CriteriaQuery (Hibernate Core Aggregator 3.6.10.Final API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CriteriaQueryTranslator
```
public interface CriteriaQuery
```
An instance of CriteriaQuery is passed to criterion, order and projection instances when actually compiling and executing the query. This interface is not used by application code.

Author:

Gavin King

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`String[]`	`findColumns(String propertyPath, Criteria criteria)` Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path; if the property path is not found in criteria, try the "outer" query.
`String`	`generateSQLAlias()`
`String`	`getColumn(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path, ignoring projection aliases
`String[]`	`getColumns(String propertyPath, Criteria criteria)` Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path, ignoring projection aliases
`String[]`	`getColumnsUsingProjection(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path
`String`	`getEntityName(Criteria criteria)` Get the entity name of an entity
`String`	`getEntityName(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the entity name of an entity, taking into account the qualifier of the property path
`SessionFactoryImplementor`	`getFactory()`
`String[]`	`getIdentifierColumns(Criteria subcriteria)` Get the identifier column names of this entity
`Type`	`getIdentifierType(Criteria subcriteria)` Get the identifier type of this entity
`String`	`getPropertyName(String propertyName)` Get the property name, given a possibly qualified property name
`String`	`getSQLAlias(Criteria subcriteria)` Get the root table alias of an entity
`String`	`getSQLAlias(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the root table alias of an entity, taking into account the qualifier of the property path
`Type`	`getType(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the type of a property path, ignoring projection aliases
`TypedValue`	`getTypedIdentifierValue(Criteria subcriteria, Object value)`
`TypedValue`	`getTypedValue(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath, Object value)` Get the a typed value for the given property value.
`Type`	`getTypeUsingProjection(Criteria criteria, String propertyPath)` Get the type of a property path

Method Detail

getFactory
```
SessionFactoryImplementor getFactory()
```

getColumn
```
String getColumn(Criteria criteria,
               String propertyPath)
                 throws HibernateException
```
Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path, ignoring projection aliases

Throws:

QueryException - if the property maps to more than 1 column

HibernateException

getColumns

String[] getColumns(String propertyPath,
                  Criteria criteria)
                    throws HibernateException

Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path, ignoring projection aliases

Throws:: HibernateException

findColumns
```
String[] findColumns(String propertyPath,
                   Criteria criteria)
                     throws HibernateException
```
Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path; if the property path is not found in criteria, try the "outer" query. Projection aliases are ignored.

Throws:

HibernateException

getType

Type getType(Criteria criteria,
           String propertyPath)
             throws HibernateException

Get the type of a property path, ignoring projection aliases

Throws:: HibernateException

getColumnsUsingProjection

String[] getColumnsUsingProjection(Criteria criteria,
                                 String propertyPath)
                                   throws HibernateException

Get the names of the columns mapped by a property path

Throws:: HibernateException

getTypeUsingProjection

Type getTypeUsingProjection(Criteria criteria,
                          String propertyPath)
                            throws HibernateException

Get the type of a property path

Throws:: HibernateException

getTypedValue

TypedValue getTypedValue(Criteria criteria,
                       String propertyPath,
                       Object value)
                         throws HibernateException

Get the a typed value for the given property value.

Throws:: HibernateException

getEntityName

String getEntityName(Criteria criteria)

Get the entity name of an entity

getEntityName

String getEntityName(Criteria criteria,
                   String propertyPath)

Get the entity name of an entity, taking into account the qualifier of the property path

getSQLAlias
```
String getSQLAlias(Criteria subcriteria)
```
Get the root table alias of an entity

getSQLAlias
```
String getSQLAlias(Criteria criteria,
                 String propertyPath)
```
Get the root table alias of an entity, taking into account the qualifier of the property path

getPropertyName
```
String getPropertyName(String propertyName)
```
Get the property name, given a possibly qualified property name

getIdentifierColumns
```
String[] getIdentifierColumns(Criteria subcriteria)
```
Get the identifier column names of this entity

getIdentifierType
```
Type getIdentifierType(Criteria subcriteria)
```
Get the identifier type of this entity

getTypedIdentifierValue

TypedValue getTypedIdentifierValue(Criteria subcriteria,
                                 Object value)

generateSQLAlias
```
String generateSQLAlias()
```

Interface CriteriaQuery

Method Summary

Method Detail

getFactory

getColumn

getColumns

findColumns

getType

getColumnsUsingProjection

getTypeUsingProjection

getTypedValue

getEntityName

getEntityName

getSQLAlias

getSQLAlias

getPropertyName

getIdentifierColumns

getIdentifierType

getTypedIdentifierValue

generateSQLAlias