Java Spring Data Literacy (Beginner Level)

Topics covered

• call various CrudRepository methods that are implemented by default by the Spring framework
• create the class for the Java objects that will serve as the focal point in a batch process
• create a batch process to read data from a JSON file and load it into a relational database table
• define a DataSource to be used in a java application within a properties file
• define custom queries that bind to parameters passed to a CrudRepository method
• define named queries in an XML file and a Java source file
• define some of the core components of a Spring Batch application using Java annotations
• execute create, read/retrieve, update, and delete queries against a database using a JdbcTemplate instance
• implement derived query methods that operate on multiple parameters
• instantiate and persist objects that have a many-to-many relationship with one another
• map custom queries to a method in a CrudRepository
• recognize the features offered by Spring Batch to make batch processing easier and more robust
• search for entities based on ranges of values in numeric and date fields
• set up a class that represents an entity to be persisted into a database table using Spring Data JPA
• set up derived query methods that search for entities based on the values of multiple properties