The best way to use Spring Data query methods
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how Spring Data query methods are built, when you should use them, and especially when you should avoid them. I decided to write this article after answering this StackOverflow question, which depicts an 87-character-long Spring Data query method. TL;DR, Don’t write query methods that cannot even fit on the screen.
Fault Tolerance with Spring Data and YugabyteDB
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how we can achieve fault tolerance in your Spring Data application with the help of YugabyteDB. As previously explained, YugabyteDB is an open-source distributed SQL database that combines the benefits of traditional relational databases with the advantages of globally-distributed auto-sharded database systems.
The awesome BaseJpaRepository from Hypersistence Utils
Introduction In this article, I’m going to explain how you can use the BaseJpaRepository from the Hypersistence Utils OSS project as an alternative to the default Spring Data JpaRepository. The reason why I’m not using the default JpaRepository on any of my Spring projects is that it provides some terrible defaults that can be very easily misused, like: The findAll Anti-Pattern The JPA save Anti-Pattern So, there are two ways you can fix the problems induced by the default JpaRepository: You can use the HibernateRepository to deprecate the questionable methods that you… Read More
From Hibernate Types to Hypersistence Utils
Introduction In this article, I explain why the Hibernate Types became Hypersistence Utils, and how you can migrate your old dependency to Hypersistence Utils 3.0.
Spring MDC Transaction Logging
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how to configure a Spring application to use MDC (Mapped Diagnostic Context) for transaction logging. This technique is going to help us inject the Persistence Context information as well as the associated database transaction identifier in all the log entries emitted from within a @Transactional service method.
Spring Data Hibernate Entity Listeners
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how we can configure Spring Data to register several Hibernate Entity Listeners that can intercept entity state modifications. As I explained in this article, JPA also offers an event listening mechanism that you can configure via the @EntityListeners, @PostPersist or @PostUpdate, or PostRemove annotations. However, the JPA solution is way too limited as it doesn’t allow you to interfere with the EntityManager directly. Therefore, I prefer using the Hibernate Entity Listeners mechanism, which you can easily integrate with Spring Data, as this article… Read More
The best way to do the Spring 6 migration
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how you can get the most out of the Spring 6 and Hibernate 6 migration. The tips in this article are based on the work I’ve done to add support for Spring 6 in Hypersistence Optimizer and the High-Performance Java Persistence project.
The Spring Data JPA findById Anti-Pattern
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how the Spring Data JPA findById method can become an Anti-Pattern when using it to reference parent entity associations.
Spring Data JPA entity locking
Introduction In this article, we are going to see what options Spring Data JPA offers for entity locking. We will see how we can apply a shared or exclusive row-level lock upon fetching one or multiple entities.
How to write a custom Spring Data Base Repository
Introduction In this article, we are going to see how we can write a custom Spring Data base Repository that you could use instead of the default ones, like the overly common JpaRepository. Now, why would you even want to do that? Well, most of the default repositories extend the CrudRepository, which provides some very questionable defaults, like findAll or deleteAll that shouldn’t be really inherited by every single data access Repository instance.
