After I did generate entities from tables (where the datasource I used was a MySQL 5 database), the entities had all the same problem:
Catalog "conferences" cannot be resolved for table "ConferenceSchedule"
on @Table(name = "ConferenceSchedule", catalog = "conferences")
(not sure about what's causing that problem)
In the Java Editor, when I triggered the content assistant to see available values for the catalog attribute, I got the following NPE:
java.lang.NullPointerException at org.hibernate.eclipse.console.common.ConsoleExtension.hqlCodeComplete(ConsoleExtension.java:85) at org.hibernate.eclipse.jdt.ui.internal.HQLJavaCompletionProposalComputer.computeCompletionProposals(HQLJavaCompletionProposalComputer.java:85) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.CompletionProposalComputerDescriptor.computeCompletionProposals(CompletionProposalComputerDescriptor.java:333) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.CompletionProposalCategory.computeCompletionProposals(CompletionProposalCategory.java:337) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.ContentAssistProcessor.collectProposals(ContentAssistProcessor.java:325) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.text.java.ContentAssistProcessor.computeCompletionProposals(ContentAssistProcessor.java:282) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ContentAssistant.computeCompletionProposals(ContentAssistant.java:1861) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.CompletionProposalPopup.computeProposals(CompletionProposalPopup.java:573) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.CompletionProposalPopup.access$16(CompletionProposalPopup.java:570) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.CompletionProposalPopup$2.run(CompletionProposalPopup.java:505) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.CompletionProposalPopup.showProposals(CompletionProposalPopup.java:499) at org.eclipse.jface.text.contentassist.ContentAssistant.showPossibleCompletions(ContentAssistant.java:1687) at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.ui.javaeditor.CompilationUnitEditor$AdaptedSourceViewer.doOperation(CompilationUnitEditor.java:183) at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ContentAssistAction$1.run(ContentAssistAction.java:82) at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70) at org.eclipse.ui.texteditor.ContentAssistAction.run(ContentAssistAction.java:80) at org.eclipse.jface.action.Action.runWithEvent(Action.java:519) at org.eclipse.jface.commands.ActionHandler.execute(ActionHandler.java:122) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.handlers.E4HandlerProxy.execute(E4HandlerProxy.java:90) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor268.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:55) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invokeUsingClass(InjectorImpl.java:247) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.invoke(InjectorImpl.java:229) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.invoke(ContextInjectionFactory.java:132) at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceHandler.execute(HandlerServiceHandler.java:149) at org.eclipse.core.commands.Command.executeWithChecks(Command.java:499) at org.eclipse.core.commands.ParameterizedCommand.executeWithChecks(ParameterizedCommand.java:508) at org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.internal.HandlerServiceImpl.executeHandler(HandlerServiceImpl.java:210) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher.executeCommand(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:286) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher.press(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:507) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher.processKeyEvent(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:558) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher.filterKeySequenceBindings(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:378) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher.access$0(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:324) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.keys.KeyBindingDispatcher$KeyDownFilter.handleEvent(KeyBindingDispatcher.java:86) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.filterEvent(Display.java:1087) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4184) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1467) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1490) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1475) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendKeyEvent(Widget.java:1504) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendKeyEvent(Widget.java:1500) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.sendKeyEvent(Canvas.java:496) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.doCommandBySelector(Control.java:1060) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5719) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.OS.objc_msgSend(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.NSResponder.interpretKeyEvents(NSResponder.java:68) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite.keyDown(Composite.java:594) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5629) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.OS.objc_msgSendSuper(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.callSuper(Widget.java:221) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowSendEvent(Widget.java:2105) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowSendEvent(Shell.java:2329) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5691) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.OS.objc_msgSendSuper(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.applicationSendEvent(Display.java:5128) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.applicationProc(Display.java:5277) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.OS.objc_msgSend(Native Method) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.cocoa.NSApplication.sendEvent(NSApplication.java:128) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3655) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$9.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1032) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:148) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:636) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:579) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:135) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:380) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:235) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:648) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:603) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1465)