Spring Data Neo4j

The primary goal of the Spring Data project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use new data access technologies such as non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud based data services.

The Spring Data Neo4j project aims to provide a familiar and consistent Spring-based programming model for integrating with the Neo4j Graph Database.

Code of Conduct

This project is governed by the Spring Code of Conduct. By participating, you are expected to uphold this code of conduct. Please report unacceptable behavior to [email protected].

Getting Started

Here is a quick teaser of an application using Spring Data Repositories in Java:

@NodeEntity
public class Person {
    private Long id;
    private String name;

    @Relationship(type = "FRIEND", direction = "OUTGOING")
    private Set<Person> friends;

    public Person() {}
    public Person(String name) { this.name = name; }

    private void knows(Person friend) { friends.add(friend); }
}

@Repository
public interface PersonRepository extends Neo4jRepository<Person, Long> {

  List<Person> findByName(String name);

  List<Person> findByNameLike(String name);
}

@Service
public class MyService {

    @Autowired
    private final PersonRepository repository;

    @Transactional
    public void doWork() {

        Person jon = new Person("Jon");
        Person emil = new Person("Emil");
        Person rod = new Person("Rod");

        emil.knows(jon);
        emil.knows(rod);

        // Persist entities and relationships to graph database
        personRepository.save(emil);

        for (Person friend : emil.getFriends()) {
            System.out.println("Friend: " + friend);
        }

        // Control loading depth
        Person thatSamejon = personRepository.findOne(id, 2);
        for (Person friend : jon.getFriends()) {
            System.out.println("Jon's friends to depth 2: " + friend);
        }
    }
}

@Configuration
@ComponentScan
@EnableNeo4jRepositories
@EnableTransactionManagement
public class MyConfiguration {

    @Bean
    public SessionFactory sessionFactory(org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration configuration) {
        // with domain entity base package(s)
        return new SessionFactory(configuration, "com.example.person.domain");
    }

    @Bean
    public org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration configuration() {
        org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration configuration = new org.neo4j.ogm.config.Configuration.Builder()
                .uri("bolt://localhost")
                .credentials("user", "secret")
                .build();
        return configuration;
    }

	@Bean
	public Neo4jTransactionManager transactionManager() {
		return new Neo4jTransactionManager(sessionFactory());
	}
}

Maven configuration

Add the Maven dependency:

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
  <version>${version}.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

If you’d rather like the latest snapshots of the upcoming major version, use our Maven snapshot repository and declare the appropriate dependency version.

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
  <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
  <version>${version}.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

<repository>
  <id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
  <name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
  <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
</repository>

Please find the setup for Gradle based projects in the the Reference Manual.

Spring Data Neo4j provides support for connecting to all of Neo4j’s java drivers:

• Bolt

• HTTP

• Embedded

Depending on your need, you’ll have to add one additional Neo4j-OGM module. Please refer to the reference linked above.

Getting Help

Having trouble with Spring Data? We’d love to help!

• Check the reference documentation, and Javadocs.

• Learn the Spring basics – Spring Data builds on Spring Framework, check the spring.io web-site for a wealth of reference documentation. If you are just starting out with Spring, try one of the guides.

• If you are upgrading, check out the changelog for “new and noteworthy” features.

• Ask a question - we monitor stackoverflow.com for questions tagged with spring-data-neo4j-5.

• Report bugs with Spring Data Neo4j at jira.spring.io/browse/DATAGRAPH.

Reporting Issues

Spring Data uses JIRA as issue tracking system to record bugs and feature requests. If you want to raise an issue, please follow the recommendations below:

• Before you log a bug, please search the issue tracker to see if someone has already reported the problem.

• If the issue doesn’t already exist, create a new issue.

• Please provide as much information as possible with the issue report, we like to know the version of Spring Data that you are using and JVM version.

• If you need to paste code, or include a stack trace use JIRA {code}…{code} escapes before and after your text.

• If possible try to create a test-case or project that replicates the issue. Attach a link to your code or a compressed file containing your code.

Building from Source

You don’t need to build from source to use Spring Data (binaries in repo.spring.io), but if you want to try out the latest and greatest, Spring Data can be easily built with the maven wrapper. You also need JDK 1.8.

 $ ./mvnw clean install

If you want to build with the regular mvn command, you will need Maven v3.5.0 or above.

Also see CONTRIBUTING.adoc if you wish to submit pull requests, and in particular please sign the Contributor’s Agreement before your first non-trivial change.

Building reference documentation

Building the documentation builds also the project without running tests.

 $ ./mvnw clean install -Pdistribute

The generated documentation is available from target/site/reference/html/index.html.

Guides

The spring.io site contains several guides that show how to use Spring Data step-by-step:

• Accessing Data with Neo4j is a very basic guide that shows you how to create a simple application and how to access data using repositories.

• Accessing Neo4j Data with REST is a guide to creating a REST web service exposing data stored in Neo4j through repositories.

Examples

• Spring Data Examples contains example projects that explain specific features in more detail.

License

Spring Data Neo4j is Open Source software released under the Apache 2.0 license.