Spring Data JPA:解析CriteriaBuilder
源码
在Spring Data JPA相关的文章[地址]中提到了有哪几种方式可以构建Specification的实例,该处需要借助CriteriaBuilder,回顾一下Specification中toPredicate方法的定义,代码如下:
/** * Creates a WHERE clause for a query of the referenced entity in form of a {@link Predicate} for the given * {@link Root} and {@link CriteriaQuery}. * * @param root must not be {@literal null}. * @param query must not be {@literal null}. * @param criteriaBuilder must not be {@literal null}. * @return a {@link Predicate}, may be {@literal null}. */ @Nullable Predicate toPredicate(Root<T> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder);
解读:
CriteriaBuilder用于根据特定条件限制查询结果,请参见本文后面的示例。
CriteriaBuilder接口定义在包路径javax.persistence.criteria下,代码如下:
/** * Used to construct criteria queries, compound selections, * expressions, predicates, orderings. * * <p> Note that <code>Predicate</code> is used instead of <code>Expression<Boolean></code> * in this API in order to work around the fact that Java * generics are not compatible with varags. * * @since 2.0 */ public interface CriteriaBuilder {
类图
方法定义
CriteriaBuilder中的一些方法如下图所示:
解读:
(1)CriteriaBuilder中的方法分为几个类别,譬如:ordering、aggregate functions、subqueries、equality、comparisons等等。
(2)CriteriaBuilder中的方法的返回值主要有CriteriaQuery、Expression、Predicate等几种类型。
示例
观察CriteriaBuilder中and方法与or方法的定义,如下:
/** * Create a conjunction of the given boolean expressions. * @param x boolean expression * @param y boolean expression * @return and predicate */ Predicate and(Expression<Boolean> x, Expression<Boolean> y); /** * Create a conjunction of the given restriction predicates. * A conjunction of zero predicates is true. * @param restrictions zero or more restriction predicates * @return and predicate */ Predicate and(Predicate... restrictions); /** * Create a disjunction of the given boolean expressions. * @param x boolean expression * @param y boolean expression * @return or predicate */ Predicate or(Expression<Boolean> x, Expression<Boolean> y); /** * Create a disjunction of the given restriction predicates. * A disjunction of zero predicates is false. * @param restrictions zero or more restriction predicates * @return or predicate */ Predicate or(Predicate... restrictions);
解读:
上述and方法与or方法用于组合多个查询条件。
其中Predicate and(Predicate... restrictions);方法接受不定数参数Predicate... restrictions,故可以传入多个Predicate参数,最佳实践是传入一个数组;其意义是用and连接词将多个条件连接起来。
具体案例——添加多个查询条件
private Specification createSpecification(Integer specialId, String specialEmail) { Specification<User> specification = new Specification<>() { @Override public Predicate toPredicate(Root<User> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder cb) { Path id = root.get("id"); Predicate predicateId = cb.gt(id, specialId); Path email = root.get("email"); Predicate predicateEmail = cb.equal(email, specialEmail); return cb.and(predicateId, predicateEmail); } }; return specification; }
解读:
上述着色处代码以and方法将两个条件组合在一起
扩展阅读
JPA Criteria Queries[地址]
Predicate与Expression
从前面的分析可知,CriteriaBuilder中的很多方法接受Expression或者Predicate类型的参数,并返回Expression或者Predicate类型的结果,譬如上面提到的and方法,所以本小节来探寻一下Expression与Predicate之间的关系。
Expression与Predicate之间的关系如下图所示:
解读:
Predicate接口继承了Expression接口,所以CriteriaBuilder中接受Expression类型参数的方法(譬如:and方法等)可以接受Predicate类型的参数,正如前面示例所展示的那样。
Note:
Path接口也继承了Expression接口,所以CriteriaBuilder中接受Expression类型参数的方法(譬如:lt方法)可以接受Path类型实例:
Specification<User> specification = new Specification<>() { @Override public Predicate toPredicate(Root<User> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder cb) { Path<Integer> path = root.get("id"); return cb.lt(path, id); } };
解读:
上述示例在构造了Path类型的变量后调用了lt方法,该方法的定义如下:
/** * Create a predicate for testing whether the first argument is * less than the second. * @param x expression * @param y value * @return less-than predicate */ Predicate lt(Expression<? extends Number> x, Number y);