I have a POJO as below

public class CategoryVO implements Serializable, Cloneable {

private long categoryId;
private String categoryName;
private List<ChannelVO> channelList;

public void setCategoryId(long categoryId) {
this.categoryId = categoryId;
}

public long getCategoryId() {
return categoryId;
}

public void setCategoryName(String categoryName) {
this.categoryName = categoryName;
}

public String getCategoryName() {
return categoryName;
}

public void setChannelList(List<ChannelVO> channelList) {
this.channelList = channelList;
}

public List<ChannelVO> getChannelList() {
return channelList;
}
}

When I execute a criteria for this class, all fields are populated per the mapping.

What I want is the control over populating channelList during execution time. Is there a way I can do that, since populating channelList is an expensive process and sometimes we would only need category and not channels.

With control I mean, not fetching channelList (set to null) and just get the criteria.