# findAll

## Purpose

Finds all of the domain class instances for the specified query

## Examples

    // everything
    Book.findAll()
    // with a positional parameter
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=?",['Dan Brown'])
    // 10 books from Dan Brown staring from 5th book ordered by release date
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=? order by b.releaseDate",['Dan Brown'],[max:10,offset:5])// examples with max/offset usage
    def query = "from Book as b where b.author='Dan Brown' order by b.releaseDate"
    // first 10 books
    Book.findAll(query,[max:10])
    // 10 books starting from 5th
    Book.findAll(query,[max:10,offset:5])// examples with named parameters (since 0.5)
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author", [author:'Dan Brown'])
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author", [author:'Dan Brown'], [max:10, offset:5])
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author in (:authors)", [authors:['Dan Brown','Jack London']])// examples with tables join
    Book.findAll("from Book as b where not exists (from Borrow as br where br.book = b)")// query by example
    def b = new Book(author:"Dan Brown")
    Book.findAll(b)

## Description

The `findAll` method allows querying with Hibernate's query language HQL and querying by example for a collection of matching instances. Pagination can be controlled via the max and offset parameters appended to the end:

    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author", [author:'Dan Brown'], [max:10, offset:5])

The `findAll` method supports the 2nd level cache:

    Book.findAll("from Book as b where b.author=:author", [author:'Dan Brown'], [max:10, offset:5, cache: true])

The basic syntax for the method is:

    Book.findAll()
    Book.findAll( String query )
    Book.findAll( String query, Collection positionalParams )
    Book.findAll( String query, Collection positionalParams, Map queryParams )
    Book.findAll( String query, Map namedParams )
    Book.findAll( String query, Map namedParams, Map queryParams )
    Book.findAll( Book example )

Parameters:

- `query` - An HQL query
- `positionalParams` - A List of parameters for a positional parametrized HQL query
- `namedParams` - A Map of named parameters a HQL query
- `queryParams` - A Map containing parameters 'max', and/or 'offset' and/or 'cache'
- `example` - An instance of the domain class for query by example