A Quick Guide To Dynamic Queries with Jakarta Persistence

The Jakarta Persistence API (JPA) Criteria API is a typesafe way of building dynamic entity queries programmatically.

It provides a way to create queries, enhancing readability and reducing runtime errors. This guide covers the essentials of using the Criteria API to create dynamic queries. We will cover the following topics under the API;

• Creating a query definition
• Query roots and path expressions
• The select clause
• The from clause
• The where clause
• Order by

By the end of this guide, you will have a good grasp of when and how to use the Criteria API in your Jakarta EE applications.