Hibernate Criteria / Query on object properties

Question

I have a class AppUser;

class AppUser {
   private String firstName;
   private String lastName;
   //-- getters and setters
}

I a

Answer 1

You might need to add an alias...something like:

List students = session.createCriteria(Student.class).createAlias("appUser", "user").add(Restrictions.eq("user.firstName", firstName)).list();

Without an alias:

List students = session.createCriteria(Student.class).add(Restrictions.eq("appUser.firstName", firstName)).list();