given a database, how do you generate CRUD forms for Java EE?

Question

given a database schemas, is it possible to automatically generate forms for crud operations on the tables?

Answer 1

You can use Telosys Tools, an Eclipse plugin working from an existing database with customizable Velocity templates

Just plug your database, and get some templates availables on GitHub. There are templates for Spring Data, AngularJS, JPA...

See: https://sites.google.com/site/telosystools/

Answer 2

If you use Seam, and using seam-gen it can generate an entire functional crud for you by providing a database.