Spring Boot JPA - Repository methods

Let's now analyze the methods available in repository interface which we've created.

Repository - EmployeeRepository.java

Following is the default code of Repository to implement CRUD operations on above entity, Employee.

package com.tutorialspoint.repository;

import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
import com.tutorialspoint.entity.Employee;

@Repository
public interface EmployeeRepository extends CrudRepository<Employee, Integer>  {
}

Now this repository contains following methods by default.

Sr.No	Method & Description
1	count(): long returns the number of entities available.
2	delete(Employee entity): void deletes an entity.
3	deleteAll():void deletes all the entities.
4	deleteAll(Iterable< extends Employee > entities):void deletes the entities passed as argument.
5	deleteAll(Iterable< extends Integer > ids):void deletes the entities identified using their ids passed as argument.
6	existsById(Integer id):boolean checks if an entity exists using its id.
7	findAll():Iterable< Employee > returns all the entities.
8	findAllByIds(Iterable< Integer > ids):Iterable< Employee > returns all the entities identified using ids passed as argument.
9	findById(Integer id):Optional< Employee > returns an entity identified using id.
10	save(Employee entity): Employee saves an entity and return the updated one.
11	saveAll(Iterable< Employee> entities): Iterable< Employee> saves all entities passed and return the updated entities.