sistence.criteria">CriteriaBuilder</a>&nbsp;getCriteriaBuilder()</pre>
<div class="block">Return an instance of <code>CriteriaBuilder</code> for the creation of
 <code>CriteriaQuery</code> objects.</div>
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<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>CriteriaBuilder instance</dd>
<dt><span class="throwsLabel">Throws:</span></dt>
<dd><code><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/IllegalStateException.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java