Ok, sounds good - thanks for the help.
On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Craig L Russell <craig.russ...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Feb 1, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Chris Wolf wrote: > >> I notice that upon executing a query with the EM, it returns a >> collection list of type "DelagatingResultList" can I just use that in >> the business logic of my app, or should I copy it into a standard >> ArrayList first? > > > Generally, any type of XXXList<Foo> that you get from "someone else's code" > should be treated (not copied!) as a List<Foo>. Unless you know that the > behavior you need is only in XXXList and not in List. So in your Java code, > > List<Foo> result = fooQuery.getResultList(); > > So carefully look at your requirements, but in general just use the > List<Foo> behavior until you find you need something more. And then ask here > to see if there's a better way. > > Craig >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> Chris > > > Craig L Russell > Architect, Oracle > http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:craig.russ...@oracle.com > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! >
