Part 17 Spring Data Record/DTO Projections

Passing immutable data between objects is one of the most common, but mundane tasks in many Java applications. Prior to Java 14, this required the creation of a class with boilerplate fields and methods, which were susceptible to trivial mistakes and muddled intentions. You can read more about record to learn them. Records are also supported by Spring Data. There are several ways to use Records when using Spring Data. Spring Data can handle the mapping of the return of query automatically if the components of the Record match the fields of the tracked entity like in the below example: