Adding IN clause List to a JPA Query

Question

I have built a NamedQuery that looks like this:

@NamedQuery(name = "EventLog.viewDatesInclude",
        query = "SELECT el FROM EventLog el WHERE el.timeMark >= :dateFrom AND "
        + "el.timeMark <= :dateTo AND "
        + "el.name IN (:inclList)")

What I want to do is fill in the parameter :inclList with a list of items instead of one item. For example if I have a new List<String>() { "a", "b", "c" } how do I get that in the :inclList parameter? It only lets me codify one string. For example:

setParameter("inclList", "a") // works

setParameter("inclList", "a, b") // does not work

setParameter("inclList", "'a', 'b'") // does not work

setParameter("inclList", list) // throws an exception

I know I could just build a string and build the whole Query from that, but I wanted to avoid the overhead. Is there a better way of doing this?

Related question: if the List is very large, is there any good way of building query like that?

Answer 1

When using IN with a collection-valued parameter you don't need (...):

@NamedQuery(name = "EventLog.viewDatesInclude", 
    query = "SELECT el FROM EventLog el WHERE el.timeMark >= :dateFrom AND " 
    + "el.timeMark <= :dateTo AND " 
    + "el.name IN :inclList")