nce/criteria/CriteriaDelete.html" title="type parameter in CriteriaDelete">T</a>&gt;&nbsp;entityClass)</pre>
<div class="block">Create and add a query root corresponding to the entity
 that is the target of the delete.
 A <code>CriteriaDelete</code> object has a single root, the entity that 
 is being deleted.</div>
<dl>
<dt><span class="paramLabel">Parameters:</span></dt>
<dd><code>entityClass</code> - the entity class</dd>
<dt><span class="returnLabel">Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>query root corresponding to 