Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *updated* an issue Hibernate ORM ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYmEwZjA5ZTU1... ) / Improvement ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16866?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYmEwZj... ) HHH-16866 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16866?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYmEwZj... ) move enums out of org.hibernate.query.sqm ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16866?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiYmEwZj... ) Change By: Gavin King ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) Quite a few enums have accumulated in the package {{org.hibernate.query.sqm}}. At least one of them, {{NullOrdering}} , just clearly doesn't belong there. But there are some others which while relevant to the {{sqm}} package have also leaked out onto other API layers including the {{org.hibernate.query.criteria}} package. Since this package is actually some sort of abstraction over {{org.hibernate.query.sqm}}, this is a layer-breaker. Luckily, {{org.hibernate.query.sqm}} is marked {{@Incubating}} so we can move these enums out of there. I’m not quite sure where to move them, however. It might not be a great idea to accumulate too much stuff in {{org.hibernate.query}}. Not sure. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16866#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-16866#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#100227- sha1:674e4eb )