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Expand Up @@ -739,18 +739,18 @@ List<Customer> customers = customerRepository.findAll(isLongTermCustomer());
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Why not create a query for this kind of data access? Using a single `Specification` does not gain a lot of benefit over a plain query declaration. The power of specifications really shines when you combine them to create new `Specification` objects. You can achieve this through the `Specifications` helper class we provide to build expressions similar to the following:
Why not create a query for this kind of data access? Using a single `Specification` does not gain a lot of benefit over a plain query declaration. The power of specifications really shines when you combine them to create new `Specification` objects. You can achieve this through the default methods of `Specification` we provide to build expressions similar to the following:

.Combined Specifications
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[source, java]
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MonetaryAmount amount = new MonetaryAmount(200.0, Currencies.DOLLAR);
List<Customer> customers = customerRepository.findAll(
where(isLongTermCustomer()).or(hasSalesOfMoreThan(amount)));
isLongTermCustomer().or(hasSalesOfMoreThan(amount)));
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`Specifications` offers some "`glue-code`" methods to chain and combine `Specification` instances. These methods let you extend your data access layer by creating new `Specification` implementations and combining them with already existing implementations.
`Specification` offers some "`glue-code`" default methods to chain and combine `Specification` instances. These methods let you extend your data access layer by creating new `Specification` implementations and combining them with already existing implementations.
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include::{spring-data-commons-docs}/query-by-example.adoc[leveloffset=+1]
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