Check your implementation driven by “completeMethod”. In this implementation you should perform the dealings só that this query isn’t case sensitive.
First Example, change your matches:
file.xhtml
<p:autoComplete {...} completeMethod="#{myController.filterPlaces}" {...} /> </p:autoComplete>
controller.java
public List<Pessoa> filterPlaces(final String filtro) { return getPlace().stream() .filter(f -> StringUtils.containsIgnoreCase(f.getName(), filtro.trim())) .collect(Collectors.toList()); }
Second Example, change your query:
public List<Place> filterByName(String name) { Criteria criteria = getSession().createCriteria(Place.class); criteria.add(Restrictions.like("name", name).ignoreCase()); return criteria.list(); }