JPA Criteria builder IN clause query
This criteria set-up should do the trick: CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder(); CriteriaQuery<Employee> q = cb.createQuery(Employee.class); Root<Employee> root = q.from(Employee.class); q.select(root); List<String> parentList = Arrays.asList(new String[]{“John”, “Raj”}); Expression<String> parentExpression = root.get(Employee_.Parent); Predicate parentPredicate = parentExpression.in(parentList); q.where(parentPredicate); q.orderBy(cb.asc(root.get(Employee_.Parent)); q.getResultList(); I have used the overloaded CriteriaQuery.where method here which accepts a Predicate.. an in predicate in this case.