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+package org.baeldung.persistence.query;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.baeldung.persistence.dao.UserRepository;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.User;
+import org.baeldung.spring.ConfigTest;
+import org.baeldung.spring.PersistenceConfig;
+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.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+import com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured;
+import com.jayway.restassured.response.Response;
+import com.jayway.restassured.specification.RequestSpecification;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { ConfigTest.class, PersistenceConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+@ActiveProfiles("test")
+public class JPASpecificationLiveTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private UserRepository repository;
+
+    private User userJohn;
+
+    private User userTom;
+
+    private final String URL_PREFIX = "http://localhost:8080/spring-security-rest-full/users/spec?search=";
+
+    @Before
+    public void init() {
+        userJohn = new User();
+        userJohn.setFirstName("John");
+        userJohn.setLastName("Doe");
+        userJohn.setEmail("john@doe.com");
+        userJohn.setAge(22);
+        repository.save(userJohn);
+
+        userTom = new User();
+        userTom.setFirstName("Tom");
+        userTom.setLastName("Doe");
+        userTom.setEmail("tom@doe.com");
+        userTom.setAge(26);
+        repository.save(userTom);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFirstAndLastName_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "firstName:john,lastName:doe");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFirstNameInverse_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "firstName!john");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenMinAge_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "age>25");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFirstNamePrefix_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "firstName:jo*");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFirstNameSuffix_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "firstName:*n");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenFirstNameSubstring_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "firstName:*oh*");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenAgeRange_whenGettingListOfUsers_thenCorrect() {
+        final Response response = givenAuth().get(URL_PREFIX + "age>20,age<25");
+        final String result = response.body().asString();
+
+        assertTrue(result.contains(userJohn.getEmail()));
+        assertFalse(result.contains(userTom.getEmail()));
+    }
+
+    private final RequestSpecification givenAuth() {
+        return RestAssured.given().auth().preemptive().basic("user1", "user1Pass");
+    }
+}