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jpa2.1 join on Criteria API [message #1079846]

Mon, 05 August 2013 02:37

Eclipse User

hi,

I have 2 entitis: TUser{id, name}, TUserFriend{id, userId, name}
the 2 talbe has PK but NO FK and NO one to many relation.

the new eclipselink2.5, i can run useing JPQL
"select u from TUser u join TUserFriend uf on u.id = uf.userId".

but i don't know how to implement using Criteria API.

Can u help me? Thanks a lot!

Soot.

Re: jpa2.1 join on Criteria API [message #1080571 is a reply to message #1079846]

Tue, 06 August 2013 01:27

Eclipse User

None?

Re: jpa2.1 join on Criteria API [message #1080879 is a reply to message #1080571]

Tue, 06 August 2013 09:40

Eclipse User

The JPA 2.1 javax.persistence.criteria.Join interface defines 'on' methods you can use to get the same behavior:

CriteriaBuilder qb = jpaEM.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Employee>cq = qb.createQuery(Employee.class);
Root<Employee> root = cq.from(Employee.class);
Join address = root.join("manager", JoinType.LEFT).join("address", JoinType.LEFT);
address.on(qb.equal(address.get("city"), "Ottawa"));
cq.where(qb.isNotNull(address.get("postalCode")));

If not using JPA 2.1, you will need to cast to EclipseLink's JoinImpl class to access the 'on' methods, added in EclipseLink 2.5.

Re: jpa2.1 join on Criteria API [message #1081407 is a reply to message #1080879]

Wed, 07 August 2013 03:41

Eclipse User

Thanks for Chris!
But this isn't what I want.

select u from TUser u join TUserFriend uf on u.id = uf.userId

Bz. NO FK, I want to define the relation using "on" : on u.id = uf.userId

the follow is eclipse doc
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipselink/documentation/2.4/jpa/extensions/j_on.htm#on

Usage

EclipseLink supports using the ON clause between two root level objects.

I just want to define the relation between two root level object. using JPQL, It's OK, but can't using Criteria API.

Re: jpa2.1 join on Criteria API [message #1082398 is a reply to message #1081407]

Thu, 08 August 2013 10:17

Eclipse User

Criteria does not support this.

If you can't use JPQL, then you could use EclipseLink Expressions, which do support this, or mix them with the Criteria API.

http://java-persistence-performance.blogspot.com/2012/05/jpql-vs-sql-have-both-with-eclipselink.html

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