The primary goal of the Spring Data project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use data access technologies. This module deals with enhanced support for JPA based data access layers.

• Implementation of CRUD methods for JPA Entities
• Dynamic query generation from query method names
• Transparent triggering of JPA NamedQueries by query methods
• Implementation domain base classes providing basic properties
• Support for transparent auditing (created, last changed)
• Possibility to integrate custom repository code
• Easy Spring integration with custom namespace

This README as well as the reference documentation are the best places to start learning about Spring Data JPA. There are also two sample applications available to look at.

The main project website contains links to basic project information such as source code, JavaDocs, Issue tracking, etc.

For more detailed questions, use the forum. If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about Spring projects.

Download the jar though Maven:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
  <version>1.3.4.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Also include your JPA persistence provider of choice (Hibernate, EclipseLink, OpenJpa). Setup basic Spring JPA configuration as well as Spring Data JPA repository support.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
       xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc 
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa
                           http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd">
	
  <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
    <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
      <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.HibernateJpaVendorAdapter" />
    </property>
  </bean>

  <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory" />
  </bean>

  <jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL" />

  <jpa:repositories base-package="com.acme.repositories" />
</beans>

Create an entity:

@Entity
public class User {

  @Id
  @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
  private Integer id;
  private String firstname;
  private String lastname;
       
  // Getters and setters
}

Create a repository interface in com.acme.repositories:

public interface UserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, Long> {
  List<User> findByLastname(String lastname);
}

Write a test client

@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
@ContextConfiguration("classpath:your-config-file.xml")
public class UserRepositoryIntegrationTest {
     
  @Autowired UserRepository repository;
     
  @Test
  public void sampleTestCase() {
    User dave = new User("Dave", "Matthews");
    repository.save(user);
         
    User carter = new User("Carter", "Beauford");
    repository.save(carter);
         
    List<User> result = repository.findByLastname("Matthews");
    assertThat(result.size(), is(1));
    assertThat(result, hasItem(dave));
  }
}

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