JPA Criteria builder IN clause query

This criteria set-up should do the trick:

CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Employee> q = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);


Root<Employee> root = q.from(Employee.class);
q.select(root);

List<String> parentList = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"John", "Raj"});

Expression<String> parentExpression = root.get(Employee_.Parent);
Predicate parentPredicate = parentExpression.in(parentList);
q.where(parentPredicate);
q.orderBy(cb.asc(root.get(Employee_.Parent));

q.getResultList();

I have used the overloaded CriteriaQuery.where method here which accepts a Predicate.. an in predicate in this case.

You can also do this with Criteria API In clause as below:

CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<Employee> cq = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);
Root<Employee> root = cq.from(Employee.class);
List<String> parentList = Arrays.asList("John", "Raj");
In<String> in = cb.in(root.get(Employee_parent));
parentList.forEach(p -> in.value(p));

return entityManager
        .createQuery(cq.select(root)
        .where(in).orderBy(cb.asc(root.get(Employee_.Parent)))
        .getResultList();

Checkout my Github for this and almost all possible criteria examples.

List<String> parentList = Arrays.asList("John", "Raj");            
final CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
final CriteriaQuery<Employee> query = cb.createQuery(Employee.class);
final Root<Employee> employee = query.from(Employee.class);

query.select(employee).where(employee.get("Parent").in(parentList));

this should work fine. for more info please refer this article by baeldung. it is very resourceful https://www.baeldung.com/jpa-criteria-api-in-expressions

I hope it could be useful. The code tested in case when Entry has only one @Id column:

public static <Entry, Id> List<Entry> getByIds(List<Id> ids, Class<Entry> clazz, EntityManager entityManager) throws CustomDatabaseException
{
    List<Entry> entries;
    try
    {
        CriteriaBuilder cb = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
        CriteriaQuery<Entry> q = cb.createQuery(clazz);
        Root<Entry> root = q.from(clazz);
        EntityType<Entry> e = root.getModel();
        CriteriaQuery<Entry> all = q.where(root.get(e.getId(e.getIdType().getJavaType()).getName()).in(ids));

        TypedQuery<Entry> allQuery = entityManager.createQuery(all);
        entries = allQuery.getResultList();
    }
    catch (NoResultException nre)
    {
        entries = Collections.emptyList()
    }
    catch (Exception e)
    {
        throw new CustomDatabaseException(e);
    }
    return entries;
}