(Lazy) LEFT OUTER JOIN using the Hibernate Criteria API

Question

I want to perform a LEFT OUTER JOIN between two tables using the Criteria API. All I could find in the Hibernate documentation is this method:

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Answer 1

Sdavids answer's API is deprecated now. Its updated version is

....createAlias("employee", "emp", JoinType.LEFT_OUTER_JOIN)