I have a example  of your problem wich work correctly



you can try it .



Criteria criteria  = session.createCriteria(Document.class)
.createAlias("pages", "pageAlias")

.add(Restrictions.eq(pageAlias.id", pages.getId())



you should first set a Alias name for a many side  of relation   if you imagine that there is a Document that has a Set of page  , then for page Object you set a pageAlias .

then add Restrictions like above . it finds your Object from a set or list  of objects by using

add(Restrictions.eq(pageAlias.id", pages.getId()) .



the code is like :



public class Document {



private Set Pages

........

}