Spring-data-jpa storing blob

Question

What is \"best\" or canonical way to store entity with blob using spring-data-jpa?

@Entity
public class Entity {
  @Id
  private Long id;
  @Lob()
  private Blob         


        

Answer 1

You can also create Blob right from DataSource:

@Component
public class LobHelper {

    private final DataSource ds;

    public LobHelper(@Autowired DataSource ds){
         this.ds = ds;
    }

    public Blob createBlob(byte[] content) {
        try (Connection conn = ds.getConnection()) {
            Blob b = conn.createBlob();
            try (OutputStream os = b.setBinaryStream(1);
                 InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(content)) {
                byte[] buffer = new byte[500000];
                int len;
                while ((len = is.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                    os.write(buffer, 0, len);
                }
                return b;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error("Error while creating blob.", e);
        }
        return null;
    }

}