overload where(), and(), and or() to accept List<Predicate>

see jakartaee#137.

Author: gavinking

api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/criteria/CriteriaBuilder.java

@@ -266,6 +266,14 @@ public interface CriteriaBuilder {
      */
     Predicate and(Predicate... restrictions);
 
+    /**
+     * Create a conjunction of the given restriction predicates.
+     * A conjunction of zero predicates is true.
+     * @param restrictions  a list of zero or more restriction predicates
+     * @return and predicate
+     */
+    Predicate and(List<Predicate> restrictions);
+
     /**
      * Create a disjunction of the given boolean expressions.
      * @param x  boolean expression
@@ -282,6 +290,14 @@ public interface CriteriaBuilder {
      */
     Predicate or(Predicate... restrictions);
 
+    /**
+     * Create a disjunction of the given restriction predicates.
+     * A disjunction of zero predicates is false.
+     * @param restrictions  a list of zero or more restriction predicates
+     * @return or predicate
+     */
+    Predicate or(List<Predicate> restrictions);
+
     /**
      * Create a negation of the given restriction. 
      * @param restriction  restriction expression

api/src/main/java/jakarta/persistence/criteria/CriteriaQuery.java

@@ -204,6 +204,19 @@ public interface CriteriaQuery<T> extends AbstractQuery<T> {
      */
     CriteriaQuery<T> where(Predicate... restrictions);
 
+    /**
+     * Modify the query to restrict the query result according
+     * to the conjunction of the specified restriction predicates.
+     * Replaces the previously added restriction(s), if any.
+     * If no restrictions are specified, any previously added
+     * restrictions are simply removed.
+     * This method only overrides the return type of the
+     * corresponding <code>AbstractQuery</code> method.
+     * @param restrictions  a list of zero or more restriction predicates
+     * @return the modified query
+     */
+    CriteriaQuery<T> where(List<Predicate> restrictions);
+
     /**
      * Specify the expressions that are used to form groups over
      * the query results.