JPA Tutorial - JPA Query Intro Example

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The simplest JP QL query selects all the instances of a single entity type.

Consider the following query:

SELECT e
FROM Employee e

JP QL uses SQL syntax where possible.

SQL query selects from a table. JP QL selects from an entity from the application domain model.

Syntax

The overall form of a select query is as follows:

SELECT <select_expression>
FROM <from_clause>
[WHERE <conditional_expression>]
[ORDER BY <order_by_clause>]

Example

The following code is from PersonDaoImpl.java.

package com.java2s.common;

import java.util.List;

import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;

import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

@Transactional
public class PersonDaoImpl {
  public void test(){
    prepareData();
    List<Professor> l = em.createQuery("SELECT e FROM Professor e").getResultList();
    for(Professor p:l){
      System.out.println(p);
    }
  }
  
  private void prepareData(){
    Professor p = new Professor();
    p.setId(0);
    p.setName("TOM");
    
    em.persist(p);
  }
  @PersistenceContext
  private EntityManager em;
}

The following code is from Professor.java.

package com.java2s.common;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.ManyToMany;
import javax.persistence.ManyToOne;
import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
import javax.persistence.OneToOne;
import javax.persistence.Temporal;
import javax.persistence.TemporalType;

@Entity
public class Professor {
    @Id
    private int id;
    private String name;
    private long salary;
    @Temporal(TemporalType.DATE)
    private Date startDate;
    
    @OneToOne
    private Address address;
    
    @OneToMany(mappedBy="employee")
    private Collection<Phone> phones = new ArrayList<Phone>();
    
    @ManyToOne
    private Department department;
    
    @ManyToOne
    private Professor manager;
    
    @OneToMany(mappedBy="manager")
    private Collection<Professor> directs = new ArrayList<Professor>();
    
    @ManyToMany(mappedBy="employees")
    private Collection<Project> projects = new ArrayList<Project>();

    public int getId() {
        return id;
    }
    
    public void setId(int empNo) {
        this.id = empNo;
    }
    
    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }
    
    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public long getSalary() {
        return salary;
    }

    public void setSalary(long salary) {
        this.salary = salary;
    }

    public Date getStartDate() {
        return startDate;
    }

    public void setStartDate(Date startDate) {
        this.startDate = startDate;
    }
    
    public Collection<Phone> getPhones() {
        return phones;
    }
    
    public void addPhone(Phone phone) {
        if (!getPhones().contains(phone)) {
            getPhones().add(phone);
            if (phone.getProfessor() != null) {
                phone.getProfessor().getPhones().remove(phone);
            }
            phone.setProfessor(this);
        }
    }
    
    public Department getDepartment() {
        return department;
    }
    
    public void setDepartment(Department department) {
        if (this.department != null) {
            this.department.getProfessors().remove(this);
        }
        this.department = department;
        this.department.getProfessors().add(this);
    }
    
    public Collection<Professor> getDirects() {
        return directs;
    }
    
    public void addDirect(Professor employee) {
        if (!getDirects().contains(employee)) {
            getDirects().add(employee);
            if (employee.getManager() != null) {
                employee.getManager().getDirects().remove(employee);
            }
            employee.setManager(this);
        }
    }
    
    public Professor getManager() {
        return manager;
    }
    
    public void setManager(Professor manager) {
        this.manager = manager;
    }

    public Collection<Project> getProjects() {
        return projects;
    }
    
    public void addProject(Project project) {
        if (!getProjects().contains(project)) {
            getProjects().add(project);
        }
        if (!project.getProfessors().contains(this)) {
            project.getProfessors().add(this);
        }
    }
    
    public Address getAddress() {
        return address;
    }
    
    public void setAddress(Address address) {
        this.address = address; 
    }
    
    public String toString() {
        return "Professor " + getId() + 
               ": name: " + getName() +
               ", salary: " + getSalary() +
               ", phones: " + getPhones() +
               ", managerNo: " + ((getManager() == null) ? null : getManager().getId()) +
               ", deptNo: " + ((getDepartment() == null) ? null : getDepartment().getId());
    }

}

The code above generates the following result.

The following is the database dump.

Table Name: ADDRESS




Table Name: DEPARTMENT




Table Name: PHONE




Table Name: PROFESSOR
 Row:
    Column Name: ID,
    Column Type: INTEGER:
    Column Value: 0

    Column Name: NAME,
    Column Type: VARCHAR:
    Column Value: TOM

    Column Name: SALARY,
    Column Type: BIGINT:
    Column Value: 0

    Column Name: STARTDATE,
    Column Type: DATE:
    Column Value: null

    Column Name: ADDRESS_ID,
    Column Type: INTEGER:
    Column Value: null

    Column Name: DEPARTMENT_ID,
    Column Type: INTEGER:
    Column Value: null

    Column Name: MANAGER_ID,
    Column Type: INTEGER:
    Column Value: null





Table Name: PROJECT




Table Name: PROJECT_PROFESSOR

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