JdbcTemplate queryForInt/Long is deprecated in Spring 3.2.2. What should it be replaced by?

Question

The queryforInt/queryforLong methods in JdbcTemplate are deprecated in Spring 3.2. I can\'t find out why or what is considered the best practice to replace existing code using t

Answer 1

public int getCircleCount() {
    Object param = "1";
    String sql = "select count(*) from circle where id = ? ";
    jdbcTemplate.setDataSource(getDataSource());
    int result = getJdbcTemplate().queryForObject(sql, new Object[] { param }, Integer.class);
    return result;
}