Spring Data Jpa find Top N

drop database if exists AppleDb;
create database AppleDb;
use AppleDb;
create TABLE apple ( apple_id BIGINT NOT NULL, apple_name VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL,rating int(1) DEFAULT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (apple_id)) ENGINE=INNODB;
create TABLE hibernate_sequence ( next_val BIGINT) ENGINE=INNODB;
insert into hibernate_sequence values ( 1 );
insert into apple (apple_id, apple_name, taste) values (1, "Macintosh", "tangy");
insert into apple (apple_id, apple_name, taste) values (2, "Macintosh", "sweet");
insert into apple (apple_id, apple_name, taste) values (3, "Macintosh", "juicy");
insert into apple (apple_id, apple_name, taste) values (4, "Macintosh", "tart");
package com.sujan.example.jpa.controller;

import com.sujan.example.jpa.entity.Apple;
import com.sujan.example.jpa.repository.AppleRepository;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import java.util.List;

@RestController
public class AppleController {
    @Autowired
    private AppleRepository appleRepository;

    @GetMapping
    List<Apple> findTop2() {
        List<Apple> apple = appleRepository.findTop2ByAppleName("Macintosh");
        apple.forEach(System.out::println);
        return apple;
    }
}
package com.sujan.example.jpa.entity;

import lombok.Data;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;

import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
import javax.persistence.Id;

@Data
@Entity
@NoArgsConstructor
public class Apple {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    private Long appleId;
    private String appleName;
    private int rating;
}
package com.sujan.example.jpa.repository;

import com.sujan.example.jpa.entity.Apple;
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

import java.util.List;

@Repository
public interface AppleRepository extends JpaRepository<Apple, Long> {
    List<Apple> findTop2ByAppleName(String appleName);
}
package com.sujan.example.jpa;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;

@SpringBootApplication
public class JpaApplication {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(JpaApplication.class, args);
    }
}
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/AppleDb
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
plugins {
    id 'org.springframework.boot' version '2.3.3.RELEASE'
    id 'io.spring.dependency-management' version '1.0.10.RELEASE'
    id 'java'
}
group = 'com.sujan'
version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
sourceCompatibility = '11'
configurations {
    compileOnly {
        extendsFrom annotationProcessor
    }
}
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'
    annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
    compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'
    runtimeOnly 'mysql:mysql-connector-java'
    testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
        exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage', module: 'junit-vintage-engine'
    }
}
test {
    useJUnitPlatform()
}
curl --location --request GET 'http://localhost:8080/'
select apple0_.apple_id as apple_id1_0_, apple0_.apple_name as apple_na2_0_, apple0_.taste as taste3_0_ from apple apple0_ where apple0_.apple_name=? limit ?
Apple(appleId=1, appleName=Macintosh, taste=tangy)
Apple(appleId=2, appleName=Macintosh, taste=sweet)

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