Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 4

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In this PART 4, we will implement end-to-end to "Update Employee Feature" in our Employee Management System project.

Use the below links to navigate different parts of this tutorial:

1. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 1

• Create and Setup Spring Boot Project in Eclipse STS
• Database Setup

2. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 2

• Implement List Employee Feature

3. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 3

• Implement Add Employee Feature

4. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 4

• Implement Update Employee Feature

5. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 5

• Implement Delete Employee Feature

6. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 6

• Implement Pagination Feature

7. Spring Boot Thymeleaf CRUD Database Real-Time Project - PART 7

• Implement Sorting Feature

1. Back-end changes

EmployeeService.java interface change

Add below method in EmployeeSerivce interface:

Employee getEmployeeById(long id);

The complete code:

package net.javaguides.springboot.service;

import java.util.List;

import net.javaguides.springboot.model.Employee;

public interface EmployeeService {
    List < Employee > getAllEmployees();
    void saveEmployee(Employee employee);
    Employee getEmployeeById(long id);
}

EmployeeServiceImpl.java class change

Override and implement "getEmployeeById()" method in EmployeeServiceImpl class like:

@Override
public Employee getEmployeeById(long id) {
    Optional < Employee > optional = employeeRepository.findById(id);
    Employee employee = null;
    if (optional.isPresent()) {
        employee = optional.get();
    } else {
        throw new RuntimeException(" Employee not found for id :: " + id);
    }
    return employee;
}

The complete code:

package net.javaguides.springboot.service;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import net.javaguides.springboot.model.Employee;
import net.javaguides.springboot.repository.EmployeeRepository;

@Service
public class EmployeeServiceImpl implements EmployeeService {

    @Autowired
    private EmployeeRepository employeeRepository;

    @Override
    public List < Employee > getAllEmployees() {
        return employeeRepository.findAll();
    }

    @Override
    public void saveEmployee(Employee employee) {
        this.employeeRepository.save(employee);
    }

    @Override
    public Employee getEmployeeById(long id) {
        Optional < Employee > optional = employeeRepository.findById(id);
        Employee employee = null;
        if (optional.isPresent()) {
            employee = optional.get();
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException(" Employee not found for id :: " + id);
        }
        return employee;
    }
}

EmployeeController changes

Add following method in EmployeeController class:

@GetMapping("/showFormForUpdate/{id}")
public String showFormForUpdate(@PathVariable ( value = "id") long id, Model model) {
 
 // get employee from the service
 Employee employee = employeeService.getEmployeeById(id);
 
 // set employee as a model attribute to pre-populate the form
 model.addAttribute("employee", employee);
 return "update_employee";
}

The complete code:

package net.javaguides.springboot.controller;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;

import net.javaguides.springboot.model.Employee;
import net.javaguides.springboot.service.EmployeeService;

@Controller
public class EmployeeController {

    @Autowired
    private EmployeeService employeeService;

    // display list of employees
    @GetMapping("/")
    public String viewHomePage(Model model) {
        model.addAttribute("listEmployees", employeeService.getAllEmployees());
        return "index";
    }

    @GetMapping("/showNewEmployeeForm")
    public String showNewEmployeeForm(Model model) {
        // create model attribute to bind form data
        Employee employee = new Employee();
        model.addAttribute("employee", employee);
        return "new_employee";
    }

    @PostMapping("/saveEmployee")
    public String saveEmployee(@ModelAttribute("employee") Employee employee) {
        // save employee to database
        employeeService.saveEmployee(employee);
        return "redirect:/";
    }

    @GetMapping("/showFormForUpdate/{id}")
    public String showFormForUpdate(@PathVariable(value = "id") long id, Model model) {

        // get employee from the service
        Employee employee = employeeService.getEmployeeById(id);

        // set employee as a model attribute to pre-populate the form
        model.addAttribute("employee", employee);
        return "update_employee";
    }
}

2. Front-end changes

Add below button in actions column:

<td> <a th:href="@{/showFormForUpdate/{id}(id=${employee.id})}" class="btn btn-primary">Update</a></td>

The complete code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">

<head>
    <meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
    <title>Employee Management System</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous">

</head>

<body>

    <div class="container my-2">
        <h1>Employees List</h1>

        <a th:href="@{/showNewEmployeeForm}" class="btn btn-primary btn-sm mb-3"> Add Employee </a>

        <table border="1" class="table table-striped table-responsive-md">
            <thead>
                <tr>
                    <th>Employee First Name</th>
                    <th>Employee Last Name</th>
                    <th>Employee Email</th>
                    <th>Actions</th>
                </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
                <tr th:each="employee : ${listEmployees}">
                    <td th:text="${employee.firstName}"></td>
                    <td th:text="${employee.lastName}"></td>
                    <td th:text="${employee.email}"></td>
                    <td><a th:href="@{/showFormForUpdate/{id}(id=${employee.id})}" class="btn btn-primary">Update</a></td>
                </tr>
            </tbody>
        </table>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

Create update_employee.html

Create update_employee.html file under "resources/templates" folder and add the following content to it:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">

<head>
    <meta charset="ISO-8859-1">
    <title>Employee Management System</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha384-MCw98/SFnGE8fJT3GXwEOngsV7Zt27NXFoaoApmYm81iuXoPkFOJwJ8ERdknLPMO" crossorigin="anonymous">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <h1>Employee Management System</h1>
        <hr>
        <h2>Update Employee</h2>

        <form action="#" th:action="@{/saveEmployee}" th:object="${employee}" method="POST">

            <!-- Add hidden form field to handle update -->
            <input type="hidden" th:field="*{id}" />

            <input type="text" th:field="*{firstName}" class="form-control mb-4 col-4">

            <input type="text" th:field="*{lastName}" class="form-control mb-4 col-4">

            <input type="text" th:field="*{email}" class="form-control mb-4 col-4">

            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info col-2"> Update Employee</button>
        </form>

        <hr>

        <a th:href="@{/}"> Back to Employee List</a>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

3. Run Spring application and demo

This PART4 of this tutorial explained very well with demo in below video tutorial:

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