newCriteria

Get a brand new criteria builder object to do criteria queries with (See ORM:CriteriaBuilder)

Returns

• This function returns coldbox.system.orm.hibernate.CriteriaBuilder

Arguments

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
entityName	string	true	---	The entity name to bind the criteria query to
useQueryCaching	boolean	false	false	Do automatic query caching for queries
queryCacheRegion	string	false	criterias.{entityName}	The queryCacheRegion name property for all queries in this criteria object
datasource	string	false		The datasource to use or default it to the application or entity in use

Examples

var users = ORMService.newCriteria( entityName="User" )
    .gt( "age", ormService.idCast( 30 ) )
    .isTrue( "isActive" )
    .list( max=30, offset=10, sortOrder="lname" );