Spring 5.0 Cookbook

How to do it...

Spring 5 still supports Spring Data modules including Spring Data JPA. This recipe will showcase how to integrate Spring Data JPA using Spring Boot 2.0:

1. First, add the following starter POM dependency for Spring Data JPA auto-configuration:

<dependency> 
   <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
   <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId> 
</dependency> 

2. Inside the package org.packt.spring.boot.config, create a non-webflux @Configuration to enable JPA transaction management. Spring Data JPA is not a reactive dependency, so avoid applying an @EnableWebFlux annotation:

@Configuration @EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages="org.packt.spring.boot.dao") @EnableTransactionManagement public class SpringDataConfig { }  ...