Obey column order in resultMap
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                 Key: IBATIS-415
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/IBATIS-415
             Project: iBatis for Java
          Issue Type: New Feature
          Components: SQL Maps
    Affects Versions: 2.3.1
            Reporter: Tony Ugando


It will be extremely beneficial if iBatis could lookup column names in a 
resultSet, in the exact same order they are found in the resultMap.  This would 
allow users to maintain joins much easier, specifically for tables with a lot 
of columns.  Maybe an attribute can be added to the resultMap tag, named 
obeyColumnOrder="true/false".  When setting this attribute to true, then the 
columns will be read in the exact same order that they are found in the 
resultMap, and any nested or inherited result maps as well.

Currently, it is truly a nightmare when dealing with joined tables that have 
conflicting column names.  You either need to define an alias for each column 
name, in each table, which is extremely tedious, or you need to use the 
columnIndex attribute in the result tag.  The columnIndex solution is also very 
tedious to maintain, and it requires you to create multiple resultMaps for each 
table that you are modeling.

eq.
select
TBL_1.*, TBL_2.*
from TBL_1
left outer join TBL_2
on TBL_1.SEQ = TBL_2.FK_SEQ

is much easier to maintain than...

select
TBL_1.SEQ, TBL_1.COL,...,
TBL_2.SEQ, TBL_2.COL,...
from TBL_1
left outer join TBL_2
on TBL_1.SEQ = TBL_2.FK_SEQ



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