Spring-Mongo : mapping mongo document field/s to BasicDBObject/Map of BasicDBObject of an Entity - spring

Question

I have an entity ProjectCycle mapped to mongo DB collection ProjectCycle. I am trying to retrieve 2 fields, _id and Status. I am able to retrieve both like the following
#Document(collection="ProjectCycle")
public class ProjectCycle {
#Id
private String id;
#Field("Status")
private String status;
//getters and setters
}
Application.java
Query query = new Query();
query.fields().include("Status");
Criteria criteria = new Criteria();
criteria.and("_id").is("1000");
query.addCriteria(criteria);
Iterable<ProjectCycle> objectList = mongoOperations.find(query, ProjectCycle.class);
for(ProjectCycle obj : objectList) {
System.out.println("_id "+obj.getId());
System.out.println("status "+obj.getStatus());
}
Output
_id 1000
status Approved
But, the problem is when i use an Entity with field private DBObject basicDbObject; instead of private String status; i am getting value as null instead of Approved
I have tried like the following
public class ProjectCycle {
#Id
private String id;
private DBObject basicDbObject;
//getter & setter
}
What I am trying to achieve is that, the collection 'ProjectCycle' is very large and creating a POJO corresponding to it is quiet difficult. Also I am only reading data from mongoDB. So creating the entire POJO is time wasting and tedious.
How I can achieve mapping between any field/fields from mongo Collection to entity?.
Will it be possible to create a Map<String, BasicDBObject> objectMap; to fields returned from query? I am using Spring-data-mongodb for the same.
Version details
Spring 4.0.7.RELEASE
spring-data-mongodb 1.7.2.RELEASE

Answer 1

Try mapping your query like below.
Iterable<BasicDBObject> objectList = mongoOperations.find(query, BasicDBObject.class, collectionname);
for(BasicDBObject obj : objectList) {
System.out.println("_id "+obj.get("id"));
System.out.println("status "+obj.get("status"));
}