Querydsl vs. JPA Criteria, Part 5: Maven Integration

As most technologies or dependencies evolve fast, it's sometimes hard to make the initial setup or upgrade smoothly. The goal of this article is to provide a summary of the Maven setup for the Querydsl framework, depending on the used technology. After that, let's see a short overview of the Querydsl solution.

In This Article, You Will Learn

  • How to setup Querydsl with Spring Boot 2.x (i.e Java EE) and Spring Boot 3.x (i.e. Jakarta EE)
  • What is a Maven classifier
  • How is the Maven classifier used in Querydsl build
  • Usage of Eclipse Transformer Plugin

Querydsl Setup

There are several possibilities to set up Querydsl framework in a Spring Boot application. The correct approach depends on the technologies used.