How do you “OR” criteria together when using a criteria query with hibernate?

Question

I\'m trying to do a basic \"OR\" on three fields using a hibernate criteria query.

Example

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 string name;
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Answer 1

If someone is using CriteriaQuery instead of Criteria, you can put all your expressions in a Predicate list and put a OR by predicates size like this:

List predicates = new ArrayList<>();
if (...) {
  predicates.add(...);
}

criteriaQuery.where(cb.or(predicates.toArray(new Predicate[predicates.size()])));