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| MethodQL |
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| If JPQL and SQL queries do not match your needs, OpenJPA also allows you to name |
| a Java method to use to load a set of objects. In a <span class="emphasis"><em>MethodQL |
| </em></span> query, the query string names a static method to invoke to determine |
| the matching objects: |
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| import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.*; |
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| ... |
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| // the method query language is 'openjpa.MethodQL'. |
| // set the query string to the method to execute, including full class name; if |
| // the class is in the candidate class' package or in the query imports, you |
| // can omit the package; if the method is in the candidate class, you can omit |
| // the class name and just specify the method name |
| OpenJPAEntityManager oem = OpenJPAPersistence.cast(emf); |
| OpenJPAQuery q = oem.createQuery("openjpa.MethodQL", "com.xyz.Finder.getByName"); |
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| // set the type of objects that the method returns |
| q.setResultClass(Person.class); |
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| // parameters are passed the same way as in standard queries |
| q.setParameter("firstName", "Fred").setParameter("lastName", "Lucas"); |
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| // this executes your method to get the results |
| List results = q.getResultList(); |
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| For datastore queries, the method must have the following signature: |
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| public static <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/lib/rop/ResultObjectProvider.html" target="_top">ResultObjectProvider</a> xxx(<a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/kernel/StoreContext.html" target="_top">StoreContext</a> ctx, <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" target="_top">ClassMetaData</a> meta, boolean subclasses, Map params, <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/kernel/FetchConfiguration.html" target="_top">FetchConfiguration </a> fetch) |
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| The returned result object provider should produce objects of the candidate |
| class that match the method's search criteria. If the returned objects do not |
| have all fields in the given fetch configuration loaded, OpenJPA will make |
| additional trips to the datastore as necessary to fill in the data for the |
| missing fields. |
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| In-memory execution is slightly different, taking in one object at a time and |
| returning a boolean on whether the object matches the query: |
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| public static boolean xxx(<a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/kernel/StoreContext.html" target="_top">StoreContext</a> ctx, <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/meta/ClassMetaData.html" target="_top">ClassMetaData</a> meta, boolean subclasses, Object obj, Map params, <a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" href="../javadoc/org/apache/openjpa/kernel/FetchConfiguration.html" target="_top">FetchConfiguration</a> fetch) |
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| In both method versions, the given <code class="literal">params</code> map contains the |
| names and values of all the parameters for the query. |
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