VALID FOR JPA2.0
As Bhesh commented a simple JPQL won't make it. The resulting SQL has to contain a where clause similar to following:
where keywords like '%keyword1%' or keywords like '%keyword2%' or ... or keywords like '%keywordN%'
This means: We need a loop here!
You could try to build a JPQL by yourself like Bhesh suggested in his first comment, though as he also stated it is not a brilliant idea. But don't worry - JPA provides also a Criteria API which comes handy in such situations. So, although you're not going to have a named query, you can still make it with JPA this way:
public List<YourEntity> findAllByKeywords(List<String> keywords){
CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<YourEntity> query = builder.createQuery(YourEntity.class);
Root<YourEntity> root = query.from(YourEntity.class);
List<Predicate> predicates = new LinkedList<>();
for (String keyword : keywords) {
predicates.add(builder.like(root.<String>get("keywords"), "%" + keyword + "%"));
}
return entityManager.createQuery(
query.select(root).where(
builder.or(
predicates.toArray(new Predicate[predicates.size()])
)
))
.getResultList();
}
or (always slightly better with Guava)
public List<YourEntity> findAllByKeywords(List<String> keywords){
final CriteriaBuilder builder = entityManager.getCriteriaBuilder();
CriteriaQuery<YourEntity> query = builder.createQuery(YourEntity.class);
final Root<YourEntity> root = query.from(YourEntity.class);
return entityManager.createQuery(
query.select(root).where(
builder.or(
transform(keywords, toPredicateFunction(builder, root)).toArray(new Predicate[]{})
)
))
.getResultList();
}
private Function<String, Predicate> toPredicateFunction(final CriteriaBuilder builder, final Root<YourEntity> root) {
return new Function<String, Predicate>() {
@Override
public Predicate apply(String input) {
return builder.like(root.<String>get("keywords"), "%" + input + "%");
}
};
}