java - Paging and sorting in Spring Data Neo4j 4

Question

is there pagination support for custom queries in SDN4?

• If yes, how does it work?
• If no, is there a workarround?

I have the following Spring Data Neo4j 4 repository:

@Repository
public interface TopicRepository 
  extends GraphRepository<Topic>,IAuthorityLookup {

  // other methods omitted
  @Query("MATCH (t:Topic)-[:HAS_OFFICER]->(u:User) "
    + "WHERE t.id = {0} "
    + "RETURN  u")
  public Page<User> topicOfficers(Long topicId, Pageable pageable);
}

And the corresponding testcase:

@Test
public void itShouldReturnAllOfficersAsAPage() {
  Pageable pageable = new PageRequest(1,10);
  Page<User> officers = topicRepository.topicOfficers(1L, pageable);
  assertNotNull(officers);
}

When I run the test, I run into the following exception

Failed to convert from type java.util.ArrayList<?> to type   org.springframework.data.domain.Page<?> for value '[org.lecture.model.User@1]'; 
nested exception is org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException: No converter found capable of converting from type java.util.ArrayList<?> to type org.springframework.data.domain.Page<?>

This is my setup:

dependencies {
//other dependencies omitted
  compile("org.neo4j:neo4j-cypher-dsl:2.0.1")


  compile "org.neo4j.app:neo4j-server:2.2.2"

  compile(group: 'org.springframework.data',
          name: 'spring-data-neo4j',
          version: '4.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT')


  compile(group: 'org.springframework.data',
          name: 'spring-data-neo4j',
          version: '4.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT',
          classifier: 'tests')

  testCompile(group: 'org.neo4j',
          name: 'neo4j-kernel',
          version: '2.2.2',
          classifier: 'tests')

  testCompile(group: 'org.neo4j.app',
              name: 'neo4j-server',
              version: '2.2.2',
              classifier: 'tests')

  testCompile(group: 'org.neo4j',
              name: 'neo4j-io',
              version: '2.2.2',
              classifier: 'tests')
} 

The Snapshot I use should able to handle pagination, since the following test runs just fine:

@Test
public void itShouldReturnAllTopicsAsAPage() {

  Pageable pageable = new PageRequest(1,10);
  Page<Topic> topics = topicRepository.findAll(pageable);

  assertNotNull(topics);
}

Answer 1

This is now allowed using Sort or Pageable interfaces in your query, and was fixed in DATAGRAPH-653 and marked as fixed in version 4.2.0.M1 (currently in pre-release).

Queries such as the following are possible:

@Query("MATCH (movie:Movie {title={0}})<-[:ACTS_IN]-(actor) RETURN actor")
List<Actor> getActorsThatActInMovieFromTitle(String movieTitle, Sort sort);

and:

@Query("MATCH (movie:Movie {title={0}})<-[:ACTS_IN]-(actor) RETURN actor")
Page<Actor> getActorsThatActInMovieFromTitle(String movieTitle, PageRequest page);

(sample from Cypher Examples in the Spring Data + Neo4j docs)

Finding Spring Data Neo4j Pre-Release Milestone Builds:

You can view the dependencies information for any release on the project page. And for the 4.2.0.M1 build the information for Gradle (you can infer Maven) is:

dependencies {
    compile 'org.springframework.data:spring-data-neo4j:4.2.0.M1'
}

repositories {
    maven {
        url 'https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone'
    }
}

Any newer final release should be used instead.