org.eclipse.persistence.jpa

public Interface JpaCriteriaBuilder

Known Direct Implementers: org.eclipse.persistence.internal.jpa.querydef.CriteriaBuilderImpl
Imports: jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression

PUBLIC: EclipseLInk specific JPA Criteria interface. Provides the functionality defined in jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder and adds EclipseLink specific functionality.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public <T> Expression<T>	fromExpression(Expression expression, Class<T> type) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object.
public Expression<T>	fromExpression(Expression expression) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object.
public Expression	toExpression(Expression<T> expression) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be converted to a EclipseLink native API Expression object.

Inherited from jakarta.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder:: abs all and and any array asc avg between between ceiling coalesce coalesce coalesce concat concat concat conjunction construct count countDistinct createCriteriaDelete createCriteriaUpdate createQuery createQuery createTupleQuery currentDate currentTime currentTimestamp desc diff diff diff disjunction equal equal exists exp floor function ge ge greaterThan greaterThan greaterThanOrEqualTo greaterThanOrEqualTo greatest gt gt in isEmpty isFalse isMember isMember isNotEmpty isNotMember isNotMember isNotNull isNull isTrue keys le le least length lessThan lessThan lessThanOrEqualTo lessThanOrEqualTo like like like like like like literal ln localDate localDateTime localTime locate locate locate locate lower lt lt max min mod mod mod neg not notEqual notEqual notLike notLike notLike notLike notLike notLike nullif nullif nullLiteral or or parameter parameter power power prod prod prod quot quot quot round selectCase selectCase sign size size some sqrt substring substring substring substring sum sum sum sum sumAsDouble sumAsLong toBigDecimal toBigInteger toDouble toFloat toInteger toLong toString treat treat treat treat treat treat treat trim trim trim trim trim trim tuple upper values

Method Detail

fromExpression	back to summary
public <T> Expression<T> fromExpression(Expression expression, Class<T> type) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object. This allows for an extended functionality supported in EclipseLink Expressions to be used in Criteria.

fromExpression	back to summary
public Expression<T> fromExpression(Expression expression) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be built from a EclipseLink native API Expression object. This allows for an extended functionality supported in EclipseLink Expressions to be used in Criteria.

toExpression	back to summary
public Expression toExpression(Expression<T> expression) ADVANCED: Allow a Criteria Expression to be converted to a EclipseLink native API Expression object. This allows for roots and paths defined in the Criteria to be used with EclipseLink native API Expresions.