Primitive type can be the return type of the SELECT clause?

[Alibabra Sanjie]

Primitive type can be the return type of the SELECT clause? like int, long... if the cmp field is a primitive type field?

[Mikalai Zaikin]

Yes, it can,
but you can get primitives only in "select" methods, not in "finders"

[Mikalai Zaikin]

here is the example:

The following EJB QL query selects the names of all products that have been ordered. It illustrates the selection of values other than entity beans, therefore it can be used only for SELECT methods, not for FINDER methods:

SELECT DISTINCT l.product.name
FROM Order o, IN(o.lineItems) l

for details see this page.
cheers !

[Alibabra Sanjie]

Clear! Thank you, Mikalai Zaikin!