CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaormjpajpa-2.0criteria-api
jbandi
jbandi

Reputation: 18169

Using JPA2 criteria API without Metamodel on a List property

How can I formulate the following JPA2 criteria query without using the metamodel classes:

CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Employee> cq = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);
Root<Employee> emp = cq.from(Employee.class);
cq.where(cb.isEmpty(emp.get(Employee_.projects)));
cq.select(emp);

I would like to use:

cq.where(cb.isEmpty(emp.get("projects")));

But I cant figure out how to convert the Path to an Expression, which is needed by cb.isEmpty...

Thanks.

Upvotes: 18

Views: 9126

Answers (1)

Pascal Thivent
Pascal Thivent

Reputation: 570505

Try this:

CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery cq = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);
Root emp = cq.from(Employee.class);
cq.where(cb.isEmpty(emp.<List<Project>>get("projects")));
cq.select(emp);

Or, using a Path variable:

CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery cq = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);
Root emp = cq.from(Employee.class);
Path<List<Project>> projects = emp.get("projects"));
cq.where(cb.isEmpty(projects);
cq.select(emp);

Reference

Upvotes: 23

Related Questions