(Quick Reference)

findAll

Purpose

Finds all of domain class instances matching the specified query

Examples

// everything
Book.findAll()

// with a positional parameter
Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=?", ['Dan Brown'])

// 10 books from Dan Brown staring from 5th book ordered by release date
Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=? order by b.releaseDate",
             ['Dan Brown'], [max: 10, offset: 5])

// examples with max/offset usage
def query = "from Book as b where b.author='Dan Brown' order by b.releaseDate"

// first 10 books
Book.findAll(query, [max: 10])

// 10 books starting from 5th
Book.findAll(query, [max: 10, offset: 5])

// examples with named parameters
Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author",
             [author: 'Dan Brown'])
Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author",
             [author: 'Dan Brown'], [max: 10, offset: 5])
Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author in (:authors)",
             [authors: ['Dan Brown', 'Jack London']])

// examples with tables join
Book.findAll("from Book as b where not exists " +
                "(from Borrow as br where br.book = b)")

// query by example
def example = new Book(author: "Dan Brown")
Book.findAll(example)

// Use where criteria (since Grails 2.0)
def results = Person.findAll {
     lastName == "Simpson"
}
def results = Person.findAll(sort:"firstName") {
     lastName == "Simpson"
}

Description

The findAll method allows querying with Hibernate’s query language HQL and querying by example, returning all matching instances. Pagination can be controlled using the max and offset parameters:

Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author",
             [author: 'Dan Brown'], [max: 10, offset: 5])

The findAll method supports the 2nd level cache:

Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author",
             [author:'Dan Brown'], [max: 10, offset: 5, cache: true])

The basic syntax for the method is:

Book.findAll()
Book.findAll(String query)
Book.findAll(String query, Collection positionalParams)
Book.findAll(String query, Collection positionalParams, Map queryParams)
Book.findAll(String query, Map namedParams)
Book.findAll(String query, Map namedParams, Map queryParams)
Book.findAll(Book example)
Book.findAll(Closure whereCriteria)
Book.findAll(Map queryParams, Closure whereCriteria)
If you have a join in your HQL, the method will return a List of `Array`s containing domain class instances. You may wish to use executeQuery in this case so you have more flexibility in specifying what gets returned.

Parameters:

  • query - An HQL query

  • positionalParams - A List of parameters for a positional parametrized HQL query

  • namedParams - A Map of named parameters a HQL query

  • queryParams - A Map containing parameters 'max', and/or 'offset' and/or 'cache'

  • example - An instance of the domain class for query by example

  • readOnly - true if returned objects should not be automatically dirty-checked (simlar to read())

  • fetchSize - number of rows fetched by the underlying JDBC driver per round trip

  • flushMode - Hibernate FlushMode override, defaults to FlushMode.AUTO

  • timeout - query timeout in seconds