Using Spring Data JPA with PostgreSQL Views

In this story, we’ll explore using Spring Data JPA with PostgreSQL views in a Spring Boot application.

· Prerequisites
· Overview
∘ Understanding Database Views
∘ Key Benefits of Database Views
· Database Setup
· Let’s code
∘ Entity Class for the View
∘ Create a Spring Data repository
∘ Business service layer
∘ Create a REST API endpoint
· Test the REST APIs
· Conclusion
· References

Prerequisites

This is the list of all the prerequisites:

• Spring Boot 3+
• Maven 3.6.+
• Java 21 or later
• PostgreSQL
• Postman or Insomnia
• Your favorite IDE (IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse, NetBeans, VS Code)

Overview

Understanding Database Views

Database views are a powerful feature in relational database management systems (RDBMS) that allow users to create virtual tables based on the…