public class User{


@Column(unique = true, nullable = false)
private String username;
...
private String city;
private String isHosting;

public boolean isHosting() {
    return hosting;
}


public void setHosting(boolean hosting) {
    this.hosting = hosting;
}

    ...
 }

public class Search {

    private String city;
    private String sdate;
    private String fdate;
    private String numOfvisitor;

 ...

}

@Repository
public class SearchDao extends GenericDao<User> {

public User findByUserCity(final String city){

    final Criteria c = createCriteria(User.class).add(Restrictions.eq("city", city));

    return (User) c.uniqueResult();
}

@Service
@Transactional
public class SearchService extends GenericService<User>{

@Autowired
public SearchService(SearchDao dao) {
    super(dao);

}

...

public User findByUserCity(final String city) {
    return ((SearchSurferDao) this.dao).findByUserCity(city);
}

@RequestMapping(value = "/search", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView search(@ModelAttribute Search search) {


    User user = SearchService.findByUserCity(search.getCity());

    ModelAndView result = new ModelAndView("hello");

    ...

    result.addObject("username", user.getUsername());
    return result;
}

Criteria c = createCriteria(User.class).add(Restrictions.eq("city", city));
return (User) c.uniqueResult();

public List<User> findByUserCity(final String city) {
    Criteria c = createCriteria(User.class).add(Restrictions.eq("city", city));
    return c.list();
}

public List<User> findByUserCity(String city) {
    return session.createQuery("select u from User u where u.city = :city")
                  .setString("city", city)
                  .list();
}