JPA Criteria Query API and order by two columns

If you need to add couple of orders you can make something like (but for your query and different root objects)

CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Route> query = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(Route.class);
Root<Route> routeRoot = query.from(Route.class);
query.select(routeRoot);

List<Order> orderList = new ArrayList();
query.where(routeRoot.get("owner").in(user));

orderList.add(criteriaBuilder.desc(routeRoot.get("date")));
orderList.add(criteriaBuilder.desc(routeRoot.get("rating")));

query.orderBy(orderList);

I have the same problem with order by using Criteria API. I found this solution:

CriteriaQuery<Test> q = cb.createQuery(Test.class);
Root<Test> c = q.from(Test.class);
q.select(c);
q.orderBy(cb.asc(c.get("name")), cb.desc(c.get("prenom")));

I was having trouble doing the same, and I have found a solution on this page: http://www.objectdb.com/api/java/jpa/criteria/CriteriaQuery/orderBy_Order_

//javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery
//CriteriaQuery<T> orderBy(Order... o)

Specify the ordering expressions that are used to order the query results. Replaces the previous ordering expressions, if any. If no ordering expressions are specified, the previous ordering, if any, is simply removed, and results will be returned in no particular order. The left-to-right sequence of the ordering expressions determines the precedence, whereby the leftmost has highest precedence.

Parameters: o - zero or more ordering expressions

Returns: the modified query

Since: JPA 2.0