Spring Data JPA：解析CriteriaBuilder

源码

在Spring Data JPA相关的文章[地址]中提到了有哪几种方式可以构建Specification的实例，该处需要借助CriteriaBuilder，回顾一下Specification中toPredicate方法的定义，代码如下：

    /**
     * Creates a WHERE clause for a query of the referenced entity in form of a {@link Predicate} for the given
     * {@link Root} and {@link CriteriaQuery}.
     *
     * @param root must not be {@literal null}.
     * @param query must not be {@literal null}.
     * @param criteriaBuilder must not be {@literal null}.
     * @return a {@link Predicate}, may be {@literal null}.
     */
    @Nullable
    Predicate toPredicate(Root<T> root, CriteriaQuery<?> query, CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder);

CriteriaBuilder接口定义在包路径javax.persistence.criteria下，代码如下：

/**
 * Used to construct criteria queries, compound selections, 
 * e