Module jakarta.persistence

Package jakarta.persistence.criteria

Interface CriteriaBuilder.Case<R>

All Superinterfaces:

Expression<R>, Selection<R>, TupleElement<R>

Enclosing interface:

CriteriaBuilder

public static interface CriteriaBuilder.Case<R>
extends Expression<R>

Interface used to build general case expressions. Case conditions are evaluated in the order in which they are specified.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Expression<R>	otherwise(Expression<? extends R> result)	Add an "else" clause to the case expression.
Expression<R>	otherwise(R result)	Add an "else" clause to the case expression.
CriteriaBuilder.Case<R>	when(Expression<Boolean> condition, Expression<? extends R> result)	Add a when/then clause to the case expression.
CriteriaBuilder.Case<R>	when(Expression<Boolean> condition, R result)	Add a when/then clause to the case expression.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Expression

as, cast, equalTo, equalTo, in, in, in, in, isNotNull, isNull, notEqualTo, notEqualTo

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.criteria.Selection

alias, getCompoundSelectionItems, isCompoundSelection

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.persistence.TupleElement

getAlias, getJavaType

Method Details

when

CriteriaBuilder.Case<R> when(Expression<Boolean> condition,
 R result)

Add a when/then clause to the case expression.

Parameters:

condition - "when" condition

result - "then" result value

Returns:

general case expression

when

CriteriaBuilder.Case<R> when(Expression<Boolean> condition,
 Expression<? extends R> result)

Add a when/then clause to the case expression.

Parameters:

condition - "when" condition

result - "then" result expression

Returns:

general case expression

otherwise

Expression<R> otherwise(R result)

Add an "else" clause to the case expression.

Parameters:

result - "else" result

Returns:

expression

otherwise

Expression<R> otherwise(Expression<? extends R> result)

Add an "else" clause to the case expression.

Parameters:

result - "else" result expression

Returns:

expression