Using Named Parameters

SELECT DISTINCT p
FROM Player p
WHERE p.position = :position AND p.name = :name

Data retrieved: The players having the specified positions and names.

Description: The position and name elements are persistent fields of the Player entity. The WHERE clause compares the values of these fields with the named parameters of the query, set using the Query.setNamedParameter method. The query language denotes a named input parameter using colon (:) followed by an identifier. The first input parameter is :position, the second is :name.