Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper

Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper tutorial shows how to convert a table row into a new instance of a specified bean class with BeanPropertyRowMapper.

Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper

Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper

last modified July 24, 2023

In this article we show how to convert a table row into a new instance of a specified bean class with BeanPropertyRowMapper.

Spring Boot is a popular application framework for creating enterprise application in Java, Kotlin, or Groovy.

BeanPropertyRowMapper

BeanPropertyRowMapper is a RowMapper implementation that converts a table row into a new instance of the specified mapped target class. The mapped target class must be a top-level class and it must have a default or no-arg constructor.

Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper example

The following application uses a BeanPropertyRowMapper to map a result set row to a City bean.

build.gradle … src ├───main │ ├───java │ │ └───com │ │ └───zetcode │ │ │ Application.java │ │ │ MyRunner.java │ │ ├───model │ │ │ City.java │ │ └───service │ │ CityService.java │ │ ICityService.java │ └───resources │ application.properties │ data-h2.sql │ schema-h2.sql └───test └───java

This is the project structure of the Spring Boot application.

build.gradle

plugins { id ‘org.springframework.boot’ version ‘3.1.1’ id ‘io.spring.dependency-management’ version ‘1.1.0’ id ‘java’ }

group = ‘com.zetcode’ version = ‘0.0.1-SNAPSHOT’ sourceCompatibility = ‘17’

repositories { mavenCentral() }

dependencies { implementation ‘org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-jdbc’ runtimeOnly ‘com.h2database:h2’ }

This is the Gradle build file. The RowMapper resides in spring-boot-starter-jdbc dependency. We store data in H2 databse.

resources/application.properties

spring.main.banner-mode=off

spring.datasource.platform=h2 deprecated

spring.sql.init.platform=h2 spring.datasource.driverClassName=org.h2.Driver spring.datasource.url=jdbc:h2:mem:testdb

In the application.properties, we turn off the Spring Boot banner and set up the H2 datasource.

resources/schema-h2.sql

CREATE TABLE cities(id BIGINT PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, name VARCHAR(255), population BIGINT);

This SQL script creates the cities table.

resources/data-h2.sql

INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Bratislava’, 432000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Budapest’, 1759000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Prague’, 1280000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Warsaw’, 1748000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Los Angeles’, 3971000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘New York’, 8550000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Edinburgh’, 464000); INSERT INTO cities(name, population) VALUES(‘Berlin’, 3671000);

The SQL script fills the table with data.

com/zetcode/model/City.java

package com.zetcode.model;

import java.util.Objects;

public class City {

private Long id;
private String name;
private int population;

public City() {
}

public City(Long id, String name, int population) {

    this.id = id;
    this.name = name;
    this.population = population;
}

public Long getId() {
    return id;
}

public String getName() {
    return name;
}

public void setName(String name) {
    this.name = name;
}

public int getPopulation() {
    return population;
}

public void setPopulation(int population) {
    this.population = population;
}

@Override
public int hashCode() {
    int hash = 7;
    hash = 79 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.id);
    hash = 79 * hash + Objects.hashCode(this.name);
    hash = 79 * hash + this.population;
    return hash;
}

@Override
public boolean equals(Object obj) {
    if (this == obj) {
        return true;
    }
    if (obj == null) {
        return false;
    }
    if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
        return false;
    }
    final City other = (City) obj;
    if (this.population != other.population) {
        return false;
    }
    if (!Objects.equals(this.name, other.name)) {
        return false;
    }
    return Objects.equals(this.id, other.id);
}

@Override
public String toString() {
    final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("City{");
    sb.append("id=").append(id);
    sb.append(", name='").append(name).append('\'');
    sb.append(", population=").append(population);
    sb.append('}');
    return sb.toString();
}

}

This is the City model class.

com/zetcode/service/ICityService.java

package com.zetcode.service;

import com.zetcode.model.City;

import java.util.List;

public interface ICityService {

List<City> findAll();
City findById(Long id);

}

There are two contract methods in the ICityService.

com/zetcode/service/CityService.java

package com.zetcode.service;

import com.zetcode.model.City; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.BeanPropertyRowMapper; import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate; import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.util.List;

@Service public class CityService implements ICityService {

private final JdbcTemplate jtm;

public CityService(JdbcTemplate jtm) {
    this.jtm = jtm;
}

@Override
public List<City> findAll() {

    String sql = "SELECT * FROM cities";

    return jtm.query(sql, BeanPropertyRowMapper.newInstance(City.class));
}

@Override
public City findById(Long id) {

    String sql = "SELECT * FROM cities WHERE id = ?";

    return jtm.queryForObject(sql,
        BeanPropertyRowMapper.newInstance(City.class), id);
}

}

We have the implementations of the two contract methods, using the BeanPropertyRowMapper. The column values are mapped based on matching the column name as obtained from result set meta-data to public setters for the corresponding properties.

com/zetcode/MyRunner.java

package com.zetcode;

import com.zetcode.service.ICityService; import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner; import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component public class MyRunner implements CommandLineRunner {

private final ICityService cityService;

public MyRunner(ICityService cityService) {
    this.cityService = cityService;
}

@Override
public void run(String... args) throws Exception {

    var city = cityService.findById(1L);
    System.out.println(city);

    var data = cityService.findAll();
    System.out.println(data);
}

}

In the MyRunner, we find one city by its Id and then find all cities.

com/zetcode/Application.java

package com.zetcode;

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

@SpringBootApplication public class Application {

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

}

The Application sets up the Spring Boot application.

$ ./gradlew bootRun … City{id=null, name=‘Bratislava’, population=432000} [City{id=null, name=‘Bratislava’, population=432000}, City{id=null, name=‘Budapest’, population=1759000}, City{id=null, name=‘Prague’, population=1280000}, City{id=null, name=‘Warsaw’, population=1748000}, City{id=null, name=‘Los Angeles’, population=3971000}, City{id=null, name=‘New York’, population=8550000}, City{id=null, name=‘Edinburgh’, population=464000}, City{id=null, name=‘Berlin’, population=3671000}] …

In this article we have worked with Spring Boot BeanPropertyRowMapper.

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