spring-boot-starter-data-jdbc Code language: HTML, XML ( xml ) As we don’t need JPA features for this example, We are using JDBC starter in our spring boot application. This means that either t he JPA starter or the JDBC starter will bring this support. JDBC templates feature is part of the Spring JDBC module. With JDBC templates, you can perform complex database operations which are not possible through JPA. Spring Boot provides support to typical JDBC operations via jdbcTemplate.