Difference between query, native query, named query and typed query

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Chris311 picture Chris311 · Oct 20, 2015 · Viewed 71.3k times · Source

What are the differences between a query, a native query, a named query and a typed query? Does the 'alone-standing' query even exist, or is it just an abbreviation? In my mind, a native Query is a query written in simple sql, whereas a named query relates to entities (hibernate-mapping). Can someone explain this briefly?

Answer

Abhijith Nagarajan picture Abhijith Nagarajan · Oct 20, 2015

Query

Query refers to JPQL/HQL query with syntax similar to SQL generally used to execute DML statements(CRUD operations).

In JPA, you can create a query using entityManager.createQuery(). You can look into API for more detail.

In Hibernate, you use session.createQuery()"

NativeQuery

Native query refers to actual sql queries (referring to actual database objects). These queries are the sql statements which can be directly executed in database using a database client.

JPA : entityManager.createNativeQuery() Hibernate (Non-JPA implementation): session.createSQLQuery()

NamedQuery

Similar to how the constant is defined. NamedQuery is the way you define your query by giving it a name. You could define this in mapping file in hibernate or also using annotations at entity level.

TypedQuery

TypedQuery gives you an option to mention the type of entity when you create a query and therefore any operation thereafter does not need an explicit cast to the intended type. Whereas the normal Query API does not return the exact type of Object you expect and you need to cast.

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