Using Java generics for JPA findAll() query with WHERE clause

Question

So, After a 10+ year break I\'m coming back to Java and trying out stuff with JPA and Java generics. I\'ve created a generics based findAll(other) JPA query tha

Answer 1

Hat tip to Adam Bien if you don't want to use createQuery with a String and want type safety:

 @PersistenceContext
 EntityManager em;

 public List<ConfigurationEntry> allEntries() {
        CriteriaBuilder cb = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
        CriteriaQuery<ConfigurationEntry> cq = cb.createQuery(ConfigurationEntry.class);
        Root<ConfigurationEntry> rootEntry = cq.from(ConfigurationEntry.class);
        CriteriaQuery<ConfigurationEntry> all = cq.select(rootEntry);
        TypedQuery<ConfigurationEntry> allQuery = em.createQuery(all);
        return allQuery.getResultList();
 }

http://www.adam-bien.com/roller/abien/entry/selecting_all_jpa_entities_as

Answer 2

I found this page very useful

https://code.google.com/p/spring-finance-manager/source/browse/trunk/src/main/java/net/stsmedia/financemanager/dao/GenericDAOWithJPA.java?r=2

public abstract class GenericDAOWithJPA<T, ID extends Serializable> {

    private Class<T> persistentClass;

    //This you might want to get injected by the container
    protected EntityManager entityManager;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public GenericDAOWithJPA() {
            this.persistentClass = (Class<T>) ((ParameterizedType) getClass().getGenericSuperclass()).getActualTypeArguments()[0];
    }

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    public List<T> findAll() {
            return entityManager.createQuery("Select t from " + persistentClass.getSimpleName() + " t").getResultList();
    }
}

Answer 3

you can also use a namedQuery named findAll for all your entities and call it in your generic FindAll with

entityManager.createNamedQuery(persistentClass.getSimpleName()+"findAll").getResultList();

Answer 4

This will work, and if you need where statement you can add it as parameter.

class GenericDAOWithJPA<T, ID extends Serializable> {

.......

public List<T> findAll() {
            return entityManager.createQuery("Select t from " + persistentClass.getSimpleName() + " t").getResultList();
    }
}