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package com.AddressBook.spring;

import java.util.List;

import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;


public interface ContactRepository extends CrudRepository<Contact, Long>{

	@Transactional
	List<Contact> findBySurname(String surname);

    @Transactional
	List<Contact> removeBySurname(String surname);
}


@RequestMapping(value = "/search", method = RequestMethod.GET)
	public String searchForm(Contact contact, @RequestParam (value = "surname", required = false) String surname, Model model) {
		return "search";
	}
	@RequestMapping(value = "/search", method = RequestMethod.POST)
	public String searchContact(Contact contact, @RequestParam (value = "surname", required = false) String surname, Model model) {

		model.addAttribute("search", contactRep.findBySurname(surname));
		return "search";
	}


<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
<head>
<title>search contact</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Search contacts:</h1>
    <form th:object="${contacts}" th:action="@{/search}" method="get">
        <input type="text" name="search" id="search" th:value="${search}"/>
        <input type="submit" value="Search"/>
        <div th:if="${not #lists.isEmpty(contacts)}">
            <h2>Students List</h2>
            <table class="table table-striped">
                <tr>
                    <th>Id</th>
                    <th>Name</th>
                    <th>Surname</th>
                    <th>email</th>
                    <th>phone number:</th>
                </tr>
                <tr th:each="contact: ${contacts}">
                    <td th:text="${contact.id}">id</td>
                    <td th:text="${contact.name}">name</td>
                    <td th:text="${contact.surname}">surname</td>
                    <td th:text="${contact.email}">email</td>
                    <td th:text="${contact.phoneNumber}">phone number</td>
                </tr>
            </table>
            </div>
        <p><a href="/add">Add another contact</a> <a href="/list">Show list
            of contacts</a></p>
    </form>
</body>
</html>