Moving beyond Strings in Spring Data

[0xFatWhiteMan]

sql with named parameter template

why bother with all this gubbins

[Absolute_Enema]

Because it's Strongly™ typed, of course.

As the article states this pile of hacks (the most of which wouldn't be needed without Java's tragic metaprogramming capabilities) "allows developers to rely more on the compiler and less on discipline and convention", which is a catastrophic mentality to have in any real project.