A summarised list of Habanero's features is available here below. For a more in-depth look at how Habanero operates, see the Guided Tour or Tutorial.
 

 Main Operations

• ORM: Map database tables to objects in code
• Persist property values to and from the database
• Define all mapping in a single XML file
• Switch between database vendors with one setting
• Support for MySQL, MS Sql Server, MS Access, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird
• FireStarter GUI class definitions xml manager
• Generate user interfaces at runtime and map properties to controls
• Develop for both desktop (with Windows Forms) and web (with Gizmox' Visual WebGUI)
• Generate new projects and code files
• Generate UI forms from templates
• Reverse engineer class definitions from existing databases
• Support variable data sources, including an in-memory database
• Source code included

 Specific Features

• Supports several object inheritance structures/formats
• Supports generic collections and nullable types
• Supports relationships between objects
• Supports relationship types of association, composition and aggregation
• Supports deletion prevention or cascading deletes on multiple relationships
• Set load criteria on collections
• Choose between single or composite primary keys
• Choose between raw SQL or Habanero's Criteria query structure
• Migration support to upgrade databases of outdated client installations
• Generate test classes for Business Objects
• Generate fully functional grids from database data
• Generate editing forms to edit data and persist changes
• Central form control for MDI-based applications
• Generate combo-box content dynamically from the database
• Application logging uses log4net