Query compilation etc

Hi, a quick recap of the discussion we had in the last telecon. This was sparked by the discussion whether Query.compile() may need database access, i.e. whether it should fail when called outside transaction borders. (TL;DR): See conclusion below. Querying usually requires the following

[jira] [Commented] (JDO-759) Spec update to clarify whether methods that are documented to be hints must not throw exceptions

[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JDO-759?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel=15884843#comment-15884843 ] Tilmann Zäschke commented on JDO-759: - I understand that this should be a general clarification, but

[jira] [Created] (JDO-760) Spec update regarding whether Query.execute() returns List or Collection

Tilmann Zäschke created JDO-760: --- Summary: Spec update regarding whether Query.execute() returns List or Collection Key: JDO-760 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JDO-760 Project: JDO