Restrictions (Hibernate JavaDocs)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.criterion.Restrictions

Direct Known Subclasses:

Expression
```
public class Restrictions
extends Object
```
The criterion package may be used by applications as a framework for building new kinds of Criterion. However, it is intended that most applications will simply use the built-in criterion types via the static factory methods of this class. See also the Projections factory methods for generating Projection instances

See Also:

Criteria

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor and Description

protected Restrictions()

Constructors
Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`Restrictions()`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`static Criterion`	`allEq(Map<String,?> propertyNameValues)` Apply an "equals" constraint to each property in the key set of a `Map`
`static Conjunction`	`and(Criterion... predicates)` Return the conjunction of multiple expressions
`static LogicalExpression`	`and(Criterion lhs, Criterion rhs)` Return the conjunction of two expressions
`static Criterion`	`between(String propertyName, Object low, Object high)` Apply a "between" constraint to the named property
`static Conjunction`	`conjunction()` Group expressions together in a single conjunction (A and B and C...).
`static Conjunction`	`conjunction(Criterion... conditions)` Group expressions together in a single conjunction (A and B and C...).
`static Disjunction`	`disjunction()` Group expressions together in a single disjunction (A or B or C...).
`static Disjunction`	`disjunction(Criterion... conditions)` Group expressions together in a single disjunction (A or B or C...).
`static SimpleExpression`	`eq(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply an "equal" constraint to the named property
`static Criterion`	`eqOrIsNull(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply an "equal" constraint to the named property.
`static PropertyExpression`	`eqProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply an "equal" constraint to two properties
`static SimpleExpression`	`ge(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "greater than or equal" constraint to the named property
`static PropertyExpression`	`geProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply a "greater than or equal" constraint to two properties
`static SimpleExpression`	`gt(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "greater than" constraint to the named property
`static PropertyExpression`	`gtProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply a "greater than" constraint to two properties
`static Criterion`	`idEq(Object value)` Apply an "equal" constraint to the identifier property
`static Criterion`	`ilike(String propertyName, Object value)` A case-insensitive "like" (similar to Postgres `ilike` operator)
`static Criterion`	`ilike(String propertyName, String value, MatchMode matchMode)` A case-insensitive "like" (similar to Postgres `ilike` operator) using the provided match mode
`static Criterion`	`in(String propertyName, Collection values)` Apply an "in" constraint to the named property.
`static Criterion`	`in(String propertyName, Object... values)` Apply an "in" constraint to the named property.
`static Criterion`	`isEmpty(String propertyName)` Constrain a collection valued property to be empty
`static Criterion`	`isNotEmpty(String propertyName)` Constrain a collection valued property to be non-empty
`static Criterion`	`isNotNull(String propertyName)` Apply an "is not null" constraint to the named property
`static Criterion`	`isNull(String propertyName)` Apply an "is null" constraint to the named property
`static SimpleExpression`	`le(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "less than or equal" constraint to the named property
`static PropertyExpression`	`leProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply a "less than or equal" constraint to two properties
`static SimpleExpression`	`like(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "like" constraint to the named property
`static SimpleExpression`	`like(String propertyName, String value, MatchMode matchMode)` Apply a "like" constraint to the named property using the provided match mode
`static SimpleExpression`	`lt(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "less than" constraint to the named property
`static PropertyExpression`	`ltProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply a "less than" constraint to two properties
`static NaturalIdentifier`	`naturalId()` Consider using any of the natural id based loading stuff from session instead, especially in cases where the restriction is the full set of natural id values.
`static SimpleExpression`	`ne(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "not equal" constraint to the named property
`static Criterion`	`neOrIsNotNull(String propertyName, Object value)` Apply a "not equal" constraint to the named property.
`static PropertyExpression`	`neProperty(String propertyName, String otherPropertyName)` Apply a "not equal" constraint to two properties
`static Criterion`	`not(Criterion expression)` Return the negation of an expression
`static Disjunction`	`or(Criterion... predicates)` Return the disjunction of multiple expressions
`static LogicalExpression`	`or(Criterion lhs, Criterion rhs)` Return the disjunction of two expressions
`static Criterion`	`sizeEq(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sizeGe(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sizeGt(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sizeLe(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sizeLt(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sizeNe(String propertyName, int size)` Constrain a collection valued property by size
`static Criterion`	`sqlRestriction(String sql)` Apply a constraint expressed in SQL with no JDBC parameters.
`static Criterion`	`sqlRestriction(String sql, Object[] values, Type[] types)` Create a restriction expressed in SQL with JDBC parameters.
`static Criterion`	`sqlRestriction(String sql, Object value, Type type)` Create a restriction expressed in SQL with one JDBC parameter.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - Restrictions
```
protected Restrictions()
```
- Method Detail
  - idEq
```
public static Criterion idEq(Object value)
```
    Apply an "equal" constraint to the identifier property
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    IdentifierEqExpression
  - eq
```
public static SimpleExpression eq(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply an "equal" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    SimpleExpression
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - eqOrIsNull
```
public static Criterion eqOrIsNull(String propertyName,
                                   Object value)
```
    Apply an "equal" constraint to the named property. If the value is null, instead apply "is null".
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    eq(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object), isNull(java.lang.String)
  - ne
```
public static SimpleExpression ne(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply a "not equal" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - neOrIsNotNull
```
public static Criterion neOrIsNotNull(String propertyName,
                                      Object value)
```
    Apply a "not equal" constraint to the named property. If the value is null, instead apply "is not null".
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    ne(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object), isNotNull(java.lang.String)
  - like
```
public static SimpleExpression like(String propertyName,
                                    Object value)
```
    Apply a "like" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - like
```
public static SimpleExpression like(String propertyName,
                                    String value,
                                    MatchMode matchMode)
```
    Apply a "like" constraint to the named property using the provided match mode
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    matchMode - The match mode to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - ilike
```
public static Criterion ilike(String propertyName,
                              Object value)
```
    A case-insensitive "like" (similar to Postgres ilike operator)
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    LikeExpression
  - ilike
```
public static Criterion ilike(String propertyName,
                              String value,
                              MatchMode matchMode)
```
    A case-insensitive "like" (similar to Postgres ilike operator) using the provided match mode
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    matchMode - The match mode to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    LikeExpression
  - gt
```
public static SimpleExpression gt(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply a "greater than" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - lt
```
public static SimpleExpression lt(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply a "less than" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - le
```
public static SimpleExpression le(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply a "less than or equal" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - ge
```
public static SimpleExpression ge(String propertyName,
                                  Object value)
```
    Apply a "greater than or equal" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    value - The value to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SimpleExpression
  - between
```
public static Criterion between(String propertyName,
                                Object low,
                                Object high)
```
    Apply a "between" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    low - The low value
    
    high - The high value
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    BetweenExpression
  - in
```
public static Criterion in(String propertyName,
                           Object... values)
```
    Apply an "in" constraint to the named property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    values - The literal values to use in the IN restriction
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    InExpression
  - in
```
public static Criterion in(String propertyName,
                           Collection values)
```
    Apply an "in" constraint to the named property.
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    values - The literal values to use in the IN restriction
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    InExpression
  - isNull
```
public static Criterion isNull(String propertyName)
```
    Apply an "is null" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the property
    
    Returns:
    
    Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    NullExpression
  - isNotNull
```
public static Criterion isNotNull(String propertyName)
```
    Apply an "is not null" constraint to the named property
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    NotNullExpression
  - eqProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression eqProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply an "equal" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - neProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression neProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply a "not equal" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - ltProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression ltProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply a "less than" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - leProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression leProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply a "less than or equal" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - gtProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression gtProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply a "greater than" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - geProperty
```
public static PropertyExpression geProperty(String propertyName,
                                            String otherPropertyName)
```
    Apply a "greater than or equal" constraint to two properties
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - One property name
    
    otherPropertyName - The other property name
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    PropertyExpression
  - and
```
public static LogicalExpression and(Criterion lhs,
                                    Criterion rhs)
```
    Return the conjunction of two expressions
    
    Parameters:
    
    lhs - One expression
    
    rhs - The other expression
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
  - and
```
public static Conjunction and(Criterion... predicates)
```
    Return the conjunction of multiple expressions
    
    Parameters:
    
    predicates - The predicates making up the initial junction
    
    Returns:
    
    The conjunction
  - or
```
public static LogicalExpression or(Criterion lhs,
                                   Criterion rhs)
```
    Return the disjunction of two expressions
    
    Parameters:
    
    lhs - One expression
    
    rhs - The other expression
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
  - or
```
public static Disjunction or(Criterion... predicates)
```
    Return the disjunction of multiple expressions
    
    Parameters:
    
    predicates - The predicates making up the initial junction
    
    Returns:
    
    The conjunction
  - not
```
public static Criterion not(Criterion expression)
```
    Return the negation of an expression
    
    Parameters:
    
    expression - The expression to be negated
    
    Returns:
    
    Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    NotExpression
  - sqlRestriction
```
public static Criterion sqlRestriction(String sql,
                                       Object[] values,
                                       Type[] types)
```
    Create a restriction expressed in SQL with JDBC parameters. Any occurrences of {alias} will be replaced by the table alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sql - The SQL restriction
    
    values - The parameter values
    
    types - The parameter types
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SQLCriterion
  - sqlRestriction
```
public static Criterion sqlRestriction(String sql,
                                       Object value,
                                       Type type)
```
    Create a restriction expressed in SQL with one JDBC parameter. Any occurrences of {alias} will be replaced by the table alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sql - The SQL restriction
    
    value - The parameter value
    
    type - The parameter type
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SQLCriterion
  - sqlRestriction
```
public static Criterion sqlRestriction(String sql)
```
    Apply a constraint expressed in SQL with no JDBC parameters. Any occurrences of {alias} will be replaced by the table alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sql - The SQL restriction
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SQLCriterion
  - conjunction
```
public static Conjunction conjunction()
```
    Group expressions together in a single conjunction (A and B and C...). This form creates an empty conjunction. See Junction.add(Criterion)
    
    Returns:
    
    Conjunction
  - conjunction
```
public static Conjunction conjunction(Criterion... conditions)
```
    Group expressions together in a single conjunction (A and B and C...).
    
    Parameters:
    
    conditions - The initial set of conditions to put into the Conjunction
    
    Returns:
    
    Conjunction
  - disjunction
```
public static Disjunction disjunction()
```
    Group expressions together in a single disjunction (A or B or C...). This form creates an empty disjunction. See Junction.add(Criterion)
    
    Returns:
    
    Conjunction
  - disjunction
```
public static Disjunction disjunction(Criterion... conditions)
```
    Group expressions together in a single disjunction (A or B or C...).
    
    Parameters:
    
    conditions - The initial set of conditions to put into the Disjunction
    
    Returns:
    
    Conjunction
  - allEq
```
public static Criterion allEq(Map<String,?> propertyNameValues)
```
    Apply an "equals" constraint to each property in the key set of a Map
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyNameValues - a map from property names to values
    
    Returns:
    
    Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    Conjunction
  - isEmpty
```
public static Criterion isEmpty(String propertyName)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property to be empty
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    EmptyExpression
  - isNotEmpty
```
public static Criterion isNotEmpty(String propertyName)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property to be non-empty
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    NotEmptyExpression
  - sizeEq
```
public static Criterion sizeEq(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - sizeNe
```
public static Criterion sizeNe(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - sizeGt
```
public static Criterion sizeGt(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - sizeLt
```
public static Criterion sizeLt(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - sizeGe
```
public static Criterion sizeGe(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - sizeLe
```
public static Criterion sizeLe(String propertyName,
                               int size)
```
    Constrain a collection valued property by size
    
    Parameters:
    
    propertyName - The name of the collection property
    
    size - The size to use in comparison
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    SizeExpression
  - naturalId
```
public static NaturalIdentifier naturalId()
```
    Consider using any of the natural id based loading stuff from session instead, especially in cases where the restriction is the full set of natural id values.
    
    Returns:
    
    The Criterion
    
    See Also:
    
    NaturalIdentifier, Session.byNaturalId(Class), Session.byNaturalId(String), Session.bySimpleNaturalId(Class), Session.bySimpleNaturalId(String)

Class Restrictions

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

Restrictions

Method Detail

idEq

eq

eqOrIsNull

ne

neOrIsNotNull

like

like

ilike

ilike

gt

lt

le

ge

between

in

in

isNull

isNotNull

eqProperty

neProperty

ltProperty

leProperty

gtProperty

geProperty

and

and

or

or

not

sqlRestriction

sqlRestriction

sqlRestriction

conjunction

conjunction

disjunction

disjunction

allEq

isEmpty

isNotEmpty

sizeEq

sizeNe

sizeGt

sizeLt

sizeGe

sizeLe

naturalId