Hi,

I am using the HQL query

select ct.id, ct.firstName from Contact ct

I am querying only 2 fields where there are 4 fields in the table.

So I cannot use the following code since number of elements in the class and query does not match

Contact ct=(Contact)it.next();
System.out.println("ID: " + ct.getId());
System.out.println("First Name: " + ct.getFirstName());

where Contact is the classname and 'it' is an iterator object

I know how to do it with object array.

But I want to know is there any method or API using that I can still use an object of the 'Contact' class to store the result and show the values using getter methods?

Thanks and Regards,
Jacob Baby

HQL allows you to return Objects you specify..

If Contact has an appropriate constructor, you can try the following:

select new Contact(ct.id, ct.firstName) from Contact ct

this should give you a Contact-Object filled with id and firstName.

Edit: On a second thought... maybe won't work, as you don't want one result only...