System.out.println(c.getName() + ", " + c.getEmail()); } manager.close(); factory.close(); }