How to use OrderBy with findAll in Spring Data

public interface StudentDAO extends JpaRepository<StudentEntity, Integer> {
    public List<StudentEntity> findAllByOrderByIdAsc();
}

The code above should work. I'm using something similar:

public List<Pilot> findTop10ByOrderByLevelDesc();

It returns 10 rows with the highest level.

IMPORTANT: Since I've been told that it's easy to miss the key point of this answer, here's a little clarification:

findAllByOrderByIdAsc(); // don't miss "by"
       ^

Simple way:

repository.findAll(Sort.by(Sort.Direction.DESC, "colName"));

Source: https://www.baeldung.com/spring-data-sorting

AFAIK, I don't think this is possible with a direct method naming query. You can however use the built in sorting mechanism, using the Sort class. The repository has a findAll(Sort) method that you can pass an instance of Sort to. For example:

import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;

@Repository
public class StudentServiceImpl implements StudentService {
    @Autowired
    private StudentDAO studentDao;

    @Override
    public List<Student> findAll() {
        return studentDao.findAll(sortByIdAsc());
    }

    private Sort sortByIdAsc() {
        return new Sort(Sort.Direction.ASC, "id");
    }
}