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Testing Data Persistence with DataJpaTest

The @DataJpaTest annotation configures a focused JPA test environment with an embedded database to verify entity mapping and repository query behavior.

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java

@DataJpaTest
class CustomerRepositoryTest {
 
    @Autowired
    private TestEntityManager entityManager;
 
    @Autowired
    private CustomerRepository repository;
 
    @Test
    void shouldFindCustomerByEmail() {
        Customer customer = new Customer("[email protected]");
        entityManager.persistAndFlush(customer);
 
        Optional<Customer> result = repository.findByEmail("[email protected]");
        Assertions.assertTrue(result.isPresent());
    }
}

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@DataJpaTest

Bootstraps only JPA repositories and an in-memory database rather than the full application context.

entityManager.persistAndFlush(customer);

Persists the test entity and forces an immediate flush to the test database.

Assertions.assertTrue(result.isPresent());

Asserts that the repository query successfully found and returned the expected customer.

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