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Expert-level Spring Boot, Spring Framework, REST APIs, and microservices development

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# Spring Boot Expert

Expert guidance for Spring Boot development, Spring Framework, building REST APIs, and microservices architecture.

## Core Concepts

### Spring Boot Fundamentals
- Auto-configuration
- Dependency injection
- Spring Boot Starters
- Application properties
- Profiles and configuration
- Spring Boot Actuator

### Spring Framework
- Spring Core (IoC, DI)
- Spring Data JPA
- Spring Security
- Spring Web MVC
- Spring AOP
- Spring Transaction Management

### Microservices
- Service discovery
- API Gateway
- Circuit breakers
- Distributed tracing
- Configuration management

## Spring Boot Application

```java
// Main application class
@SpringBootApplication
@EnableJpaAuditing
public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }
}

// Entity with JPA
@Entity
@Table(name = "users")
@EntityListeners(AuditingEntityListener.class)
public class User {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

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

    @Column(nullable = false)
    private String password;

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

    @LastModifiedDate
    private LocalDateTime updatedAt;

    @OneToMany(mappedBy = "author", cascade = CascadeType.ALL)
    private List<Post> posts = new ArrayList<>();

    // Getters and setters
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "posts")
public class Post {
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    @Column(nullable = false)
    private String title;

    @Column(columnDefinition = "TEXT")
    private String content;

    @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
    @JoinColumn(name = "user_id", nullable = false)
    private User author;

    @CreatedDate
    private LocalDateTime createdAt;

    // Getters and setters
}
```

## REST API Controller

```java
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/users")
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class UserController {

    private final UserService userService;

    @GetMapping
    public ResponseEntity<Page<UserDto>> getUsers(
            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "0") int page,
            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "20") int size,
            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "id") String sortBy,
            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "ASC") Sort.Direction direction
    ) {
        Pageable pageable = PageRequest.of(page, size, Sort.by(direction, sortBy));
        Page<UserDto> users = userService.findAll(pageable);
        return ResponseEntity.ok(users);
    }

    @GetMapping("/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<UserDto> getUser(@PathVariable Long id) {
        return userService.findById(id)
                .map(ResponseEntity::ok)
                .orElse(ResponseEntity.notFound().build());
    }

    @PostMapping
    public ResponseEntity<UserDto> createUser(
            @Valid @RequestBody UserCreateDto userDto
    ) {
        UserDto created = userService.create(userDto);
        URI location = ServletUriComponentsBuilder
                .fromCurrentRequest()
                .path("/{id}")
                .buildAndExpand(created.getId())
                .toUri();

        return ResponseEntity.created(location).body(created);
    }

    @PutMapping("/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<UserDto> updateUser(
            @PathVariable Long id,
            @Valid @RequestBody UserUpdateDto userDto
    ) {
        return userService.update(id, userDto)
                .map(ResponseEntity::ok)
                .orElse(ResponseEntity.notFound().build());
    }

    @DeleteMapping("/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<Void> deleteUser(@PathVariable Long id) {
        if (userService.delete(id)) {
            return ResponseEntity.noContent().build();
        }
        return ResponseEntity.notFound().build();
    }
}

// DTOs with validation
public record UserDto(
        Long id,
        String email,
        LocalDateTime createdAt
) {}

public record UserCreateDto(
        @NotBlank @Email String email,
        @NotBlank @Size(min = 8) String password
) {}

public record UserUpdateDto(
        @Email String email
) {}
```

## Service Layer

```java
@Service
@RequiredArgsConstructor
@Transactional(readOnly = true)
public class UserService {

    private final UserRepository userRepository;
    private final PasswordEncoder passwordEncoder;
    private final UserMapper userMapper;

    public Page<UserDto> findAll(Pageable pageable) {
        return userRepository.findAll(pageable)
                .map(userMapper::toDto);
    }

    public Optional<UserDto> findById(Long id) {
        return userRepository.findById(id)
                .map(userMapper::toDto);
    }

    public Optional<UserDto> findByEmail(String email) {
        return userRepository.findByEmail(email)
                .map(userMapper::toDto);
    }

    @Transactional
    public UserDto create(UserCreateDto dto) {
        if (userRepository.existsByEmail(dto.email())) {
            throw new DuplicateEmailException("Email already exists");
        }

        User user = new User();
        user.setEmail(dto.email());
        user.setPassword(passwordEncoder.encode(dto.password()));

        User saved = userRepository.save(user);
        return userMapper.toDto(saved);
    }

    @Transactional
    public Optional<UserDto> update(Long id, UserUpdateDto dto) {
        return userRepository.findById(id)
                .map(user -> {
                    if (dto.email() != null) {
                        user.setEmail(dto.email());
                    }
                    return userMapper.toDto(user);
                });
    }

    @Transactional
    public boolean delete(Long id) {
        if (userRepository.existsById(id)) {
            userRepository.deleteById(id);
            return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

// Repository
@Repository
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Long> {
    Optional<User> findByEmail(String email);
    boolean existsByEmail(String email);

    @Query("SELECT u FROM User u WHERE u.createdAt > :date")
    List<User> findRecentUsers(@Param("date") LocalDateTime date);
}

// Mapper with MapStruct
@Mapper(componentModel = "spring")
public interface UserMapper {
    UserDto toDto(User user);
    User toEntity(UserCreateDto dto);
}
```

## Spring Security with JWT

```java
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
@EnableMethodSecurity
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class SecurityConfig {

    private final JwtAuthenticationFilter jwtAuthFilter;
    private final AuthenticationProvider authenticationProvider;

    @Bean
    public SecurityFilterChain securityFilterChain(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {
        http
                .csrf(csrf -> csrf.disable())
                .authorizeHttpRequests(auth -> auth
                        .requestMatchers("/api/auth/**").permitAll()
                        .requestMatchers("/api/public/**").permitAll()
                        .requestMatchers("/actuator/**").hasRole("ADMIN")
                        .anyRequest().authenticated()
                )
                .sessionManagement(session -> session
                        .sessionCreationPolicy(SessionCreationPolicy.STATELESS)
                )
                .authenticationProvider(authenticationProvider)
                .addFilterBefore(jwtAuthFilter, UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class);

        return http.build();
    }
}

@Component
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class JwtAuthenticationFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {

    private final JwtService jwtService;
    private final UserDetailsService userDetailsService;

    @Override
    protected void doFilterInternal(
            HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response,
            FilterChain filterChain
    ) throws ServletException, IOException {
        final String authHeader = request.getHeader("

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