EclipseLink native query result into POJO - Missing descriptor for [Class] - jpa

Question

I'm using EclipseLink to run some Native SQL. I need to return the data into a POJO. I followed the instructions at EclipseLink Docs, but I receive the error Missing descriptor for [Class]
The query columns have been named to match the member variables of the POJO. Do I need to do some additional mapping?
POJO:
public class AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO {
private BigDecimal announcementId;
private String recipientAddress;
private String type;
public AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO() {
super();
}
public AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO(BigDecimal announcementId, String recipientAddress, String type) {
super();
this.announcementId = announcementId;
this.recipientAddress = recipientAddress;
this.type = type;
}
... Getters/Setters
Entity Manager call:
public List<AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO> getNormalizedRecipientsForAnnouncement(int announcementId) {
Query query = em.createNamedQuery(AnnouncementDeliveryLog.FIND_NORMALIZED_RECIPIENTS_FOR_ANNOUNCEMENT, AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO.class);
query.setParameter(1, announcementId);
return query.getResultList();
}

Answer 1

I found out you can put the results of a Native Query execution into a List of Arrays that hold Objects. Then one can iterate over the list and Array elements and build the desired Entity objects.
List<Object[]> rawResultList;
Query query =
em.createNamedQuery(AnnouncementDeliveryLog.FIND_NORMALIZED_RECIPIENTS_FOR_ANNOUNCEMENT);
rawResultList = query.getResultList();
for (Object[] resultElement : rawResultList) {
AnnouncementDeliveryLog adl = new AnnouncementDeliveryLog(getAnnouncementById(announcementId), (String)resultElement[1], (String)resultElement[2], "TO_SEND");
persistAnnouncementDeliveryLog(adl);
}

Answer 2

You can only use native SQL queries with a class if the class is mapped. You need to define the AnnouncementRecipientsFlattenedDTO class as an #Entity.
Otherwise just create the native query with only the SQL and get an array of the data back and construct your DTO yourself using the data.

Answer 3

Old question but may be following solution will help someone else.
Suppose you want to return a list of columns, data type and data length for a given table in Oracle. I have written below a native sample query for this:
private static final String TABLE_COLUMNS = "select utc.COLUMN_NAME, utc.DATA_TYPE, utc.DATA_LENGTH "
+ "from user_tab_columns utc "
+ "where utc.table_name = ? "
+ "order by utc.column_name asc";
Now the requirement is to construct a list of POJO from the result of above query.
Define TableColumn entity class as below:
#Entity
public class TableColumn implements Serializable {
#Id
#Column(name = "COLUMN_NAME")
private String columnName;
#Column(name = "DATA_TYPE")
private String dataType;
#Column(name = "DATA_LENGTH")
private int dataLength;
public String getColumnName() {
return columnName;
}
public void setColumnName(String columnName) {
this.columnName = columnName;
}
public String getDataType() {
return dataType;
}
public void setDataType(String dataType) {
this.dataType = dataType;
}
public int getDataLength() {
return dataLength;
}
public void setDataLength(int dataLength) {
this.dataLength = dataLength;
}
public TableColumn(String columnName, String dataType, int dataLength) {
this.columnName = columnName;
this.dataType = dataType;
this.dataLength = dataLength;
}
public TableColumn(String columnName) {
this.columnName = columnName;
}
public TableColumn() {
}
#Override
public int hashCode() {
int hash = 0;
hash += (columnName != null ? columnName.hashCode() : 0);
return hash;
}
#Override
public boolean equals(Object object) {
if (!(object instanceof TableColumn)) {
return false;
}
TableColumn other = (TableColumn) object;
if ((this.columnName == null && other.columnName != null) || (this.columnName != null && !this.columnName.equals(other.columnName))) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public String toString() {
return getColumnName();
}
}
Now we are ready to construct a list of POJO. Use the sample code below to construct get your result as List of POJOs.
public List<TableColumn> findTableColumns(String table) {
List<TableColumn> listTables = new ArrayList<>();
EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();
Query q = em.createNativeQuery(TABLE_COLUMNS, TableColumn.class).setParameter(1, table);
listTables = q.getResultList();
em.close();
return listTables;
}

Answer 4

Also, don't forget to add in your POJO class in persistence.xml! It can be easy to overlook if you are used to your IDE managing that file for you.

Answer 5

Had the same kind of problem where I wanted to return a List of POJOs, and really just POJOs (call it DTO if you want) and not #Entity annotated Objects.
class PojoExample {
String name;
#Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
SomeEnum type;
public PojoExample(String name, SomeEnum type) {
this.name = name;
this.type = type;
}
}
With the following Query:
String query = "SELECT b.name, a.newtype as type FROM tablea a, tableb b where a.tableb_id = b_id";
Query query = getEntityManager().createNativeQuery(query, "PojoExample");
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
List<PojoExample> data = query.getResultList();
Creates the PojoExample from the database without the need for an Entity annotation on PojoExample. You can find the method call in the Oracle Docs here.
edit:
As it turns out you have to use #SqlResultSetMapping for this to work, otherwise your query.getResultList() returns a List of Object.
#SqlResultSetMapping(name = "PojoExample",
classes = #ConstructorResult(columns = {
#ColumnResult(name = "name", type = String.class),
#ColumnResult(name = "type", type = String.class)
},
targetClass = PojoExample.class)
)
Just put this anywhere under your #Entity annotation (so in this example either in tablea or tableb because PojoExample has no #Entity annotation)