Hibernate criteria to sql.

In this tutorial, you will see the use of sql() method of Expression class. The Expression class is available in org.hibernate.criteria package.

CriteiaSort.java

package net.roseindia.action;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import net.roseindia.bean.StudentBean;
import net.roseindia.util.HibernateUtil;
import org.hibernate.Criteria;
import org.hibernate.Hibernate;
import org.hibernate.Session;
import org.hibernate.criterion.Expression;

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
public class CriteiaSort {
	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	Session session = HibernateUtil.getSessionFactory().openSession();
	Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(StudentBean.class).add(
			Expression.sql("lower({alias}.name) like lower(?)", "%r%",
					Hibernate.STRING));
	List obList = criteria.list();
	Iterator obIter = obList.iterator();
	while (obIter.hasNext()) {
		StudentBean object = (StudentBean) obIter.next();
		System.out.print(object.getName() + "\t");
		System.out.print(object.getAddress() + "\n");
	 }
    }
}

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