Hibernate Criteria

DetachedCriteria criteria = DetachedCriteria.forClass(MyObject.class);
criteria.add(Restrictions.ge("prop1Name", valueObject);
criteria.add(Restrictions.eq("prop2Name", valueObject);
//getHibernateTemplate() returns org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate
List list = getHibernateTemplate().findByCriteria(criteria);