The following methods alters the behavior of the executed query, some can be a life saver, so check them all out.
Method | Description |
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cache(boolean cache=true, cacheRegion) |
Tells Hibernate whether to cache the query or not (if the query cache is enabled), and optionally choose a cache region |
cacheRegion(cacheRegion) |
Tells Hibernate the cache region to store the query under |
comment(comment) |
Add a comment to the generated SQL. |
fetchSize(numeric fetchSize) |
Set's the fetch size of the underlying JDBC query |
firstResult(numeric firstResult) |
Specifies the offset for the results. A value of 0 will return all records up to the maximum specified. |
maxResults(numeric maxResults) |
Set a limit upon the number of objects to be retrieved. |
order(property,sortDir='asc',ignoreCase=false) |
Specifies both the sort property (the first argument, the sort order (either 'asc' or 'desc'), and if it should ignore cases or not |
peek( target ) |
Peek into the criteria build process with your own closure that accepts the criteria itself. |
queryHint(hint) |
Add a DB query hint to the SQL. These differ from JPA's QueryHint, which is specific to the JPA implementation and ignores DB vendor-specific hints. Instead, these are intended solely for the vendor-specific hints, such as Oracle's optimizers. Multiple query hints are supported; the Dialect will determine concatenation and placement. |
readOnly(boolean readOnly) |
Set the read-only/modifiable mode for entities and proxies loaded by this Criteria, defaults to readOnly=true |
timeout(numeric timeout) |
Set a timeout for the underlying JDBC query in milliseconds. |
when( test, target ) |
A nice functional method to allow you to pass a boolean evaulation and if true, the target closure will be executed for you, which will pass in the criteria object to it. |
c.timeout( 5000 )
c.readOnly(true)
c.firstResult(20).maxResults(50).fetchSize(10).cacheRegsion('my.awesome.region')
c.cache(true,'my.region')
c.order('lastName','desc',true);
newCriteria()
.eq( "this", value )
.peek( function(criteria){
systemOutput( "CurrentSQL: #criteria.getSQLLog()#" )
})
.when( !isNull( arguments.published ), function( c ){
c.eq( "isPublished", published )
})
.list();
You can also tell Hibernate to transform the results to other formats for you once you retrieve them.
asDistinct()
- Applies a result transformer of DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITYasStruct()
- Applies a result transformer of ALIAS_TO_ENTITY_MAP so you get an array of structs instead of array of objectsasStream()
- Get the results as a CBstream