Cayenne is there to abstract the interface to the tools that the
database provides, not to obfuscate the tools. Custom ordering is not an
intrinsic attribute of a relationship in the database; it should not be
an intrinsic attribute of a relationship in Java.

If you need to sort the results or a JOIN, override the getter. If you
need to maintain custom ordering, model a linked list in your schema.
This just isn't Cayenne's responsibility.

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