Treat objects from named query as new ones

Question

Hello,
I use TopLink 11.1.1.1.0 and I need to do following. I want to read object from database with named query and let TopLink treat them like new object created in java. Is it possible? Obejcts are in one table but the named query computes them with select from several different tables, so this obejcts are not present in the table.
Why I need it? It is import of data from one module of our application to another. Previously it was done in java. About 500 000 objects were read in one module just to convert into 20 000 objects in another module. If database does this conversion (named query with grouping which reads the 20 000 objects) it is much faster and take much less memory.
What I can do is to create new class with the same fields query this objects and then copy them to object I need. But I don't like creating new class just for this.
Thank for any help
Frank

Answer 1

Thanks for help I solved it different way eventually. I made a stored procedure which inserts data to the table of SOURCE_ITEMS. First I call stored procedure, then I load all new created SOURCE_ITEMS with ReadAllQuery (I have business parameters by which to select them) and make post processing in java with them. I used StoredProcedureCall in TopLink so if exception occurs and transaction rollbacks, stored procedure will rollback as well (I tried it, works for sure:).
StoredProcedureCall call = new StoredProcedureCall();
call.setProcedureName(SQL_IMPORT_CALL);
call.addNamedArgumentValue(SQL_IMPORT_PARAM_1, getId());
call.addNamedArgumentValue(SQL_IMPORT_PARAM_2, getXXX().getId());
call.addNamedArgumentValue(SQL_IMPORT_PARAM_3, getYYY.getId());
call.addNamedArgumentValue(SQL_IMPORT_PARAM_4, getZZZ());
DataModifyQuery query = new DataModifyQuery();
query.setCall(call);
query.setShouldBindAllParameters(true);
// insert of imported SOURCE_ITEMS
ctx.executeQuery(query);
Thanks Chris and hope this will help to somebody else as well..
Frank
Edited by: user604333 on Nov 17, 2010 12:20 PM
Edited by: user604333 on Nov 17, 2010 12:20 PM
Edited by: user604333 on Nov 17, 2010 12:20 PM