JPA: what is the proper pattern for iterating over large result sets?

Question

Let\'s say I have a table with millions of rows. Using JPA, what\'s the proper way to iterate over a query against that table, such that I don\'t have all an in-memo

Answer 1

An Example with JPA and NativeQuery fetching everytime the size Elements using offsets

public List getXByFetching(int fetchSize) {
        int totalX = getTotalRows(Entity);
        List result = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int offset = 0; offset < totalX; offset = offset + fetchSize) {
            EntityManager entityManager = getEntityManager();
            String sql = getSqlSelect(Entity) + " OFFSET " + offset + " ROWS";
            Query query = entityManager.createNativeQuery(sql, X.class);
            query.setMaxResults(fetchSize);
            result.addAll(query.getResultList());
            entityManager.flush();
            entityManager.clear();
        return result;
    }