@Nonnull
  public static final Number getSelectCountResultObj (@Nonnull final Query aQuery)
  {
    final Number ret = (Number) aQuery.getSingleResult ();
    return ret != null ? ret : Integer.valueOf (0);
  }
@ Nonnull public static final Number getSelectCountResultObj ( @ Nonnull final Query aQuery ) { final Number ret = ( Number ) aQuery . getSingleResult ( ) ; return ret != null ? ret : Integer . valueOf ( 0 ) ; }
Helper method to handle the execution of "SELECT COUNT(...) ..." SQL
statements. To be invoked inside a {@link #doSelect(Callable)} or
{@link #doSelectStatic(Callable)} method.

@param aQuery
The SELECT COUNT query
@return a non-negative row count