#39 - Added example of SpEL usage in manually defined JPA queries.

jpa/example/src/main/java/example/springdata/jpa/simple/SimpleUserRepository.java

@@ -118,4 +118,13 @@ public interface SimpleUserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, Long> {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	List<User> findTop2By(Sort sort);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return all the users with the given firstname or lastname. Makes use of SpEL (Spring Expression Language).
+	 *
+	 * @param user
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Query("select u from User u where u.firstname = :#{#user.firstname} or u.lastname = :#{#user.lastname}")
+	Iterable<User> findByFirstnameOrLastname(@Param("user") User user);
 }

jpa/example/src/test/java/example/springdata/jpa/simple/SimpleUserRepositoryTests.java

@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@
  */
 package example.springdata.jpa.simple;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
-import static org.hamcrest.collection.IsIterableContainingInOrder.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction.*;
 
@@ -185,4 +184,27 @@ public class SimpleUserRepositoryTests {
 		assertThat(resultDesc.size(), is(2));
 		assertThat(resultDesc, hasItems(user1, user2));
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findByFirstnameOrLastnameUsingSpEL() {
+
+		User first = new User();
+		first.setLastname("lastname");
+
+		User second = new User();
+		second.setFirstname("firstname");
+
+		User third = new User();
+
+		repository.save(Arrays.asList(first, second, third));
+
+		User reference = new User();
+		reference.setFirstname("firstname");
+		reference.setLastname("lastname");
+
+		Iterable<User> users = repository.findByFirstnameOrLastname(reference);
+
+		assertThat(users, is(iterableWithSize(2)));
+		assertThat(users, hasItems(first, second));
+	}
 }