Java 8 Spring Data JPA Parameter binding

Question

In my @Repository interface I created custom find method with JPQL @Query that contains parameter (addressType).

from Address a where a.addressType = :addressType

In the method I did not specify @Param("addressType") on the parameter. So I am getting

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Name for parameter binding must not be null or empty! For named parameters you need to use @Param for query method parameters on Java versions < 8.

Okay, this is pretty much clear, but I am using Java 8. So what is special about Java 8 here?

Answer 1

In Java 8, you can use reflection to access names of parameters of methods. This makes the @Param annotation unnecessary, since Spring can deduce the name of the JPQL parameter from the name of the method parameter.

But you need to use the -parameters flag with the compiler to have that information available.

See http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/reflect/member/methodparameterreflection.html.