CriteriaBuilder builder = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<User> query = builder.createQuery(User.class);
Root<User> from = query.from(User.class);
PropertyPath managerFirstname = PropertyPath.from("manager.firstname", User.class);
PropertyPath managerLastname = PropertyPath.from("manager.lastname", User.class);
QueryUtils.toExpressionRecursively(from, managerLastname);
QueryUtils.toExpressionRecursively(from, managerFirstname);
assertThat(from.getJoins(), hasSize(1));