I recently needed to create max query in hibernate returning an object instead of the maximal value of the field and I wanted to do this using Hibernate Criteria in our JPA environment.
A simple example of what I wanted:
select *
from user
where userid = (select max(userid)
from user
where company = 'aCompanyName')
The way to program this in JPA/Hibernate using Criterias, DetachedCriteria and Subqueries. Make sure to use Subqueries.propertyEq instead of Subqueries.eq if you want to join on a field:
public User getMaxUserOfCompany(String companyName) {
Session session = (Session) em.getDelegate();
DetachedCriteria subCriteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(User.class);
subCriteria.add(Restrictions.eq("company", companyName));
subCriteria.setProjection(Projections.max("userid") );
Criteria criteria = session.createCriteria(User.class);
criteria.add(Subqueries.propertyEq("userid", subCriteria));
return (User) criteria.uniqueResult();
}