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Frequently Asked Questions

Common

  1. I’d like to get more detailed logging information on what methods are called inside JpaRepository for example. How can I gain them?

    You can make use of CustomizableTraceInterceptor provided by Spring, as shown in the following example:

    <bean id="customizableTraceInterceptor" class="
  org.springframework.aop.interceptor.CustomizableTraceInterceptor">
  <property name="enterMessage" value="Entering $[methodName]($[arguments])"/>
  <property name="exitMessage" value="Leaving $[methodName](): $[returnValue]"/>
</bean>

<aop:config>
  <aop:advisor advice-ref="customizableTraceInterceptor"
    pointcut="execution(public * org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository+.*(..))"/>
</aop:config>

Auditing

  1. I want to use Spring Data JPA auditing capabilities but have my database already configured to set modification and creation date on entities. How can I prevent Spring Data from setting the date programmatically?

    Set the set-dates attribute of the auditing namespace element to false.