Class CriteriaDefinition<R>

java.lang.Object
org.hibernate.query.criteria.spi.HibernateCriteriaBuilderDelegate
org.hibernate.query.criteria.CriteriaDefinition<R>
Type Parameters:
R - the query result type
All Implemented Interfaces:
AbstractQuery<R>, CommonAbstractCriteria, CriteriaBuilder, CriteriaQuery<R>, CriteriaSelect<R>, Serializable, HibernateCriteriaBuilder, JpaCriteriaBase, JpaCriteriaNode, JpaCriteriaQuery<R>, JpaCriteriaSelect<R>, JpaCteContainer, JpaQueryableCriteria<R>, JpaSelectCriteria<R>
@Incubating public abstract class CriteriaDefinition<R> extends HibernateCriteriaBuilderDelegate implements JpaCriteriaQuery<R>
A utility class that makes it easier to build criteria queries. From within an initializer block of a (usually anonymous) subclass, all operations of the CriteriaBuilder and CriteriaQuery may be called without the need for specifying the target object.

For example: 

sessionFactory.inTransaction(session -> {
    List<Book> books
            = new CriteriaDefinition<>(sessionFactory, Book.class) {{
                var book = from(Book.class);
                where(like(book.get(Book_.title), "%Hibernate%"));
                orderBy(desc(book.get(Book_.publicationDate)), asc(book.get(Book_.isbn)));
                book.fetch(Book_.authors);
            }}
            .createSelectionQuery(session)
            .setMaxResults(10)
            .getResultList();
    ...
});

A CriteriaDefinition may even be used to modify a base HQL or criteria query: 

sessionFactory.inTransaction(session -> {
    List<Book> books
            = new CriteriaDefinition<>(sessionFactory, Book.class,
                    "from Book left join fetch authors where type = BOOK") {{
                var book = getRoot(0, Book.class);
                where(getRestriction(), like(book.get(Book_.title), "%Hibernate%"));
                orderBy(desc(book.get(Book_.publicationDate)), asc(book.get(Book_.isbn)));
            }}
            .createSelectionQuery(session)
            .getResultList();
    ...
});
For queries which don't change between executions, the CriteriaDefinition may be safely built and cached at startup: 
// build and cache the query
static final CriteriaQuery<Book> bookQuery =
        new CriteriaDefinition<>(sessionFactory, Book.class) {{
            var book = from(Book.class);
            where(like(book.get(Book_.title), "%Hibernate%"));
            orderBy(desc(book.get(Book_.publicationDate)), asc(book.get(Book_.isbn)));
            book.fetch(Book_.authors);
        }};

...

// execute it in a session
sessionFactory.inTransaction(session -> {
    List<Book> books =
            session.createQuery(bookQuery)
                    .setMaxResults(10)
                    .getResultList();
    ...
});
A CriteriaDefinition may be used to modify another CriteriaDefinition: 
var bookFilter
        = new CriteriaDefinition<>(sessionFactory, Book.class) {{
            where(like(from(Book.class).get(Book_.title), "%Hibernate%"));
        }};
long count
        = new CriteriaDefinition<>(bookFilter, Long.class) {{
            select(count());
        }}
        .createSelectionQuery(session)
        .getSingleResult();
var books =
        = new CriteriaDefinition<>(bookFilter) {{
            var book = (Root<Book>) getRootList().get(0);
            book.fetch(Book_.authors);
            orderBy(desc(book.get(Book_.publicationDate)), asc(book.get(Book_.isbn)));
        }}
        .createSelectionQuery(session)
        .setMaxResults(10)
        .getResultList();
Since:
6.3
See Also: