How do I sort list with criteria in hibernate

Question

I am new to Spring3 and Hibernate the following code works great but I am trying to find a way to have my list returned in sort order by the date field. Can someone please show

Answer 1

Either have the database do it or Java, your choice. Here's how to do it in Java:

List<Friend> friends = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession()
       .createCriteria(Friend.class)
        .add(Example.create(friend))
        .list();
Collections.sort(friends); 

return friends;

Answer 2

.addOrder( Order.desc("date") )

Check the examples in the documentation