SQL 'LIKE' operator in Hibernate Criteria API

Question

I want to implement some universal filter with Hibernate Criteria. It should work like LIKE operator from SQL:

Answer 1

You can use like() restriction criteria like this:

session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Criteria query = session.createCriteria(Pojo.class);
query.add(Restrictions.like("anycolumn", "anyvalue", MatchMode.START));

It will give you a list of strings that start with "anyvalue".