Systems and methods for cursored collections

A method for allowing a client to execute a queries against a database, comprising:

• executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the results;
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• sending the client a list specifying the results in the set of results and allowing the client to select results from the list.

A method for allowing a client to execute queries against a database, comprising:

• executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query, selecting a subset of the set of results, and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• allowing the client to access the set of EJBs.

A method for allowing a client to execute queries against a database, comprising:

• executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• allowing the client to access a subset of the EJBs.

A computer-readable medium, comprising:

• means for executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• means for generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• means for receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• means for allowing the client to access a subset of the EJBs.

A computer program product for execution by a server computer for allowing a client to execute queries against a database, comprising:

• computer code for executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• computer code for generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• computer code for receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• computer code for allowing the client to access a subset of the EJBs.

A system for allowing a client to execute queries against a database, comprising:

• means for executing a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• means for generating the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• means for receiving a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• means for allowing the client to access a subset of the EJBs.

A computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• object code executed by said processor, said object code configured to:
• execute a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• generate the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• receive a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• allow the client to access a subset of the EJBs.

A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:

• a code segment including instructions to execute a finder method to generate a query to be executed against a database;
• a code segment including instructions to generate the SQL for the query and executing the query against the database;
• a code segment including instructions to receive a set of results from the database corresponding to the query and populating a set of EJBs with the subset of results;
• a code segment including instructions to allow the client to access a subset of the EJBs.