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 can add join type as well:

Criteria c2 = c.createCriteria("mother", "mother", CriteriaSpecification.LEFT_JOIN);
Criteria c3 = c2.createCriteria("kind", "kind", CriteriaSpecification.LEFT_JOIN);