Add the following dependency to your Maven project and make sure that the Maven 2 repo of Mysema Source (http://source.mysema.com/maven2/releases) is accessible from your POM if the version cannot yet be found in other public Maven repos :

<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><dependency></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
  <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><groupId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>com.mysema.querydsl<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></groupId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
  <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><artifactId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>querydsl-jdoql<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></artifactId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
  <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><version></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>0.4.0<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></version></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></dependency></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>

And now, configure the Maven APT plugin which generates the query types used by Querydsl :

<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><project></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
  <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><build></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
    <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><plugins></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
      ...
      <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><plugin></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
        <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><groupId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>com.mysema.maven<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></groupId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
        <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><artifactId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>maven-apt-plugin<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></artifactId></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
        <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><version></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>0.2.0<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></version></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
        <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><executions></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
          <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><execution></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
            <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><goals></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
              <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><goal></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>process<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></goal></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
            <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></goals></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
            <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><configuration></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
              <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><outputDirectory></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>target/generated-sources/java<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></outputDirectory></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
              <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag><processor></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>com.mysema.query.jdoql.apt.JDOAnnotationProcessor<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></processor></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
            <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></configuration></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
          <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></execution></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
        <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></executions></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
      <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></plugin></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
    ...
    <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></plugins></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
  <http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></build></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>
<http://xslthl.sf.net:tag></project></http://xslthl.sf.net:tag>

The JDOAnnotationProcessor finds domain types annotated with the javax.jdo.annotations.PersistenceCapable annotation and generates Querydsl query types for them. Run mvn eclipse:eclipse or clean install and you will get your Query types generated into target/generated-sources/java.

Now you are able to construct JDOQL query instances and instances of the query domain model.

To create queries with Querydsl you need to instantiate variables and Query implementations. We will start with the variables.

Let's assume that your project has the following domain type :

@PersistenceCapable
public class Customer {
  private String firstName;
  private String lastName;
  
  public String getFirstName(){
    return firstName;
  }
  
  public String getLastName(){
    return lastName;
  }
  
  public void setFirstName(String fn){
    firstName = fn;
  }
  
  public void setLastName(String ln)[
    lastName = ln;
  }
}

Querydsl will generate a query type with the simple name QCustomer into the same package as Customer. QCustomer can be used as a statically typed variable in Querydsl queries as a representative for the Customer type.

QCustomer has a default instance variable which can be accessed as a static field :

QCustomer customer = QCustomer.customer;

Alternatively you can define your own Customer variables like this :

QCustomer customer = new QCustomer("myCustomer");

QCustomer reflects all the properties of the original type Customer as public fields. The firstName field can be accessed like this

customer.firstName;

The generated Querydsl query types are based on a builtin expression type system. The Querydsl expression archetypes are presented in more detailed on this page : [Querydsl expressions].

For the JDOQL-module JDOQLQueryImpl is the main Query implementation. It is instantiated like this :

PersistenceManager pm;
...
JDOQLQuery query = new JDOQLQueryImpl (pm);

To retrieve the customer with the first name Bob you would construct a query like this :

QCustomer customer = QCustomer.customer;
JDOQLQuery query = new JDOQLQueryImpl (pm);
Customer bob = query.from(customer)
  .where(customer.firstName.eq("Bob"))
  .uniqueResult(customer);
query.close();

The from call defines the query source, the where part defines the filter and uniqueResult defines the projection and tells Querydsl to return a single element. Easy, right?