title: Whats the JPA method to retrieve data that ignores @JoinColumn
body: <p>So I'm new to JPA and just trying to figure out the best practices for what I need. I have code the looks like the following Entity and when I use findAll() in the controller its automatically pulling the data I want from Equipment and Validation. Whats the proper way to just retrieve Equipment though if I dont Validation. The full database is much larger than this with many more joins so there's an ask to be able to just retrieve the data within a single table also.</p>
  <pre><code>@Entity
  @Table()
  public class Equipment{
     @Id
     @Column(name=&quot;eqpmnt_id&quot;)
     Integer equipmentId;
     
     @Column()
     String equipmentName;
     
     @OneToOne()
     @JoinColumn(name=&quot;eqpmnt_id&quot;)
     Validation validation;
  </code></pre>