Cursor Based Pagination with Spring Boot and JPA

This repository provides an example implementation of Cursor Based Pagination using Spring Boot and JPA.

Cursor Based Pagination is a technique for fetching a large result set in smaller chunks using cursors instead of traditional page numbers.

It offers better performance and stability compared to offset/limit or page-based pagination.

How it works?

Cursor Based Pagination operates by using a unique cursor or marker to indicate the position in the result set. Instead of returning a specific page, it retrieves the next set of results based on the cursor value. This approach allows for efficient retrieval of large data sets without the need to calculate total counts or skip a specific number of records.

Technologies Used

• Java 20
• Spring Boot
• Spring Data JPA
• H2 Database

Getting Started

Just run the project and database will be initialized and populated with the required data that can be used in testing purposes.

API Endpoints

GET /api/posts: Retrieves all the posts from the database

GET /api/posts?size=4: Retrieves specified number of records from database and will generate next page cursor if data exists

GET /api/posts?size=4&nextPageCursor: Retrieves specified number of records from given next page cursor

GET /api/posts?size=4&previousPageCursor: Retrieves specified number of records from given previous page cursor

All endpoints are defined in http_examples folder. By using HTTP Client extension in IntelliJ you can try it without any additional configuration.

Building with Native GraalVM Image

To build and run this app using Native GraalVM image you should open a terminal and type:

mvn -DskipTests -Pnative native:compile

After that run the following command:

./target/spring-cursor-based-pagination

Customization and Extension

You can customize and extend this project according to your specific requirements:

• Modify the entity and repository classes to match your domain model
• Implement additional API endpoints or add more features as needed
• Adapt the database configuration for your preferred database system

Contribution/Suggestions

If someone is interested in contribution or have some suggestions please contact me on email hedzaprog@gmail.com.

Author

Heril Muratović
Software Engineer

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