Modifiers

Query Modifiers

The following methods alters the behavior of the executed query, some can be a life saver, so check them all out.

Method	Description
cache(boolean cache=true, cacheRegion)	Tells Hibernate whether to cache the query or not (if the query cache is enabled), and optionally choose a cache region
cacheRegion(cacheRegion)	Tells Hibernate the cache region to store the query under
comment(comment)	Add a comment to the generated SQL.
fetchSize(numeric fetchSize)	Set's the fetch size of the underlying JDBC query
firstResult(numeric firstResult)	Specifies the offset for the results. A value of 0 will return all records up to the maximum specified.
maxResults(numeric maxResults)	Set a limit upon the number of objects to be retrieved.
order(property,sortDir='asc',ignoreCase=false)	Specifies both the sort property (the first argument, the sort order (either 'asc' or 'desc'), and if it should ignore cases or not
peek( target )	Peek into the criteria build process with your own closure that accepts the criteria itself.
queryHint(hint)	Add a DB query hint to the SQL. These differ from JPA's QueryHint, which is specific to the JPA implementation and ignores DB vendor-specific hints. Instead, these are intended solely for the vendor-specific hints, such as Oracle's optimizers. Multiple query hints are supported; the Dialect will determine concatenation and placement.
readOnly(boolean readOnly)	Set the read-only/modifiable mode for entities and proxies loaded by this Criteria, defaults to readOnly=true
timeout(numeric timeout)	Set a timeout for the underlying JDBC query in milliseconds.
when( test, target )	A nice functional method to allow you to pass a boolean evaulation and if true, the target closure will be executed for you, which will pass in the criteria object to it.

c.timeout( 5000 )
c.readOnly(true)
c.firstResult(20).maxResults(50).fetchSize(10).cacheRegsion('my.awesome.region')
c.cache(true,'my.region')
c.order('lastName','desc',true);

newCriteria()
	 .eq( "this", value )
	 .peek( function(criteria){
	 	systemOutput( "CurrentSQL: #criteria.getSQLLog()#" )
	 })
	 .when( !isNull( arguments.published ), function( c ){
		c.eq( "isPublished", published )
	 })
	 .list();

Result Modifiers

You can also tell Hibernate to transform the results to other formats for you once you retrieve them.

• asDistinct() - Applies a result transformer of DISTINCT_ROOT_ENTITY

• asStruct() - Applies a result transformer of ALIAS_TO_ENTITY_MAP so you get an array of structs instead of array of objects

• asStream() - Get the results as a CBstream