diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index b1e58a35ab..675f893133 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
${mysql-connector-java.version}
runtime
+
+ org.springframework.data
+ spring-data-jpa
+ 1.6.0.RELEASE
+ compile
+
+
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IUserDAO.java b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IUserDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a03824b4ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/IUserDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.dao;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.User;
+
+public interface IUserDAO {
+ List searchUser(String first, String last, int minAge);
+
+ void save(User entity);
+}
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserDAO.java b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserDAO.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56e79b504d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/dao/UserDAO.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.dao;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
+import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaBuilder;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.CriteriaQuery;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Predicate;
+import javax.persistence.criteria.Root;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.User;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+@Repository
+public class UserDAO implements IUserDAO {
+
+ @PersistenceContext
+ private EntityManager entityManager;
+
+ @Override
+ public List searchUser(final String first, final String last, final int minAge) {
+ final CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
+ final CriteriaQuery query = builder.createQuery(User.class);
+ final Root r = query.from(User.class);
+
+ Predicate predicate = builder.conjunction();
+ predicate = builder.and(predicate, builder.like(r.get("firstName"), "%" + first + "%"));
+ predicate = builder.and(predicate, builder.like(r.get("lastName"), "%" + last + "%"));
+ predicate = builder.and(predicate, builder.greaterThanOrEqualTo(r.get("age"), minAge));
+
+ query.where(predicate);
+
+ final List result = entityManager.createQuery(query).getResultList();
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void save(final User entity) {
+ entityManager.persist(entity);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d220f4458e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/model/User.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.model;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+@Entity
+public class User {
+
+ @Id
+ @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
+ private Long id;
+
+ private String firstName;
+
+ private String lastName;
+
+ private String email;
+
+ private int age;
+
+ public User() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ public Long getId() {
+ return id;
+ }
+
+ public void setId(final Long id) {
+ this.id = id;
+ }
+
+ public String getFirstName() {
+ return firstName;
+ }
+
+ public void setFirstName(final String firstName) {
+ this.firstName = firstName;
+ }
+
+ public String getLastName() {
+ return lastName;
+ }
+
+ public void setLastName(final String lastName) {
+ this.lastName = lastName;
+ }
+
+ public String getEmail() {
+ return email;
+ }
+
+ public void setEmail(final String username) {
+ email = username;
+ }
+
+ public int getAge() {
+ return age;
+ }
+
+ public void setAge(final int age) {
+ this.age = age;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public int hashCode() {
+ final int prime = 31;
+ int result = 1;
+ result = prime * result + ((email == null) ? 0 : email.hashCode());
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+ if (this == obj)
+ return true;
+ if (obj == null)
+ return false;
+ if (getClass() != obj.getClass())
+ return false;
+ final User user = (User) obj;
+ if (!email.equals(user.email))
+ return false;
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public String toString() {
+ final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+ builder.append("User [firstName=").append(firstName).append("]").append("[lastName=").append(lastName).append("]").append("[username").append(email).append("]");
+ return builder.toString();
+ }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/UserService.java b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/UserService.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90ab7f42f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/main/java/org/baeldung/persistence/service/UserService.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.service;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.dao.IUserDAO;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.User;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@Service
+@Transactional
+public class UserService {
+ @Autowired
+ private IUserDAO dao;
+
+ public UserService() {
+ super();
+ }
+
+ public void saveUser(final User user) {
+ dao.save(user);
+ }
+
+ public List searchUser(final String first, final String last, final int minAge) {
+ return dao.searchUser(first, last, minAge);
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/query/JPACriteriaQueryTest.java b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/query/JPACriteriaQueryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d76a7ce5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-jpa/src/test/java/org/baeldung/persistence/query/JPACriteriaQueryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package org.baeldung.persistence.query;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.baeldung.config.PersistenceJPAConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.User;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.service.UserService;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+import org.springframework.test.context.transaction.TransactionConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { PersistenceJPAConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+@Transactional
+@TransactionConfiguration
+public class JPACriteriaQueryTest {
+
+ @Autowired
+ private UserService userService;
+
+ private User user_john;
+
+ private User user_tom;
+
+ @Before
+ public void init() {
+ user_john = new User();
+ user_john.setFirstName("John");
+ user_john.setLastName("Doe");
+ user_john.setEmail("john@doe.com");
+ user_john.setAge(22);
+ userService.saveUser(user_john);
+
+ user_tom = new User();
+ user_tom.setFirstName("Tom");
+ user_tom.setLastName("Doe");
+ user_tom.setEmail("tom@doe.com");
+ user_tom.setAge(26);
+ userService.saveUser(user_tom);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void givenFirstAndLastName_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+ final List result = userService.searchUser("John", "Doe", 0);
+
+ assertEquals(1, result.size());
+ assertEquals(user_john.getEmail(), result.get(0).getEmail());
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void givenLast_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+ final List result = userService.searchUser("", "doe", 0);
+ assertEquals(2, result.size());
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void givenLastAndAge_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+ final List result = userService.searchUser("", "doe", 25);
+
+ assertEquals(1, result.size());
+ assertEquals(user_tom.getEmail(), result.get(0).getEmail());
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void givenWrongFirstAndLast_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+ final List result = userService.searchUser("Adam", "Fox", 0);
+ assertEquals(0, result.size());
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void givenPartialFirstAndLast_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+ final List result = userService.searchUser("jo", "", 0);
+
+ assertEquals(1, result.size());
+ assertEquals(user_john.getEmail(), result.get(0).getEmail());
+ }
+}