public static void main(String[] args) { MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient("localhost"); Datastore datastore = new Morphia().createDatastore(mongo, "bandmanager"); Band band = new Band(); band.setName("Love Burger"); band.setGenre("Rock"); // datastore.save(band); Query query = datastore.createQuery(Band.class).field("name").contains("urger"); Band cons = (Band) query.asList().get(0); System.out.println(cons); }