JPQL Named Query

Learn how to write a named query in Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL).

A named query is defined on an entity, which in our case is the Player class. The named query will be used in the getAllPlayers() method.

@NamedQuery

To create a named query, we will use the @NamedQuery annotation on the Player class. This annotation requires two parameters: the name of the query and the query itself. When using JPA, we will write the query in JPQL instead of SQL. JPQL uses entities in place of tables. Since we want to return a list of Player objects, the query will be "SELECT p FROM Player p".

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