In this tutorial, we will show you how to use Spring Boot JDBC JdbcTemplate
and NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
.
Technologies used :
- Spring Boot 2.1.2.RELEASE
- Spring JDBC 5.1.4.RELEASE
- HikariCP 3.2.0
- H2 in-memory database 1.4.197
- Maven 3
- Java 8
In Spring Boot JDBC, the database related beans like DataSource
, JdbcTemplate
and NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
will be configured and created during the startup, to use it, just @Autowired
the bean you want, for examples:
@Autowired JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate; @Autowired private NamedParameterJdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate;
To connect to a database (e.g MySQL), include the JDBC driver in the project classpath:
pom.xml
<!-- MySQL JDBC driver --> <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> </dependency>
And define the datasoure
properties in application.properties
application.properties
## MySQL
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.4:3306/test
#spring.datasource.username=favtuts
#spring.datasource.password=password
# Oracle
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl
#spring.datasource.username=system
#spring.datasource.password=Password123
Note
By default, Spring Boot 2 uses HikariCP as the database connection pool.
1. Project Directory

2. Maven
2.1 spring-boot-starter-jdbc
is what we need.
pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId> <packaging>jar</packaging> <name>Spring Boot JDBC</name> <version>1.0</version> <parent> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> <version>2.1.2.RELEASE</version> </parent> <properties> <java.version>1.8</java.version> <downloadSources>true</downloadSources> <downloadJavadocs>true</downloadJavadocs> </properties> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-jdbc</artifactId> </dependency> <!-- MySQL JDBC driver <dependency> <groupId>mysql</groupId> <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId> </dependency> --> <!-- in-memory database --> <dependency> <groupId>com.h2database</groupId> <artifactId>h2</artifactId> </dependency> </dependencies> <build> <plugins> <plugin> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> </plugin> <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId> <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId> <version>2.22.0</version> </plugin> </plugins> </build> </project>
Display the project dependencies.
$ mvn dependency:tree
[INFO] org.springframework.boot:spring-jdbc:jar:1.0
[INFO] +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc:jar:2.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter:jar:2.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot:jar:2.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.springframework:spring-context:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | +- org.springframework:spring-aop:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.springframework:spring-expression:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure:jar:2.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-logging:jar:2.1.2.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | +- ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:jar:1.2.3:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- ch.qos.logback:logback-core:jar:1.2.3:compile
[INFO] | | | +- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-to-slf4j:jar:2.11.1:compile
[INFO] | | | | \- org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:jar:2.11.1:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.25:compile
[INFO] | | +- javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:jar:1.3.2:compile
[INFO] | | +- org.springframework:spring-core:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | | \- org.springframework:spring-jcl:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.yaml:snakeyaml:jar:1.23:runtime
[INFO] | +- com.zaxxer:HikariCP:jar:3.2.0:compile
[INFO] | | \- org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.25:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-jdbc:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | +- org.springframework:spring-beans:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] | \- org.springframework:spring-tx:jar:5.1.4.RELEASE:compile
[INFO] +- com.h2database:h2:jar:1.4.197:compile
3. BookRepository
A pure Java interface for the repository, later implement with JdbcTemplate
and NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
BookRepository.java
package com.favtuts.repository; import com.favtuts.Book; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.List; import java.util.Optional; public interface BookRepository { int count(); int save(Book book); int update(Book book); int deleteById(Long id); List<Book> findAll(); List<Book> findByNameAndPrice(String name, BigDecimal price); Optional<Book> findById(Long id); String getNameById(Long id); }
Book.java
package com.favtuts; import java.math.BigDecimal; public class Book { private Long id; private String name; private BigDecimal price; //... setters getters constructors... }
4. JdbcTemplate
4.1 Some CRUD examples:
JdbcBookRepository.java
package com.favtuts.repository; import com.favtuts.Book; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate; import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.List; import java.util.Optional; @Repository public class JdbcBookRepository implements BookRepository { // Spring Boot will create and configure DataSource and JdbcTemplate // To use it, just @Autowired @Autowired private JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate; @Override public int count() { return jdbcTemplate .queryForObject("select count(*) from books", Integer.class); } @Override public int save(Book book) { return jdbcTemplate.update( "insert into books (name, price) values(?,?)", book.getName(), book.getPrice()); } @Override public int update(Book book) { return jdbcTemplate.update( "update books set price = ? where id = ?", book.getPrice(), book.getId()); } @Override public int deleteById(Long id) { return jdbcTemplate.update( "delete books where id = ?", id); } @Override public List<Book> findAll() { return jdbcTemplate.query( "select * from books", (rs, rowNum) -> new Book( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getBigDecimal("price") ) ); } // jdbcTemplate.queryForObject, populates a single object @Override public Optional<Book> findById(Long id) { return jdbcTemplate.queryForObject( "select * from books where id = ?", new Object[]{id}, (rs, rowNum) -> Optional.of(new Book( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getBigDecimal("price") )) ); } @Override public List<Book> findByNameAndPrice(String name, BigDecimal price) { return jdbcTemplate.query( "select * from books where name like ? and price <= ?", new Object[]{"%" + name + "%", price}, (rs, rowNum) -> new Book( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getBigDecimal("price") ) ); } @Override public String getNameById(Long id) { return jdbcTemplate.queryForObject( "select name from books where id = ?", new Object[]{id}, String.class ); } }
5. NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
5.1 The NamedParameterJdbcTemplate
adds support for named parameters in steads of classic placeholder ?
argument.
NamedParameterJdbcBookRepository.java
package com.favtuts.repository; import com.favtuts.Book; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.BeanPropertySqlParameterSource; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.MapSqlParameterSource; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate; import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.List; import java.util.Optional; @Repository public class NamedParameterJdbcBookRepository extends JdbcBookRepository { @Autowired private NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedParameterJdbcTemplate; @Override public int update(Book book) { return namedParameterJdbcTemplate.update( "update books set price = :price where id = :id", new BeanPropertySqlParameterSource(book)); } @Override public Optional<Book> findById(Long id) { return namedParameterJdbcTemplate.queryForObject( "select * from books where id = :id", new MapSqlParameterSource("id", id), (rs, rowNum) -> Optional.of(new Book( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getBigDecimal("price") )) ); } @Override public List<Book> findByNameAndPrice(String name, BigDecimal price) { MapSqlParameterSource mapSqlParameterSource = new MapSqlParameterSource(); mapSqlParameterSource.addValue("name", "%" + name + "%"); mapSqlParameterSource.addValue("price", price); return namedParameterJdbcTemplate.query( "select * from books where name like :name and price <= :price", mapSqlParameterSource, (rs, rowNum) -> new Book( rs.getLong("id"), rs.getString("name"), rs.getBigDecimal("price") ) ); } }
6. application.properties
6.1 For in-memory database, nothing to configure, if we want to connect to a real database, define a datasource.url
property:
application.properties
logging.level.org.springframework=info
#logging.level.org.springframework.jdbc=DEBUG
logging.level.com.favtuts=INFO
logging.level.com.zaxxer=DEBUG
logging.level.root=ERROR
spring.datasource.hikari.connectionTimeout=20000
spring.datasource.hikari.maximumPoolSize=5
logging.pattern.console=%-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
## MySQL
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.4:3306/test
#spring.datasource.username=favtuts
#spring.datasource.password=password
# Oracle
#spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:orcl
#spring.datasource.username=system
#spring.datasource.password=Password123
7. Start Spring Boot
7.1 Start Spring Boot application, test CRUD.
StartApplication.java
package com.favtuts; import com.favtuts.repository.BookRepository; import org.slf4j.Logger; import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier; import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication; import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate; import java.math.BigDecimal; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; @SpringBootApplication public class StartApplication implements CommandLineRunner { private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StartApplication.class); @Autowired JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate; @Autowired //@Qualifier("jdbcBookRepository") // Test JdbcTemplate @Qualifier("namedParameterJdbcBookRepository") // Test NamedParameterJdbcTemplate private BookRepository bookRepository; public static void main(String[] args) { SpringApplication.run(StartApplication.class, args); } @Override public void run(String... args) { log.info("StartApplication..."); runJDBC(); } void runJDBC() { log.info("Creating tables for testing..."); jdbcTemplate.execute("DROP TABLE books IF EXISTS"); jdbcTemplate.execute("CREATE TABLE books(" + "id SERIAL, name VARCHAR(255), price NUMERIC(15, 2))"); List<Book> books = Arrays.asList( new Book("Thinking in Java", new BigDecimal("46.32")), new Book("Favtuts in Java", new BigDecimal("1.99")), new Book("Getting Clojure", new BigDecimal("37.3")), new Book("Head First Android Development", new BigDecimal("41.19")) ); log.info("[SAVE]"); books.forEach(book -> { log.info("Saving...{}", book.getName()); bookRepository.save(book); }); // count log.info("[COUNT] Total books: {}", bookRepository.count()); // find all log.info("[FIND_ALL] {}", bookRepository.findAll()); // find by id log.info("[FIND_BY_ID] :2L"); Book book = bookRepository.findById(2L).orElseThrow(IllegalArgumentException::new); log.info("{}", book); // find by name (like) and price log.info("[FIND_BY_NAME_AND_PRICE] : like '%Java%' and price <= 10"); log.info("{}", bookRepository.findByNameAndPrice("Java", new BigDecimal(10))); // get name (string) by id log.info("[GET_NAME_BY_ID] :1L = {}", bookRepository.getNameById(1L)); // update log.info("[UPDATE] :2L :99.99"); book.setPrice(new BigDecimal("99.99")); log.info("rows affected: {}", bookRepository.update(book)); // delete log.info("[DELETE] :3L"); log.info("rows affected: {}", bookRepository.deleteById(3L)); // find all log.info("[FIND_ALL] {}", bookRepository.findAll()); } }
8. Demo
$ mvn spring-boot:run
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Started StartApplication in 1.051 seconds (JVM running for 1.3)
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - StartApplication...
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Creating tables for testing...
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - HikariPool-1 - configuration:
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - allowPoolSuspension.............false
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - autoCommit......................true
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - catalog.........................none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - connectionInitSql...............none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - connectionTestQuery.............none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - connectionTimeout...............20000
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - dataSource......................none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - dataSourceClassName.............none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - dataSourceJNDI..................none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - dataSourceProperties............{password=<masked>}
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - driverClassName................."org.h2.Driver"
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - healthCheckProperties...........{}
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - healthCheckRegistry.............none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - idleTimeout.....................600000
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - initializationFailTimeout.......1
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - isolateInternalQueries..........false
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - jdbcUrl.........................jdbc:h2:mem:testdb;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - leakDetectionThreshold..........0
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - maxLifetime.....................1800000
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - maximumPoolSize.................5
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - metricRegistry..................none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - metricsTrackerFactory...........none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - minimumIdle.....................5
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - password........................<masked>
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - poolName........................"HikariPool-1"
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - readOnly........................false
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - registerMbeans..................false
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - scheduledExecutor...............none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - schema..........................none
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - threadFactory...................internal
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - transactionIsolation............default
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - username........................"sa"
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariConfig - validationTimeout...............5000
INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Starting...
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool - HikariPool-1 - Added connection conn0: url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb user=SA
INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Start completed.
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [SAVE]
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Saving...Thinking in Java
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Saving...Favtuts in Java
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Saving...Getting Clojure
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Saving...Head First Android Development
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [COUNT] Total books: 4
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [FIND_ALL]
[Book{id=1, name='Thinking in Java', price=46.32},
Book{id=2, name='Favtuts in Java', price=1.99},
Book{id=3, name='Getting Clojure', price=37.30},
Book{id=4, name='Head First Android Development', price=41.19}]
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [FIND_BY_ID] :2L
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - Book{id=2, name='Favtuts in Java', price=1.99}
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [FIND_BY_NAME_AND_PRICE] : like '%Java%' and price <= 10
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [Book{id=2, name='Favtuts in Java', price=1.99}]
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [GET_NAME_BY_ID] :1L = Thinking in Java
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [UPDATE] :2L :99.99
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - rows affected: 1
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [DELETE] :3L
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - rows affected: 1
INFO com.favtuts.StartApplication - [FIND_ALL]
[Book{id=1, name='Thinking in Java', price=46.32},
Book{id=2, name='Favtuts in Java', price=99.99},
Book{id=4, name='Head First Android Development', price=41.19}]
INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Shutdown initiated...
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool - HikariPool-1 - Before shutdown stats (total=1, active=0, idle=1, waiting=0)
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.PoolBase - HikariPool-1 - Closing connection conn0: url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb user=SA: (connection evicted)
DEBUG com.zaxxer.hikari.pool.HikariPool - HikariPool-1 - After shutdown stats (total=0, active=0, idle=0, waiting=0)
INFO com.zaxxer.hikari.HikariDataSource - HikariPool-1 - Shutdown completed.
Download Source Code
$ git clone https://github.com/favtuts/java-spring-boot-tutorials.git
$ cd spring-jdbc
$ mvn spring-boot:run