How to Initialize Cache Data from Databases in Spring Boot

Make data access more efficient in your project

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In the last article, we discussed using Strategy design pattern to implement caches in our Spring Boot java project.

Use This Design Pattern to Cache Selective Data in Java

In a nutshell, we have a parent interface with a common load() method. Each of the cache classes implements the load() method. This article covers how exactly for each cache class, data can be initialized from the database.

Import Dependencies

In my sample project, the database used is MySQL and we are using JDBC to connect to the database.

Configure DB Connection

In application.properties, set the below fields to establish a connection to MySQL database.