How to replace ajax call with ODataModel?

Hi,

I am new to SAP UI5. I went through the ODataModel api. All I found is, if we want to make use of the ODataModel, we are supposed to bind the model to some control. But what about the cases where we don't want to bind the results we get from the request to server to any of the controls?

Is there any way/method present which would help us to retrieve the data without binding the model to any of the controls?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Supriya Kale