gistfile1.java

@Table(name="FOO")
public class Bar{
  @Column(name="MY_CUSTOM_NAME")
  private String name;  
}

/*
Table structure : 
--------------------
|       FOO        |
--------------------
|  MY_CUSTOM_NAME  |
--------------------
*/

//With the JOOQ generator : 
FooRecord foo = create.selectFrom(FOO)
 .where(FOO.MY_CUSTOM_NAME.equal("We don't care"))
 .fetchAny();
 
//With the JPA generator : 
BarRecord bar = create.selectFrom(BAR)
.where(BAR.NAME.equal("We don't care")).fetchAny();

//Of course, we can use fetchInto(Bar.class) with both result