Spring Boot & JPA - Native Query

Some time case arises, where we need a custom native query to fulfil one test case. We can use @Query annotation to specify a query within a repository. Following is an example. In this example, we are using native query, and set an attribute nativeQuery=true in Query annotation to mark the query as native.

We've added custom methods in Repository in JPA Custom Query chapter. Now let's add another method using native query and test it.

Example - Usage of Native Query in JPA

Repository - EmployeeRepository.java

Add a method to get list of employees order by their names.

package com.tutorialspoint.repository;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import com.tutorialspoint.entity.Employee;

@Repository
public interface EmployeeRepository extends CrudRepository<Employee, Integer>  {
   public List<Employee> findByName(String name);	
   public List<Employee> findByAge(int age);
   public Employee findByEmail(String email);
   
   @Query(value = "SELECT e FROM Employee e ORDER BY name")
   public List<Employee> findAllSortedByName();

   @Query(value = "SELECT * FROM Employee ORDER BY name", nativeQuery = true)
   public List<Employee> findAllSortedByNameUsingNative();
}

EmployeeRepositoryTest.java

Let's test the methods added by adding their test cases in test file. Last method of below file tests the native query method added.

Following is the complete code of EmployeeRepositoryTest.

package com.tutorialspoint.repository;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;

import com.tutorialspoint.entity.Employee;
import com.tutorialspoint.springboot_h2.SpringbootH2Application;

import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;

@Transactional
@SpringBootTest(classes = SpringbootH2Application.class)
public class EmployeeRepositoryTest {
   @Autowired
   private EmployeeRepository employeeRepository;
   @Test
   public void testFindById() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();	     
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      Employee result = employeeRepository.findById(employee.getId()).get();
      assertEquals(employee.getId(), result.getId());	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindAll() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      List>Employee> result = new ArrayList>>();
      employeeRepository.findAll().forEach(e -> result.add(e));
      assertEquals(result.size(), 1);	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testSave() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      Employee found = employeeRepository.findById(employee.getId()).get();
      assertEquals(employee.getId(), found.getId());	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testDeleteById() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      employeeRepository.deleteById(employee.getId());
      List>Employee> result = new ArrayList>>();
      employeeRepository.findAll().forEach(e -> result.add(e));
      assertEquals(result.size(), 0);
   }
   private Employee getEmployee() {
      Employee employee = new Employee();
      employee.setId(1);
      employee.setName("Mahesh");
      employee.setAge(30);
      employee.setEmail("mahesh@test.com");
      return employee;
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindByName() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      List>Employee> result = new ArrayList>>();
      employeeRepository.findByName(employee.getName()).forEach(e -> result.add(e));
      assertEquals(result.size(), 1);	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindByAge() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      List>Employee> result = new ArrayList>>();
      employeeRepository.findByAge(employee.getAge()).forEach(e -> result.add(e));
      assertEquals(result.size(), 1);	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindByEmail() {	     
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      employeeRepository.save(employee);
      Employee result = employeeRepository.findByEmail(employee.getEmail());	     
      assertNotNull(result);	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindAllSortedByName() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      Employee employee1 = new Employee();
      employee1.setId(2);
      employee1.setName("Aarav");
      employee1.setAge(20);
      employee1.setEmail("aarav@test.com");
      employeeRepository.save(employee);	     
      employeeRepository.save(employee1);
      List>Employee> result = employeeRepository.findAllSortedByName();
      assertEquals(employee1.getName(), result.get(0).getName());	     
   }
   @Test
   public void testFindAllSortedByNameUsingNative() {
      Employee employee = getEmployee();
      Employee employee1 = new Employee();
      employee1.setId(2);
      employee1.setName("Aarav");
      employee1.setAge(20);
      employee1.setEmail("aarav@test.com");
      employeeRepository.save(employee);	     
      employeeRepository.save(employee1);
      List<Employee> result = employeeRepository.findAllSortedByNameUsingNative();
      assertEquals(employee1.getName(), result.get(0).getName());	     
   }
}

Run the test cases

Right Click on the file in eclipse and select Run a JUnit Test and verify the result.