Hi everyone, i have some questions with the createCriteria sentence, supose this code:

Criteria query = s.createCriteria(NameOfMyClass.class);
...

//now imagine nameAttribute is a foreign key to another table

query.createCriteria("nameAttribute");

Correct me if i'm wrong, but if i don't add any restriction to this new criteria, the join clause won't appear in the final SQL query?

The last question:
if i make this:

Criteria query = s.createCriteria(NameOfMyClass.class);
query.createCriteria("nameAttribute");
query.add(someRestricion)
if(anyCondition){
How can i access to the nameAttribute criteria recently created??
because if i add some restriction hibernate will add in the actual criteria context
}

I admit any suggestion

I haven't seen a method in the Criteria Interface for obtain a Criteria created, so I fixed my problem saving inside an auxiliar variable

Criteria c = myOtherCriteria.createCriteria("anyAttribute");
c.add(...);