Hibernate Criteria API provides an easy way of building dynamic query on the persistence database.

The hibernate criteria API is very Simplified API for fetching data from Criterion objects. The criteria API is an alternative of HQL (Hibernate Query Language) queries. It is more powerful and flexible for writing tricky criteria functions and dynamic queries.

You can easily order your record by using Criteria API either in ascending order or in descending order.

Example- In ascending order-

Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();

        Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(Employee.class);
        criteria.addOrder(Order.asc("name"));

In descending order-

Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(Employee.class);
        criteria.addOrder(Order.desc("name"));