Ways to access SAP data using JCo

Hi All,

IS there any way by which I can directly retreive the data from a SAP table using the JCo. Currently I'm using the BAPI, but I'm intertested in knowing if I can connect and retrievce data from an SAP table directly without having to use and function module.

Also, RFC enabled function modules the only way to retreive any data from SAP using the JCo?

Thanks,

Deepika.