@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private CriteriaQueryImpl<Y> generateOwnerSelectCriteria( final MetamodelImpl metamodel, final CriteriaBuilderImpl cb, Class<Y> bindableType, EntityTypeImpl<Y> entity) { final CriteriaQueryImpl<Y> q = cb.createQuery(bindableType); q.internal(); final EntityTypeImpl<?> type = (EntityTypeImpl<?>) this.getRoot().getType(); final RootImpl<?> r = q.from(type); r.alias(BatooUtils.acronym(type.getName()).toLowerCase()); final Iterator<String> pathIterator = Splitter.on(".").split(this.getPath()).iterator(); // Drop the root part pathIterator.next(); AbstractJoin<?, ?> join = null; while (pathIterator.hasNext()) { join = join == null ? r.<Y>join(pathIterator.next()) : join.join(pathIterator.next()); } q.select((Selection<? extends Y>) join); entity.prepareEagerJoins(join, 0, this); return this.selectCriteria = q.where(cb.equal(r, cb.parameter(type.getJavaType()))); }