Mapping a row from a SQL data to a Java object

Question

I have a Java class with instance fields (and matching setter methods) that match the column names of a SQL database table. I would like to elegantly fetch a row from the table

Answer 1

A slightly less verbose way would be to give Student a constructor that accepts 3 strings. Then you could do this:

Student student = new Student(rs.getString("FNAME"), rs.getString("LNAME"), rs.getString("GRADE"));

The other way to do it is to use an ORM like Hibernate but Hibernate only becomes worth the massive setup effort for really big projects dealing with lots of tables.