How to use Spring Boot with MySQL database and JPA?

Question

I want to setting Spring Boot with MySQL and JPA. For this I create: Person

package domain;

import javax.persistence.*;

@Entity
@Table(name = "person")
public class Person {

@Id
@GeneratedValue
private Long id;

@Column(nullable = false)
private String firstName;

// setters and getters
}

PersonRepository

package repository;

import domain.Person;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;


public interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {

Page<Person> findAll(Pageable pageable);
}

PersonController

package controller;

import domain.Person;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import repository.PersonRepository;

@Controller
public class PersonController {

@Autowired
private PersonRepository personRepository;

@RequestMapping("/")
@ResponseBody
public String test() {
    Person person = new Person();
    person.setFirstName("First");
    person.setLastName("Test");
    personRepository.save(person);
    return "hello";
}
}

Start class Example:

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Example {

public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    SpringApplication.run(Example.class, args);
}

}

And for database configuration, I create application.properties

spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=create-drop
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers=true

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/test_spring_boot
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

So I have project structure:

But as a result I have exceptions:

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException: Failed to parse configuration class [Example]; nested exception is java.io.FileNotFoundException: class path resource [org/springframework/security/config/annotation/authentication/configurers/GlobalAuthenticationConfigurerAdapter.class] cannot be opened because it does not exist

As a example I use: spring-boot-sample-data-jpa/pom.xml

Answer 1

I created a project like you did. The structure looks like this

The Classes are just copy pasted from yours.

I changed the application.properties to this:

spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/testproject
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update

But I think your problem is in your 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>

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
</parent>

<artifactId>spring-boot-sample-jpa</artifactId>
<name>Spring Boot JPA Sample</name>
<description>Spring Boot JPA Sample</description>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Check these files for differences. Hope this helps

Update 1: I changed my username. The link to the example is now https://github.com/Yannic92/stackOverflowExamples/tree/master/SpringBoot/MySQL

Answer 2

When moving classes into specific packages like repository, controller, domain just the generic @SpringBootApplication is not enough.

You will have to specify the base package for component scan

@ComponentScan("base_package")

For JPA

@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "repository")

is also needed, so spring data will know where to look into for repository interfaces.

Answer 3

Please add mysql-connector-java dependency

    <dependency>
        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>

and Add the below mentioned properties in application.properties

# Data Source properties
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/yourDatabaseName?useSSL=false
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=YourPassword
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver

# JPA properties 
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
# Hibernate ddl auto (create, create-drop, validate, update)
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

Answer 4

For Jpa based application: base package scan @EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "repository") You can try it once!!!
Project Structure

com
 +- stack
     +- app
     |   +- Application.java
     +- controller
     |   +- EmployeeController.java
     +- service
     |   +- EmployeeService.java
     +- repository
     |   +- EmployeeRepository.java
     +- model
     |   +- Employee.java
-pom.xml
dependencies: 
    mysql, lombok, data-jpa

application.properties

#Data source :
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/employee?useSSL=false
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
spring.jpa.generate-ddl=true
spring.datasource.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

#Jpa/Hibernate :
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.MySQL5Dialect
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto = update

Employee.java

@Entity
@Table (name = "employee")
@Getter
@Setter
public class Employee {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue (strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @Column (name = "first_name")
    private String firstName;
    @Column (name = "last_name")
    private String lastName;
    @Column (name = "email")
    private String email;
    @Column (name = "phone_number")
    private String phoneNumber;
    @Column (name = "emp_desg")
    private String desgination;
}

EmployeeRepository.java

@Repository
public interface EmployeeRepository extends JpaRepository<Employee, Long> {
}

EmployeeController.java

@RestController
public class EmployeeController {

    @Autowired
    private EmployeeService empService;

    @GetMapping (value = "/employees")
    public List<Employee> getAllEmployee(){
        return empService.getAllEmployees();
    }

    @PostMapping (value = "/employee")
    public ResponseEntity<Employee> addEmp(@RequestBody Employee emp, HttpServletRequest 
                                         request) throws URISyntaxException {
        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
        headers.setLocation(new URI(request.getRequestURI() + "/" + emp.getId()));
        empService.saveEmployee(emp);
        return new ResponseEntity<Employee>(emp, headers, HttpStatus.CREATED);
    }

EmployeeService.java

public interface EmployeeService {
    public List<Employee> getAllEmployees();
    public Employee saveEmployee(Employee emp);
}

EmployeeServiceImpl.java

@Service
@Transactional
public class EmployeeServiceImpl implements EmployeeService {

    @Autowired
    private EmployeeRepository empRepository;

    @Override
    public List<Employee> getAllEmployees() {
        return empRepository.findAll();
    }

    @Override
    public Employee saveEmployee(Employee emp) {
        return empRepository.save(emp);
    }
}

EmployeeApplication.java

@SpringBootApplication
@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "repository")
public class EmployeeApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(EmployeeApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Answer 5

In the spring boot reference,it said:

When a class doesn’t include a package declaration it is considered to be in the “default package”. The use of the “default package” is generally discouraged, and should be avoided. It can cause particular problems for Spring Boot applications that use @ComponentScan, @EntityScan or @SpringBootApplication annotations, since every class from every jar, will be read.

com
 +- example
     +- myproject
         +- Application.java
         |
         +- domain
         |   +- Customer.java
         |   +- CustomerRepository.java
         |
         +- service
         |   +- CustomerService.java
         |
         +- web
             +- CustomerController.java

In your cases. You must add scanBasePackages in the @SpringBootApplication annotation.just like@SpringBootApplication(scanBasePackages={"domain","contorller"..})

Answer 6

Your code is in the default package, i.e. you have source all files in src/main/java with no custom package. I strongly suggest u to create package n then place your source file in it.

Ex-
 src->
     main->
          java->
                com.myfirst.example
                   Example.java
                com.myfirst.example.controller
                   PersonController.java
                com.myfirst.example.repository
                  PersonRepository.java
                com.myfirst.example.model
                   Person.java

I hope it will resolve your problem.

Answer 7

You can move Application.java to a folder under the java.