Chapter 3. Building Queries with Spring Data JPA
We have learned how we can configure Spring Data JPA and implemented a simple CRUD application. Now it is time that we learn some skills that will help us to implement real-life applications. In this chapter, we will cover:
- How we can use query methods for creating queries
- How we can create dynamic queries by using the JPA Criteria API
- How we can use Querydsl for creating dynamic queries
- How we can sort and paginate query results
In the course of this chapter, we will extend our contact manager application by adding a search function to it. The requirements of the search function are as follows:
- The search function must return all contacts whose first name or last name start with the given search term ...
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