14 criteria api

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Criteria API

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Using Restrictions

from Book book where name='Hibernate Quickly'

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Getting Unique Result

For Ignoring case

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Same as

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Match modes

If you want to search using wildcards, you can use the MatchMode class

The following MatchMode values are available:

• START: Matches the start of the string with the pattern• END: Matches the end of the string with the pattern• ANYWHERE: Matches the pattern anywhere in the string• EXACT: Matches the complete pattern in the string

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Projections

Same as

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Using Detached Criteria

If you don’t have an open session, you can instantiate a detached criteria by using the DetachedCriteria. forClass() method and later attach it to a session for execution.

When you have a session to run the query, you call getExecutableCriteria() and pass the session as a method argument. The getExecutableCriteria() method returns an executable instance of criteria:

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