Attempt to recreate issue with Optional getters.

See #2176.

Author: gregturn

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/domain/sample/User.java

@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jpa.domain.sample;
 
+import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.persistence.*;
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ public class User {
 	private String lastname;
 	private int age;
 	private boolean active;
-	@Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP) private Date createdAt;
+	@Temporal(TemporalType.TIMESTAMP) @Nullable private Date createdAt;
 
 	@Column(nullable = false, unique = true) private String emailAddress;
 
@@ -326,11 +329,15 @@ public void setManager(User manager) {
 		this.manager = manager;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * @return the createdAt
-	 */
-	public Date getCreatedAt() {
-		return createdAt;
+//	/**
+//	 * @return the createdAt
+//	 */
+//	public Date getCreatedAt() {
+//		return createdAt;
+//	}
+
+	public Optional<Date> getCreatedAt() {
+		return Optional.ofNullable(createdAt);
 	}
 
 	/**

src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/UserRepositoryTests.java

@@ -756,15 +756,15 @@ void executesFinderWithAfterKeywordCorrectly() {
 
 		flushTestUsers();
 
-		assertThat(repository.findByCreatedAtAfter(secondUser.getCreatedAt())).containsOnly(thirdUser, fourthUser);
+		assertThat(repository.findByCreatedAtAfter(secondUser.getCreatedAt().orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("Nothing")))).containsOnly(thirdUser, fourthUser);
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAJPA-188
 	void executesFinderWithBeforeKeywordCorrectly() {
 
 		flushTestUsers();
 
-		assertThat(repository.findByCreatedAtBefore(thirdUser.getCreatedAt())).containsOnly(firstUser, secondUser);
+		assertThat(repository.findByCreatedAtBefore(thirdUser.getCreatedAt().orElseThrow(() -> new RuntimeException("Nothing")))).containsOnly(firstUser, secondUser);
 	}
 
 	@Test // DATAJPA-180
@@ -1754,6 +1754,19 @@ void findAllByExampleWithEmptyProbe() {
 		assertThat(users).hasSize(4);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void findAllByExampleWithEmptyProbeAndIgnoringNullValues () {
+		flushTestUsers();
+
+		User prototype = new User();
+		prototype.setCreatedAt(null);
+
+		List<User> users = repository
+				.findAll(of(prototype, ExampleMatcher.matching().withIgnoreNullValues().withIgnorePaths("age", "createdAt", "active")));
+
+		assertThat(users).hasSize(4);
+	}
+
 	@Test // DATAJPA-218
 	void findAllByNullExample() {
 		assertThatExceptionOfType(InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException.class)