Java tutorial
/******************************************************************************* * Copyright (c) 2012 itemis AG (http://www.itemis.eu) and others. * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html *******************************************************************************/ package org.xtext.mongobeans.examples; import java.net.UnknownHostException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.List; import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject; import com.mongodb.DB; import com.mongodb.DBCollection; import com.mongodb.DBObject; import com.mongodb.Mongo; import com.mongodb.MongoException; public class JavaExample { public void dealWithMongoEntities() throws UnknownHostException, MongoException { DBObject artist = new BasicDBObject(); artist.put("name", "John Coltrane"); DBObject album = new BasicDBObject(); album.put("title", "A Love Supreme"); album.put("year", 1965); List<DBObject> albums = new ArrayList<DBObject>(); artist.put("albums", albums); DB db = new Mongo().getDB("testdb"); DBCollection dbCollection = db.getCollection("testCollection"); dbCollection.save(artist); DBObject query = new BasicDBObject(); query.put("name", "John Coltrane"); DBObject artistFromDB = dbCollection.find(query).next(); Object albumFromDB = artistFromDB.get("album"); if (albumFromDB instanceof Collection) { Object firstAlbumFromDB = ((Collection<?>) album).iterator().next(); if (firstAlbumFromDB instanceof DBObject) { Object titleFromDB = album.get("title"); System.out.println(titleFromDB.toString()); } } } }