Spring Data JPA CrudRepository delete() and deleteAll()

In this article, we will see about Spring Data JPA CrudRepository delete() and deleteAll() methods example using Spring Boot and oracle.

The delete() method is used to delete a single entity which we pass as request data and it is available in CrudRepository interface. The CrudRepository extends Repository interface. In Spring Data JPA Repository is top-level interface in hierarchy. Here we are going to see delete() and deleteAll() method of CrudRepository. Let’s see about delete() method. The delete() method has been defined as below.

void delete(T entity);

Using delete() method we can delete a single record(entity). If we don’t provide any entity it will throw IllegalArgumentException.

Internally delete() method use EntityManger’s remove() method.

	public void delete(T entity) {
		em.remove(entity);
	}

we wil

The deleteAll() method has two overloaded versions.

First one – void deleteAll(Iterable<? extends T> entities)

Using the above method we can delete all entities which we pass as request data. The deleteAll() internally use delete() method only.

	public void deleteAll(Iterable<? extends T> entities) {
		for (T entity : entities) {
			delete(entity);
		}
	}

Second one – void deleteAll()

The above one will delete all records that belong to that repository. The deleteAll() internally uses findAll() and delete() method as below.

	public void deleteAll() {

		for (T element : findAll()) {
			delete(element);
		}
	}

Let’s see in below code how to use the Spring Data JPA CrudRepository delete() and deleteAll() method for delete operation.

package com.javatute.impl;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import com.javatute.entity.Student;
import com.javatute.repository.StudentRepository;
import com.javatute.service.StudentService;

@Service("studentServiceImpl")
public class StudentServiceImpl implements StudentService {

	@Autowired
	private StudentRepository studentRepository;

	@Transactional
	public List<Student> saveAllStudent(List<Student> studentList) {
		List<Student> response = (List<Student>) studentRepository.saveAll(studentList);
		return response;
	}

	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
	public List<Student> getAllStudents() {
		List<Student> studentResponse = (List<Student>) studentRepository.findAll();
		return studentResponse;
	}
	
	@Transactional
	public void delete(Student student) {
		studentRepository.delete(student);
	}
	
	@Transactional
	public void deleteAllPassingEntities(List<Student> students) {
		studentRepository.deleteAll(students);
	}

	@Transactional
	public void deleteAll() {
		studentRepository.deleteAll();
	}

}

Before go ahead see brief about Spring Data JPA Repository hierarchy as below.

Let’s see an example of Spring Data JPA CrudRepository delete() and deleteAll() Example where we will use saveAll() method for creating the entities, findAll() to get all record, delete() to delete a single record and deleteAll() to delete all records.

Open eclipse and create maven project, Don’t forget to check ‘Create a simple project (skip)’ click on next.  Fill all details(GroupId – springdatadeleteanddeleteall, ArtifactId – springdatadeleteanddeleteall and name – springdatadeleteanddeleteall) and click on finish. Keep packaging as the jar.

Modify pom.xml

<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>
	<groupId>springdatadeleteanddeleteall</groupId>
	<artifactId>springdatadeleteanddeleteall</artifactId>
	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
	<name>springdatadeleteanddeleteall</name>
	<parent>
		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
		<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
		<version>2.0.2.RELEASE</version>
	</parent>
	<dependencies>
		<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>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>com.oracle</groupId>
			<artifactId>ojdbc6</artifactId>
			<version>11.2.0.3</version>
		</dependency>

	</dependencies>
	<build>
		<finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
		<plugins>

			<plugin>
				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
				<version>3.1</version>
				<configuration>
					<fork>true</fork>
					<executable>C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\bin\javac.exe</executable>
				</configuration>
			</plugin>


		</plugins>
	</build>
</project>

Note – In pom.xml we have defined javac.exe path in configuration tag. You need to change accordingly i.e where you have installed JDK.

If you see any error for oracle dependency then follow these steps.

Directory structure –

Student.java

package com.javatute.entity;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;

@Entity
public class Student {

	@Id
	@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
	private int id;

	@Column(name = "name")
	private String name;

	@Column(name = "roll_number")
	private String rollNumber;

	@Column(name = "university")
	String university;

	public int getId() {
		return id;
	}

	public void setId(int id) {
		this.id = id;
	}

	public String getName() {
		return name;
	}

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

	public String getRollNumber() {
		return rollNumber;
	}

	public void setRollNumber(String rollNumber) {
		this.rollNumber = rollNumber;
	}

	public String getUniversity() {
		return university;
	}

	public void setUniversity(String university) {
		this.university = university;
	}

}

StudentController.java

package com.javatute.controller;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import com.javatute.entity.Student;
import com.javatute.service.StudentService;

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/student")
public class StudentController {

	@Autowired
	private StudentService studentService;

	@RequestMapping(value = "/saveall", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	@ResponseBody
	public List<Student> saveAllStudents(@RequestBody List<Student> studentList) {
		List<Student> studentResponse = (List<Student>) studentService.saveAllStudent(studentList);
		return studentResponse;
	}
	
	@RequestMapping(value = "/getall", method = RequestMethod.GET)
	@ResponseBody
	public List<Student> getAllStudents() {
		List<Student> studentResponse = (List<Student>) studentService.getAllStudents();
		return studentResponse;
	}
	
	@RequestMapping(value = "/delete", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
	@ResponseBody
	public String delete(@RequestBody Student student) {
		studentService.delete(student);
		return "Successfully deleted single record";
	}

	@RequestMapping(value = "/deleteallpassingentitiesasrequest", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
	@ResponseBody
	public String deleteAllPassingEntities(@RequestBody List<Student> students) {
		studentService.deleteAllPassingEntities(students);
		return "Successfully deleted all enitities which has been passed as request data";
	}

	@RequestMapping(value = "/deleteall", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
	@ResponseBody
	public String deleteAll() {
		studentService.deleteAll();
		return "Successfully deleted all enitities";
	}

}

StudentRepository.java – interface

Let’s see about Spring Data JPA CrudRepository deleteById().

package com.javatute.repository;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

import com.javatute.entity.Student;

@Repository
public interface StudentRepository extends CrudRepository<Student, Serializable> {

}

StudentService.java – interface

package com.javatute.service;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import com.javatute.entity.Student;

@Component
public interface StudentService {
	public List<Student> saveAllStudent(List<Student> studentList);

	public List<Student> getAllStudents();

	public void delete(Student student);

	public void deleteAllPassingEntities(List<Student> student);

	public void deleteAll();

}

StudentServiceImpl.java

package com.javatute.impl;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;

import com.javatute.entity.Student;
import com.javatute.repository.StudentRepository;
import com.javatute.service.StudentService;

@Service("studentServiceImpl")
public class StudentServiceImpl implements StudentService {

	@Autowired
	private StudentRepository studentRepository;

	@Transactional
	public List<Student> saveAllStudent(List<Student> studentList) {
		List<Student> response = (List<Student>) studentRepository.saveAll(studentList);
		return response;
	}

	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
	public List<Student> getAllStudents() {
		List<Student> studentResponse = (List<Student>) studentRepository.findAll();
		return studentResponse;
	}
	
	@Transactional
	public void delete(Student student) {
		studentRepository.delete(student);
	}
	
	@Transactional
	public void deleteAllPassingEntities(List<Student> students) {
		studentRepository.deleteAll(students);
	}

	@Transactional
	public void deleteAll() {
		studentRepository.deleteAll();
	}

}

SpringMain.java

package com.javatute.main;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;

@SpringBootApplication
@ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.*")
@EntityScan("com.javatute.entity")
public class SpringMain {
	public static void main(String[] args) {

		SpringApplication.run(SpringMain.class, args);
	}

}

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JpaConfig.java

package com.javatute.config;

import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;

@Configuration
@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "com.javatute.repository")
public class JpaConfig {

}

application.properties

# Connection url for the database
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:XE
spring.datasource.username=SYSTEM
spring.datasource.password=oracle2
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver
# Show or not log for each sql query
spring.jpa.show-sql = true
 
 
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto =create
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.dialect = org.hibernate.dialect.Oracle10gDialect
 
server.port = 9091

Let’s run the SpringMain class(run as java application).

Perform save operation first using below REST API.

http://localhost:9091/student/saveall

Request Data –

[
    {
        "name": "Hiteshdo",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS01",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Johnhjhjhjhj",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS02",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Mohankkkkkkkkkkkkkk",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS03",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Nagesh",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS04",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "s",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS05",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Ranakum",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS06",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Roc",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS07",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Simpy",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS08",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Tiwari",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS09",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },    {
        "name": "Appu",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS10",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Babloo",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS11",
        "university":"rgtu"
    },
    {
        "name": "Ga",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS12",
        "university":"rgtu"
    }
]

Response data –

[
    {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "Hiteshdo",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS01",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "name": "Johnhjhjhjhj",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS02",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 3,
        "name": "Mohankkkkkkkkkkkkkk",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS03",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 4,
        "name": "Nagesh",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS04",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 5,
        "name": "s",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS05",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 6,
        "name": "Ranakum",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS06",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 7,
        "name": "Roc",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS07",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 8,
        "name": "Simpy",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS08",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 9,
        "name": "Tiwari",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS09",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 10,
        "name": "Appu",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS10",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 11,
        "name": "Babloo",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS11",
        "university": "rgtu"
    },
    {
        "id": 12,
        "name": "Ga",
        "rollNumber": "0126CS12",
        "university": "rgtu"
    }
]

Get operation. Let’s test we have records in DB or not.

API -http://localhost:9091/student/getall

Now delete a single record.

http://localhost:9091/student/delete

Delete all record which you are passing as request data.

Now we don’t have any record in database. Check DB and Again perform get operation. We should have empty array. We can show a message in a proper way using global error handler. See Example here.

Still, we have one API to test.

http://localhost:9091/student/deleteall

First, call http://localhost:9091/student/saveall API then call http://localhost:9091/student/deleteall API. We should have below response and database shouldn’t contain any student records.

That’s all about Spring Data JPA CrudRepository delete() and deleteAll() Example.

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