29. Legacy Hibernate Criteria Queries

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This appendix covers the legacy Hibernate `org.hibernate.Criteria` API, which should be considered deprecated.

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New development should focus on the JPA javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery API.
Eventually, Hibernate-specific criteria features will be ported as extensions to the JPA `javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery`.
For details on the JPA APIs, see [Criteria](#criteria).

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Hibernate features an intuitive, extensible criteria query API.

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