RethinkDB r = RethinkDB.r;
RethinkDBConnection con = r.connect();

r.db("test").tableCreate("heros").run(con);
con.use("test");

r.table("heros").insert(
        new MapObject().with("name", "Heman").with("age", 33).with("skill", "sword"),
        new MapObject().with("name", "Spiderman").with("age", 27).with("skill", "jumping"),
        new MapObject().with("name", "Superman").with("age", 133).with("skill", "flying"),
        new MapObject().with("name", "Xena").with("age", 29).with("skill", "wowza")
).run(con);

System.out.println(
        r.table("heros").filter(hero->hero.field("age").gt(100)).pluck("age").run(con)
); // [{age=133.0}]

System.out.println(
        r.table("heros").orderBy(r.desc("age")).map(hero -> hero.field("name").upcase()).run(con)
); // [SUPERMAN, HEMAN, XENA, SPIDERMAN]

System.out.println(
        r.table("heros").update(row ->
                        r.branch(
                                row.field("age").gt(100),
                                new MapObject().with("newAttribute", "old"),
                                new MapObject().with("newAttribute", "young")
                        )
        ).run(con)
); // DMLResult{inserted=0, replaced=4, unchanged=0, errors=0, first_error=null, deleted=0, skipped=0, generated_keys=null, old_val=null, new_val=null}

System.out.println(
        r.table("heros").pluck("name","newAttribute").run(con)
); // [
   // {newAttribute=young, name=Xena},
   // {newAttribute=young, name=Spiderman},
   // {newAttribute=old,   name=Superman},
   // {newAttribute=young, name=Heman}
   // ]