Java ORM example application

The following tutorial implements a REST API server using Java Spring Boot. The scenario is that of an e-commerce application. Database access is managed through Spring Data JPA, which internally uses Hibernate as the JPA provider.

The source for this example application can be found in the Using ORMs with YugabyteDB repository.

Prerequisites

This tutorial assumes that you have:

YugabyteDB up and running. Download and install YugabyteDB by following the steps in Quick start.
Java Development Kit (JDK) 1.8, or later, is installed. JDK installers for Linux and macOS can be downloaded from OpenJDK, AdoptOpenJDK, or Azul Systems.
Apache Maven 3.3, or later, is installed.

Clone the "orm-examples" repository

$ git clone https://github.com/YugabyteDB-Samples/orm-examples.git

There are a number of options that can be customized in the properties file located at src/main/resources/application.properties. Given YSQL's compatibility with the PostgreSQL language, the spring.jpa.database property is set to POSTGRESQL and the spring.datasource.url is set to the YSQL JDBC URL: jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5433/yugabyte.

Build the application

$ cd orm-examples/java/spring

$ mvn -DskipTests package

Run the application

Start the Sprint Boot REST API server at http://localhost:8080.

$ mvn spring-boot:run

Send requests to the application

Create 2 users.

$ curl --data '{ "firstName" : "John", "lastName" : "Smith", "email" : "jsmith@example.com" }' \
   -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/users

$ curl --data '{ "firstName" : "Tom", "lastName" : "Stewart", "email" : "tstewart@example.com" }' \
   -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/users

Create 2 products.

$ curl \
  --data '{ "productName": "Notebook", "description": "200 page notebook", "price": 7.50 }' \
  -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/products

$ curl \
  --data '{ "productName": "Pencil", "description": "Mechanical pencil", "price": 2.50 }' \
  -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/products

Create 2 orders.

$ curl \
  --data '{ "userId": "2", "products": [ { "productId": 1, "units": 2 } ] }' \
  -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/orders

$ curl \
  --data '{ "userId": "2", "products": [ { "productId": 1, "units": 2 }, { "productId": 2, "units": 4 } ] }' \
  -v -X POST -H 'Content-Type:application/json' http://localhost:8080/orders

Query results

Using the YSQL shell

$ ./bin/ysqlsh

ysqlsh (11.2)
Type "help" for help.

yugabyte=#

List the tables created by the app.

yugabyte=# \d

List of relations
 Schema |          Name           |   Type   |  Owner
--------+-------------------------+----------+----------
 public | orderline               | table    | yugabyte
 public | orders                  | table    | yugabyte
 public | orders_user_id_seq      | sequence | yugabyte
 public | products                | table    | yugabyte
 public | products_product_id_seq | sequence | yugabyte
 public | users                   | table    | yugabyte
 public | users_user_id_seq       | sequence | yugabyte
(7 rows)

Note the 4 tables and 3 sequences in the list above.

yugabyte=# SELECT count(*) FROM users;

 count
-------
     2
(1 row)

yugabyte=# SELECT count(*) FROM products;

 count
-------
     2
(1 row)

yugabyte=# SELECT count(*) FROM orders;

 count
-------
     2
(1 row)

yugabyte=# SELECT * FROM orderline;

 order_id                             | product_id | units
--------------------------------------+------------+-------
 45659918-bbfd-4a75-a202-6feff13e186b |          1 |     2
 f19b64ec-359a-47c2-9014-3c324510c52c |          1 |     2
 f19b64ec-359a-47c2-9014-3c324510c52c |          2 |     4
(3 rows)

Note that orderline is a child table of the parent orders table connected using a foreign key constraint.

Using the REST API

$ curl http://localhost:8080/users

{
  "content": [
    {
      "userId": 2,
      "firstName": "Tom",
      "lastName": "Stewart",
      "email": "tstewart@example.com"
    },
    {
      "userId": 1,
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "email": "jsmith@example.com"
    }
  ],
  ...
}

$ curl http://localhost:8080/products

{
  "content": [
    {
      "productId": 2,
      "productName": "Pencil",
      "description": "Mechanical pencil",
      "price": 2.5
    },
    {
      "productId": 1,
      "productName": "Notebook",
      "description": "200 page notebook",
      "price": 7.5
    }
  ],
  ...
}

$ curl http://localhost:8080/orders

{
  "content": [
    {
      "orderTime": "2019-05-10T04:26:54.590+0000",
      "orderId": "999ae272-f2f4-46a1-bede-5ab765bb27fe",
      "user": {
        "userId": 2,
        "firstName": "Tom",
        "lastName": "Stewart",
        "email": "tstewart@example.com"
      },
      "userId": null,
      "orderTotal": 25,
      "products": []
    },
    {
      "orderTime": "2019-05-10T04:26:48.074+0000",
      "orderId": "1598c8d4-1857-4725-a9ab-14deb089ab4e",
      "user": {
        "userId": 2,
        "firstName": "Tom",
        "lastName": "Stewart",
        "email": "tstewart@example.com"
      },
      "userId": null,
      "orderTotal": 15,
      "products": []
    }
  ],
  ...
}