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Creates complete Spring Boot services following best practices and layered architecture. Use when building REST APIs, creating Spring services, setting up controllers, implementing repositories, adding Spring Boot applications, configuring dependency injection, creating RESTful endpoints, adding OpenAPI documentation, or building microservices. Works with Spring Boot 2.x and 3.x, Spring Data JPA, Spring Web, and Spring Security.

Backend & APIs

What this skill does


# Spring Boot Service Generator

## Table of Contents

- [Purpose](#purpose)
- [When to Use](#when-to-use)
- [Quick Start](#quick-start)
- [Instructions](#instructions)
- [Examples](#examples)
- [Requirements](#requirements)
- [Best Practices Checklist](#best-practices-checklist)
- [Output Format](#output-format)
- [Error Handling](#error-handling)

## Purpose

Generates complete, production-ready Spring Boot services following industry best practices: proper layered architecture (Controller/Service/Repository), dependency injection, exception handling with @ControllerAdvice, OpenAPI/Swagger documentation, configuration management, and comprehensive logging.

## When to Use

Use this skill when you need to:
- Create new Spring Boot REST APIs
- Generate CRUD services with JPA repositories
- Set up layered architecture (Controller/Service/Repository)
- Implement RESTful endpoints with proper HTTP methods
- Add OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
- Configure Spring Data JPA entities and repositories
- Create DTOs and mappers for API contracts
- Implement global exception handling with @ControllerAdvice
- Set up dependency injection with constructor injection
- Generate complete Spring Boot microservices
- Add pagination and sorting to endpoints
- Configure database migrations with Flyway
- Bootstrap new Spring Boot projects with best practices

## Quick Start
Describe the service you need and get a complete implementation:

```bash
# Create a complete CRUD service
Create a Spring Boot service for User management with CRUD operations

# Create a specific endpoint
Create a Spring Boot REST endpoint for processing orders
```

## Instructions

### Step 1: Understand Service Requirements
Identify what needs to be created:
- Entity/domain model (JPA entity)
- Repository layer (Spring Data)
- Service layer (business logic)
- Controller layer (REST API)
- DTOs (request/response objects)
- Exception handling
- Configuration
- API documentation

### Step 2: Generate Domain Model (Entity)
Create JPA entity with proper annotations:

```java
@Entity
@Table(name = "users")
@Data
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Builder
public class User {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @Column(nullable = false, length = 100)
    private String name;

    @Column(nullable = false, unique = true, length = 255)
    private String email;

    @Column(name = "phone_number", length = 20)
    private String phoneNumber;

    @Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private UserStatus status;

    @CreatedDate
    @Column(nullable = false, updatable = false)
    private LocalDateTime createdAt;

    @LastModifiedDate
    @Column(nullable = false)
    private LocalDateTime updatedAt;

    @Version
    private Long version;
}
```

**Key Annotations:**
- @Entity, @Table - JPA entity mapping
- @Id, @GeneratedValue - Primary key generation
- @Column - Column constraints and naming
- @Enumerated - Enum mapping
- @CreatedDate, @LastModifiedDate - Audit fields
- @Version - Optimistic locking
- @Data (Lombok) - Getters, setters, toString, equals, hashCode
- @Builder (Lombok) - Builder pattern

### Step 3: Create DTOs (Data Transfer Objects)
Separate internal models from API contracts:

```java
// Request DTO
@Data
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Builder
public class CreateUserRequest {
    @NotBlank(message = "Name is required")
    @Size(min = 2, max = 100, message = "Name must be between 2 and 100 characters")
    private String name;

    @NotBlank(message = "Email is required")
    @Email(message = "Email must be valid")
    private String email;

    @Pattern(regexp = "^\\+?[1-9]\\d{1,14}$",
        message = "Phone number must be in E.164 format")
    private String phoneNumber;
}

// Response DTO
@Data
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Builder
public class UserResponse {
    private Long id;
    private String name;
    private String email;
    private String phoneNumber;
    private UserStatus status;
    private LocalDateTime createdAt;
    private LocalDateTime updatedAt;
}

// Mapper
@Component
public class UserMapper {
    public User toEntity(CreateUserRequest request) {
        return User.builder()
            .name(request.getName())
            .email(request.getEmail())
            .phoneNumber(request.getPhoneNumber())
            .status(UserStatus.ACTIVE)
            .build();
    }

    public UserResponse toResponse(User user) {
        return UserResponse.builder()
            .id(user.getId())
            .name(user.getName())
            .email(user.getEmail())
            .phoneNumber(user.getPhoneNumber())
            .status(user.getStatus())
            .createdAt(user.getCreatedAt())
            .updatedAt(user.getUpdatedAt())
            .build();
    }
}
```

### Step 4: Create Repository Layer
Use Spring Data JPA for data access:

```java
@Repository
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Long> {

    Optional<User> findByEmail(String email);

    List<User> findByStatus(UserStatus status);

    @Query("SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.name LIKE %:searchTerm% OR u.email LIKE %:searchTerm%")
    Page<User> searchUsers(@Param("searchTerm") String searchTerm, Pageable pageable);

    boolean existsByEmail(String email);

    @Modifying
    @Query("UPDATE User u SET u.status = :status WHERE u.id = :id")
    int updateUserStatus(@Param("id") Long id, @Param("status") UserStatus status);
}
```

**Key Features:**
- Extends JpaRepository for CRUD operations
- Custom query methods (findByEmail, findByStatus)
- @Query for complex queries
- Pagination support with Pageable
- @Modifying for update/delete queries

### Step 5: Create Service Layer
Implement business logic with transactions:

```java
@Service
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Slf4j
public class UserService {
    private final UserRepository userRepository;
    private final UserMapper userMapper;
    private final ApplicationEventPublisher eventPublisher;

    @Transactional(readOnly = true)
    public UserResponse getUserById(Long id) {
        log.debug("Fetching user with id: {}", id);
        User user = userRepository.findById(id)
            .orElseThrow(() -> new UserNotFoundException(id));
        return userMapper.toResponse(user);
    }

    @Transactional(readOnly = true)
    public Page<UserResponse> getAllUsers(Pageable pageable) {
        log.debug("Fetching all users: page={}, size={}",
            pageable.getPageNumber(), pageable.getPageSize());
        return userRepository.findAll(pageable)
            .map(userMapper::toResponse);
    }

    @Transactional
    public UserResponse createUser(CreateUserRequest request) {
        log.info("Creating user: email={}", request.getEmail());

        if (userRepository.existsByEmail(request.getEmail())) {
            throw new DuplicateEmailException(request.getEmail());
        }

        User user = userMapper.toEntity(request);
        User savedUser = userRepository.save(user);

        eventPublisher.publishEvent(new UserCreatedEvent(savedUser));

        log.info("User created successfully: id={}", savedUser.getId());
        return userMapper.toResponse(savedUser);
    }

    @Transactional
    public UserResponse updateUser(Long id, UpdateUserRequest request) {
        log.info("Updating user: id={}", id);

        User user = userRepository.findById(id)
            .orElseThrow(() -> new UserNotFoundException(id));

        updateUserFields(user, request);
        User updatedUser = userRepository.save(user);

        log.info("User updated successfully: id={}", id);
        return userMapper.toResponse(updatedUser);
    }

    @Transactional
    public void deleteUser(Long id) {
        log.info("Deleting user: id={}", id);

        if (!userRepository.existsById(id)) {
            throw new UserNotFoundException(id);
        }

        userRepository.deleteById(id);
        log.info("User deleted successfully: id={}", id);
    }

    p

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