ORDER BY using Criteria API

Question

When I write a HQL query

Query q = session.createQuery(\"SELECT cat from Cat as cat ORDER BY cat.mother.kind.value\");
return q.list();

Eve

Answer 1

You need to create an alias for the mother.kind. You do this like so.

Criteria c = session.createCriteria(Cat.class);
c.createAlias("mother.kind", "motherKind");
c.addOrder(Order.asc("motherKind.value"));
return c.list();