is to use named queries defined on the entity itself. The following example shows how to define a named query on

    @Entity
    @NamedQuery(name = "User.findUsersWithNameUsingNamedQuery", 
    query = "select u from User u where u.name = ?1")
    public class User {

To use this query in a repository, we would need to create a method with the same name as the named query. The following snippet shows the corresponding method in UserRepository:

    List<User> findUsersWithNameUsingNamedQuery(String name);

Note that the name of the named query is User.findUsersWithNameUsingNamedQuery. So, the name of the method in the repository should be findUsersWithNameUsingNamedQuery.