I'd like to know if it is possible to exclude specific data (columns) when retrieving data via hibernate.

I know i could simply drop the according property from my mapping descriptor,
but what's about if i want to dynamically exclude properties?

My current work around is to "cleanup" the resulting object or list of objects,
but if you have thousands of results per query it's a very time expensive operation.

Any hints or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Nobody with some knowledge about my problem? :/

since you only waited approx 20 hrs to repost/reask i'll just wait a little longer (who knows how long) to answer...;)

Someone out there with a similar problem?

It seems to be one of teh things hibernate does not really cover,
the dynamic exclusion of data when retrieving.

Before i asked i googled around and extensively searched the forum(s),
but however, no answer to my questions.

it actually covers it *very* well.

did you look into:

scalar queries
select new syntax
criteria resulttransformer
lazy properties
etc.

remember that unless you are using (evil) lazy properties then you of course cannot get a *persistent* object that is "half-full"...how do you expect hibernate to figure out what it need to save/update for ya'

but with some of the above features you can atleast get a *transient* object you can use.

Thanks, the keywords you gave me are near exactly what i was searching for!

I'm locked to massively use lazy properties because the resulting objects
will be transfered over RMI to the requesting client.
And i was unable to get out the Proxy references to get a persistent set of results.

I'll try to use custom more specific queries to solve my problem.

Thanks for your help max!