import java.util.Date;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Temporal;
import javax.persistence.TemporalType;
import javax.persistence.Id;

@Entity
public class Submissions {

 @Id
 @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
 private Long Id;
 private String XID;
 private String Y;
 @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
 private Date uDate;
 private String level;
 private String state;

 public Submissions() {
 }

 //All Relevant getter and setter functions
}

<persistence-unit name="SubmissionIds">
    <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
    <class>com.obp.selenium.DataObjects.OriginationSubmissions</class>
    <properties>

        <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.driver" value="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver" />
        <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url"
            value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl" />
        <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="------" />
        <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="------" />

        <!-- EclipseLink should create the database schema automatically -->
        <property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value="create-tables" />
        <property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation.output-mode"
            value="database" />
        <!-- <property name="eclipselink.canonicalmodel.subpackage"
            value="originationSubmissions" /> -->
    </properties>
</persistence-unit>

EntityManagerFactory factory = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("Trainstops");
    EntityManager em = factory.createEntityManager();
    em.getTransaction().begin();
    em.getTransaction().commit();
    em.close();