John,
Good point, but it turns out it doesn't make any difference. I had actually
written the code that way. I moved the createQuery() call up to see if that
helped, and forgot to move it back down before writing my email. Both ways
produce the same result.
— Miguel
On May 30, 2013, at 2:48 AM, Boblitz John wrote:
> Just an idea, but maybe the
>
> Query query = entityManager.createQuery(qDef);
>
> Should come after this:
>
> List<Order> orderList = makeOrderList(builder,
> qDef.from(persistentClass), orderFields);
> if (!orderList.isEmpty()) {
> qDef.orderBy(orderList);
> }
>
> ?
>
> Cheers,
>
> John
>
> ----
>
> Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my hard disk?
>
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Miguel Muñoz [mailto:swingguy1...@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:08 AM
>> To: users@openjpa.apache.org
>> Subject: Ordering results obtained through query-by-example
>>
>> Comrades,
>>
>> I'm using the OpenJPA query-by-example API, and it works fine unless I
>> order my results. When I do that, I get way too many results. If I search
>> without specifying an order, I get 4 results from a table of 9 rows. If I
>> specify
>> an order, I get 36 results instead. (I get everything four times.) The
>> number I
>> get is always the number I'm supposed to get multiplied by the number of
>> rows.
>>
>> Has anybody else seen this behavior? I'm trying to figure out if I'm doing
>> something wrong, or if it's a bug in the JPA code.
>>
>> Here's my method, if you're interested:
>>
>> private final Class<E> persistentClass;
>>
>> public List<E> findByExample(
>> @NotNull E exampleInstance,
>> @Nullable Attribute<E,?>[] excludeProperty,
>> SingularAttribute<E,?>. orderFields
>> ) throws DAORuntimeException {
>> EntityManager entityManager = JpaUtil.getEntityManager();
>> OpenJPACriteriaBuilder builder = (OpenJPACriteriaBuilder)
>> entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
>> CriteriaQuery<E> qDef =
>> builder.createQuery(persistentClass);
>> Root<E> from = qDef.from(persistentClass);
>> qDef.select(from);
>> qDef.where(builder.qbe(from, exampleInstance,
>> excludeProperty)); // query by example
>> Query query = entityManager.createQuery(qDef);
>>
>> List<Order> orderList = makeOrderList(builder,
>> qDef.from(persistentClass), orderFields);
>> if (!orderList.isEmpty()) {
>> qDef.orderBy(orderList);
>> }
>>
>> return (List<E>) query.getResultList();
>> }
>>
>> private List<Order> makeOrderList(
>> CriteriaBuilder builder,
>> Root<E> root,
>> SingularAttribute<E, ?>[] pOrderFields
>> ) {
>> List<Order> orderList = new LinkedList<>();
>> for (SingularAttribute<E, ?> attribute: pOrderFields) {
>> orderList.add(builder.asc(root.get(attribute)));
>> }
>> return orderList;
>> }
>>
>>
>> If I call it like this, it works fine:
>>
>> List<Incident> dIncidentList =
>> incidentDao.findByExample(dExample, null);
>>
>> If I call it like this, it returns lots of duplicates:
>>
>> List<Incident> dIncidentList =
>> incidentDao.findByExample(dExample, null, Incident_.entryTime);
>>
>> Is it me? Has anyone else seen this bug?
>>
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> Miguel Muñoz
>> swingguy1...@yahoo.com
>> 323/225-7285
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can
>> still ripen a vine of grapes like it had nothing else to do in the world.
>>
>> -- Galileo
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> There are seven sins in the world.
>> Wealth without work.
>> Pleasure without conscience.
>> Knowledge without character.
>> Commerce without morality.
>> Science without humanity.
>> Worship without sacrifice.
>> Politics without principle.
>>
>> -- Mohandas Gandhi
>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will come in the guise of
>> fighting a foreign enemy.
>>
>> -- James Madison
>>
>>
>
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Miguel Muñoz
swingguy1...@yahoo.com
323/225-7285
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The Sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can
still ripen a vine of grapes like it had nothing else to do in the world.
-- Galileo
-------------------------------------------
There are seven sins in the world.
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
-- Mohandas Gandhi
-------------------------------------------
If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will come in the guise of
fighting a foreign enemy.
-- James Madison
