Generate front-end based on database or java model

Question

I need to migrate the front-end of an application to angular. I want to use jhipster and reuse all existing java back-end and database. My questions are:

1. Is it possible to generate the front-end based on java model or i need to have the JDL files?
2. Is it possible to generate JDL files from the java model or from the database schema?

Thank you for your help.

Answer 1

Thank you for your help. I found another approach to generate the JDL files based on the database: https://github.com/Blackdread/sql-to-jdl

I will try it.

Answer 2

1. No
2. No even though there has been some attempt like https://github.com/bastienmichaux/generator-jhipster-db-helper but I don't think it will go far enough for you