Spring Data JPA JPQL queries on parent interface - jpa

Question

Say I have a #MappedSuperClass like this:
#MappedSuperclass
public abstract class Rating
{
#Id
private Long id;
#Column(name="USER_ID")
private Long userId;
private int rating;
...
With a concrete child entity like this
#Entity
#Table(name="ACTIVITY_RATING")
public class ActivityRating extends Rating
{
private Long activitySpecificData;
...
Then there is a Spring Data JPA repository like this:
#NoRepositoryBean
public interface RatingRepository<R extends Rating> extends JpaRepository<R, ID>
{
public List<R> findByUserId(Long userId);
...
and this:
public interface ActivityRatingRepository extends RatingRepository<ActivityRating>
{
}
This all works great and I can call findByUserId() on any of specific rating repositories that extend RatingRepository. I am now wanting to write some JPQL in the RatingRepository that all the child interfaces can inherit. I just don't know what (or if it's even possible) to put after the FROM in the query. For example:
#Query("SELECT NEW com.foo.RatingCountVo(e.rating, COUNT(e.rating)) FROM ??????? e GROUP BY e.rating")
public List<RatingCountVo> getRatingCounts();
I can add this method to each of the individual repositories that extend RatingRepository but everything would be exactly the same except for the specific entity name. If I want to change the query, I'd then have to go to all the child repositories and update them individually. I really want the query to live in the parent class and not be duplicated. Is there any way to accomplish this?
I'm currently using spring-data-jpa 1.7.2 and eclipselink 2.5.2. I'm not necessarily opposed to switching to newer versions if necessary.

Answer 1

Will it work if you will split query into 3 parts: start, entity and end of query? Than, if it'll work, in each interface you define constant like
String ENTITY = "ActivityRating";
And then you can use it like
#Query(RatingRepository.QUERY_START + ENTITY + RatingRepository.QUERY_END)
List<RatingCountVo> getRatingCounts();
BTW, there is no need to define public modifier in interface.
UPDATE: here is described another way:
#Query("SELECT NEW com.foo.RatingCountVo(e.rating, COUNT(e.rating)) FROM #{#entityName} e GROUP BY e.rating