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Spring Boot mvc

Published on 04 Apr 2026

Explanation

Spring Boot Application Entry Point: This is the main class that starts the Spring Boot application using @SpringBootApplication annotation.

Code:

@SpringBootApplication
public class DemoApplication {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpringApplication.run(
DemoApplication.class, args);
    }
}

Explanation

Model Layer: Represents the database entity and maps to a table using JPA annotations like @Entity and @Id.

Code:

@Entity
public class User {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy =
 GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    private Long id;

    private String name;
    private String email;

    // getters and setters
}

Explanation

Repository Layer: Handles database operations using Spring Data JPA by extending JpaRepository.

Code:

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

Explanation

Service Layer: Contains business logic and communicates between Controller and Repository.

Code:

@Service
public class UserService {

    @Autowired
    private UserRepository userRepository;

    public List<User> getAllUsers() {
        return userRepository.findAll();
    }

    public User saveUser(User user) {
        return userRepository.save(user);
    }
}

Explanation

Controller Layer: Handles HTTP requests and returns responses. It interacts with the Service layer.

Code:

@RestController
@RequestMapping("/users")
public class UserController {

    @Autowired
    private UserService userService;

    @GetMapping
    public List<User> getUsers() {
        return userService.getAllUsers();
    }

    @PostMapping
    public User createUser(
@RequestBody User user) {
        return userService.saveUser(user);
    }
}

Explanation

Configuration File (application.properties): Used to configure database connection and server settings.

Code:

spring.datasource.url=db_url
spring.datasource.username=root
spring.datasource.password=root
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
server.port=8080

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