Get Search Criteria value entered by the user (af:query search value on a page) ADF

        String searchField = null;
        RichQuery queryComp = theQueryComp; //qryId1 is the Id of af:query; (theQueryComp is binded to the bean)     QueryDescriptor queryDescriptor = queryComp.getValue();
        List criterionList = queryDescriptor.getConjunctionCriterion().getCriterionList();
        for (Criterion criterion : criterionList) {
            AttributeDescriptor attrDescriptor = ((AttributeCriterion) criterion).getAttribute();

            if (attrDescriptor.getName().equalsIgnoreCase("SearchFieldAttribute_from_VO ")) { // EmployeeId is one of the query items in the search pane
                searchField = (String) ((AttributeCriterion) criterion).getValues().get(0);

                //This is how we will access the query field
                System.out.println("searchField :" + searchField );//output should be 5000 with repect to the image shown below

            }
        }