JPA: update only specific fields

Question

Is there a way for updating only some fields of an entity object using the method save from Spring Data JPA?

For examp

Answer 1

For long,int and other types; you can use the following code;

            if (srcValue == null|(src.getPropertyTypeDescriptor(pd.getName()).getType().equals(long.class) && srcValue.toString().equals("0")))
            emptyNames.add(pd.getName());