Patrick Lübbecke ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=61a7428... ) *updated* an issue Hibernate ORM ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGVkNmVkNTgy... ) / Improvement ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15575?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGVkNm... ) HHH-15575 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15575?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGVkNm... ) Make getter org.hibernate.criterion.SimpleExpression#getOp() public ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15575?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNGVkNm... ) Change By: Patrick Lübbecke ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=61a7428... ) When migrating legacy Criteria API code to JPA CriteriaBuilder, one option is to write a transformer for to migrate , [e.g|http://e.gh]. legacy Hibernate SimpleExpressions to a JPA predicate. Unfortunately, the method for getting the operation in this class is set to protected and cannot be accessed. To make this getter public would be beneficial for migration of legacy Criteria API code to CriteriaBuilder. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15575#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-15575#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100207- sha1:bddf6e1 )