#1581 - ENH: Add query.asUpdate() ... to convert a query into an UpdateQuery (typically with query beans)

src/test/java/io/ebean/UpdateQueryTest.java

@@ -75,6 +75,29 @@ public class UpdateQueryTest extends BaseTestCase {
     assertThat(ormQueryMetrics.get(0).getLabel()).isEqualTo("updateAll");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void query_asUpdate() {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+
+    LoggedSqlCollector.start();
+
+    int rows = server().find(Customer.class)
+      .where()
+      .gt("id", 1000)
+      .asUpdate()
+      .setRaw("status = status")
+      .setLabel("asUpdate")
+      .update();
+
+
+    List<String> sql = LoggedSqlCollector.stop();
+    assertThat(sql).hasSize(1);
+    assertThat(rows).isEqualTo(0);
+
+    assertThat(sql.get(0)).contains("update o_customer set status = status where id > ?");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void update_withTransactionBatch() {