CrudRepository
CrudRepository is a Spring Data repository interface providing generic create, read, update, and delete operations for persistent domain objects.
Spring in Action, Sixth Edition
CrudRepository is a Spring Data repository interface that provides generic create, read, update, and delete operations for persistent domain objects.
- How it is used
- Provides standard persistence operations through declared Spring Data interfaces instead of handwritten repository implementations.
- How deep it goes
- Shows complete interface declarations, type parameters, generated behavior, and a custom query declaration; does not detail CrudRepository method implementations.
- Examples
- Uses ingredient and order repositories, a delivery-ZIP query, and database-specific order ID types.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Spring Data to declare repositories with standard operations and add a derived query when needed.
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Java Persistence with Spring Data and Hibernate epub
CrudRepository is a Spring Data repository interface providing generic create, read, update, and delete operations for an entity and its identifier type.
- How it is used
- Reduces persistence boilerplate by exposing standard entity operations through Spring Data repository interfaces.
- How deep it goes
- Defines generic parameters, inherited methods, proxy generation, injection, and configuration implications without detailing proxy internals.
- Examples
- Uses Message and User repositories with save, saveAll, findAll, findById, and deleteAll in configured database tests.
- What you can do after
- Apply it via Spring Data JPA or Spring Data JDBC to define injectable repositories with standard persistence operations.
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Related concepts
- Spring Dataused by · Spring Data is a family of Spring projects that provides repository-based abstractions for accessing and persisting data across relational and nonrelational stores.
- Spring Data JDBCused by · Spring Data JDBC is a Spring Data module that provides repository-based access to relational databases through JDBC without requiring a full object-relational mapping framework.
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