import org.hibernate.annotations.*;
@Entity
@Table(name = "WORK_LOG", schema = "dbo", catalog = "PORTALNEW")
@FilterDef (name = "createdDateWorklogFilter", parameters = {
    @ParamDef (name = "from", type = "java.util.Date"),
    @ParamDef (name = "to", type = "java.util.Date")
})
@Filters( {
   @Filter (name = "createdDateWorklogFilter", condition = "CREATED_DATE >= :from and CREATED_DATE <= :to")
})
public class WorkLog implements java.io.Serializable {
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   @Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP)
   @Column(name = "CREATED_DATE", nullable = false, length = 23)
   @NotNull
   public Date getCreatedDate() {
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}

@Entity
@Table(name = "ISSUES", schema = "dbo", catalog = "PORTALNEW",
   uniqueConstraints = {@UniqueConstraint(columnNames={"ISSUE_ID"})})
public class Issues implements java.io.Serializable{
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   @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.LAZY, mappedBy = "issues")
   @OrderBy("createdDate DESC")
   @Filter (name = "createdDateWorklogFilter", condition = "CREATED_DATE >= :from and CREATED_DATE <= :to")
   public Set<WorkLog> getWorkLogs() {
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.}

@Name("issuesList")
public class IssuesList extends EntityQuery<Issues> {
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   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   public List<Issues> fetchIssuesWorked(){
      
       List<Issues> issuesWorked = null;
      
       try {
         
          System.out.println("Date: from:"+getFromStartDate()+" to:"+getToStartDate());
          Session session=(Session) entityManager.getDelegate();
//          Session session = hibernateEntityManager.getSession();
          Filter eventfilter = session.enableFilter("createdDateWorklogFilter");
                eventfilter.setParameter("from", utility.minOfDate(this.getFromStartDate()));
                eventfilter.setParameter("to", utility.maxOfDate(this.getToStartDate()));
          issuesWorked = session.createQuery("from Issues").list();
          session.disableFilter("createdDateWorklogFilter");
      } catch (Exception e) {
         System.out.println("@IssuesList.fetchIssuesWorked(): "+e);
      }      
       return issuesWorked;
    }
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}

   <persistence:filter name="WorkLogFilter" enabled="#{!(empty issuesList.toStartDate and empty issuesList.fromStartDate)}">
         <persistence:name>createdDateWorklogFilter</persistence:name>
         <persistence:parameters>
            <key>from</key> <value>#{issuesList.fromStartDate}</value>
            <key>to</key> <value>#{issuesList.toStartDate}</value>
         </persistence:parameters>
   </persistence:filter>

<persistence:managed-persistence-context auto-create="true" name="entityManager"
  entity-manager-factory="#{PortalEntityManagerFactory}">
         <persistence:filters>
            <value>#{WorkLogFilter}</value>
         </persistence:filters>
  </persistence:managed-persistence-context>