<Spring Data JPA filtering by best match> I want t...

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Spring Data JPA filtering by best match
I want to implement filtering for multiple fields of an entity which is ordered by best match. By best match I mean that the more of the filtered fields match the higher in the order the result is listed. I want this to work dynamically, so I can add more filters later on.
I have been looking for a solution for a long time now and I didn't find an elegant way to do this with JPA.
My approach is to concatenate all my predicates with or and then order them by how many of the fields match. This...