Java Persistance API (JPA)

Project Dependencies

Add the following dependency to your pom.xml/build.gradle file:

GradleMaven

implementation("com.raynigon.unit-api:spring-boot-jpa-starter:3.0.5")

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.raynigon.unit-api</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-jpa-starter</artifactId>
    <version>3.0.5</version>
</dependency>

Limitations

Currently the Raynigon Unit API JPA integration only works for hibernate.

Usage

To use the Raynigon Unit API with JPA, an Entity needs to be created. This Entity needs to have a @Type annotation with a definition for the QuantityType.

Warning

You need to have the @Type annotation on every Entity due to a missing feature in hibernate (see here).

@Entity
@Table("basic_entity")
public class BasicEntity {

    @Id
    @Column(name="id")
    public String id;

    @JpaUnit(KilometrePerHour.class)
    @Type(QuantityType.class)
    @Column(name="speed")
    public Quantity<Speed> speed;
}

Depending on the database you are using, you need to specify the columnDefinition property in the @Column annotation. By default, the value stored in the database will be a floating-point value. In this example the value will be saved in "km/h".