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Get Back in Control of Your SQL with JPA
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JPA is a great technology that maps the database relational model to the Java object oriented model. It lets retrieve data and persist back the changes very easily. But it lacks the ability to perform advanced queries. In fact, all the advanced SQL capabilities are simply locked to the Java developer until she chooses to write a hard-to-maintain SQL as a hard-coded string.

FluentJPA fills this gap in three ways:

  • allows you to use Java to write strongly typed queries. We support operators, parameters, variables, methods, etc and translate them to the SQL.
  • naturally extends JPA: use entities in FROM clauses, getters and setters to write expressions, store intermediate calculations in variables, pass them to methods as you usually do to program your business logic. FluentJPA reads all the JPA annotations to retrieve column and table names, then it uses JPA native query for execution. As a result the solution is integrated with JPA pipeline and transaction, calls to JPA and FluentJPA can be freely mixed producing correct results.
  • covers the entire modern SQL DML standard. SQL has changed since SQL-92, where JPQL is stuck: SQL-99 Common Table Expressions (WITH clause), SQL-2003 Window Functions (OVER clause), SQL-2003 MERGE (UPSERT clause), Dynamic Queries without Criteria API and many, many more. FluentJPA offers this power as a handy Java library.

Competition

How is FluentJPA different (better) than its competitors, jOOQ in particular? This question was asked on Reddit by Mr. Lukas Eder, CEO of Data Geekery GmbH, the developer of jOOQ. Here is the answer, showing how FluentJPA solves real problems.

Setup

There is no bootstrap, code generation step or anything else needed to use FluentJPA. Add dependencies to your project enjoy the type-safe Object Oriented SQL in your JPA project without compromises! (Disclaimer: FluentJPA strives to be as unobtrusive as possible. We don't change or affect anything, so your existing code will continue to work as before. We don't bring any dependencies except our own code and ASM, total ~500K).

Usage Examples

Probably the most important feature missing in JPA is Sub Query. We think that any serious SQL starts with them (just look here for few examples). Not only FluentJPA supports sub queries, it also lets put them into a separate Java(!) function. So the code looks 100% natural to a Java developer.

Let's start with the simplest query possible to overview the entire flow. (A bit spiced with passing an external parameter and optional JPA Repository integration)

@Repository
public interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long>, EntityManagerSupplier {

    default List<Person> getAllByName(String name) {
        FluentQuery query = FluentJPA.SQL((Person p) -> {
            SELECT(p);
            FROM(p);
            WHERE(p.getName() == name);
        });

        return query.createQuery(getEntityManager(), Person.class).getResultList();
    }
}

SQL query that gets generated, name is passed via a parameter:

SELECT t0.*
FROM PERSON_TABLE t0
WHERE (t0.name = ?)

FluentJPA supports any query, here we brought few examples with sub queries to show the power of FluentJPA. There is a link to the test file source code and a link to the original SQL where we borrowed the use case from. Best when seen side-by-side.

1 sub query "converted" to a Java function (original SQL comes from SQL Server documentation).

Citing original docs: This example finds the product models for which the maximum list price is more than twice the average for the model.

// Product is a standard JPA Entity
FluentQuery query = FluentJPA.SQL((Product p1) -> {

    SELECT(p1.getModel());
    FROM(p1);
    GROUP(BY(p1.getModel()));
    HAVING(MAX(p1.getListPrice()) >= ALL(avgPriceForProductModel(p1.getModel())));
    // sub query in SQL, function in Java ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
});

...

// The result is an int since the sub query returns 1 row/column
private static int avgPriceForProductModel(ProductModel model) {
    return subQuery((Product p2) -> {
        SELECT(AVG(p2.getListPrice()));
        FROM(p2);
        WHERE(model == p2.getModel());
    });
}

3 sub queries "converted" to functions (original SQL comes from SQL Server documentation).

// Arguments are automatically captured and passed in via JPA's Query.setParameter()
String orderDate; // passed by an external parameter

FluentQuery query = FluentJPA.SQL(() -> {

    // returns an entity!
    SalesOrderDetail sales = salesByProducts(orderDate);

    // previous result is an argument for the next function
    Change change = updateInventoryWithSales(sales);

    trackNoInventory(change);
});

...

// the result is SalesOrderDetail since the SELECTed columns are aliased to its fields
private static SalesOrderDetail salesByProducts(String orderDate) {

    return subQuery((SalesOrderDetail sod,
                        SalesOrderHeader soh) -> {

        // since the function returns SalesOrderDetail, alias
        // SELECTed columns to SalesOrderDetail's fields (type safety is kept)
        Product product = alias(sod.getProduct(), SalesOrderDetail::getProduct);
        int orderQty = alias(SUM(sod.getOrderQty()), SalesOrderDetail::getOrderQty);

        SELECT(product, orderQty);
        FROM(sod).JOIN(soh)
                 .ON(sod.getSalesOrderID() == soh.getSalesOrderID() && soh.getOrderDate() == orderDate);
        GROUP(BY(product));
    });
}

private static Change updateInventoryWithSales(SalesOrderDetail order) {

    return subQuery((ProductInventory inv) -> {

        ProductInventory deleted = DELETED();

        MERGE().INTO(inv).USING(order).ON(inv.getProduct() == order.getProduct());
        // Non foreign key Object JOIN -----------------^^^^^^^^

        WHEN_MATCHED_AND(inv.getQuantity() - order.getOrderQty() <= 0).THEN(DELETE());

        WHEN_MATCHED().THEN(MERGE_UPDATE().SET(() -> {
            inv.setQuantity(inv.getQuantity() - order.getOrderQty());
        }));

        // since the function returns Change, alias
        // OUTPUTed columns to Change's fields
        MergeAction action = alias($action(), Change::getAction);
        int productID = alias(deleted.getProduct().getProductID(), Change::getProductID);
        OUTPUT(action, productID);
    });
}

private static void trackNoInventory(Change change) {

    subQuery((ZeroInventory zi) -> {

        INSERT().INTO(viewOf(zi, ZeroInventory::getDeletedProductID, ZeroInventory::getRemovedOnDate));

        SELECT(change.getProductID(), GETDATE());
        FROM(change);
        WHERE(change.getAction() == MergeAction.DELETE);
    });
}

Recursive sub query (original SQL comes from PostgreSQL documentation).

Citing original docs: This query would remove all direct and indirect subparts of a product.
If you don't know what recursive WITH is, it's worth learning. Since you will be able to use it now with FluentJPA 😉.

FluentJPA.SQL((Part allParts) -> {

    Part included_parts = subQuery((Part it,
                                    Part parts,
                                    Part subParts) -> {
        // initial
        SELECT(parts.getSubPart(), parts.getName());
        FROM(parts);
        WHERE(parts.getName() == "our_product");

        UNION_ALL();

        // recursive
        SELECT(subParts.getSubPart(), subParts.getName());

        // recurse
        FROM(recurseOn(it), subParts);
        WHERE(it.getSubPart() == subParts.getName());
    });

    WITH(RECURSIVE(included_parts));

    DELETE().FROM(allParts);
    WHERE(collect(included_parts, included_parts.getName()).contains(allParts.getName()));

});

Example 4 - getByNameLike()

Dynamic Queries without Criteria API:

// build the criteria dynamically
Function1<CoverageMaster, Boolean> dynamicFilter = buildOr1(likes);

FluentQuery query = FluentJPA.SQL((UtilizationDTL util,
                                   UtilizationCoverageDTL utilizationCover,
                                   CoverageMaster coverMaster) -> {
    SELECT(DISTINCT(util.getId()));
    FROM(util).JOIN(utilizationCover)
              .ON(utilizationCover.getUtilization() == util)
              .JOIN(coverMaster)
              .ON(utilizationCover.getMaster() == coverMaster);

    WHERE(dynamicFilter.apply(coverMaster) && util.isCompleted());
      //  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^--- inject the criteria,
      //                         rest of the query is unaffected
    ORDER(BY(util.getId()));
});

private Function1<CoverageMaster, Boolean> buildOr1(List<String> likes) {
    Function1<CoverageMaster, Boolean> criteria = Function1.FALSE();

    for (String like : likes)
        criteria = criteria.or(p -> p.getCoverageName().toLowerCase()
                                                       .matches(parameter(like)));

    return criteria;
}

Full documentation

Licensing

FluentJPA is licensed under dual license model. AGPL for free software projects and commercial license for the others.