code: protected List fetch()
      {
          EntityMetadata metadata = getEntityMetadata();
          Client client = persistenceDelegeator.getClient(metadata);
          List results = isRelational(metadata) ? recursivelyPopulateEntities(metadata, client) : populateEntities(
                  metadata, client);
          return results;
      }
docs: Returns collection of fetched entities.
  
  @return the list