From ba5d1875a28c7da1a4e728e89cf9047a146acf11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: alikilickaya <alikilickaya@yahoo.com.tr>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:04:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix Javadoc in QueryByExampleExecutor.

Closes #2480
---
 .../data/repository/query/QueryByExampleExecutor.java           | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryByExampleExecutor.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryByExampleExecutor.java
index 64b95c730..99e3bce26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryByExampleExecutor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/repository/query/QueryByExampleExecutor.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
 public interface QueryByExampleExecutor<T> {
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns a single entity matching the given {@link Example} or {@literal null} if none was found.
+	 * Returns a single entity matching the given {@link Example} or {@link Optional#empty()} if none was found.
 	 *
 	 * @param example must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return a single entity matching the given {@link Example} or {@link Optional#empty()} if none was found.