Best approach for api rest in java?

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Hi everyone, I would need some advice on the architectural approach to use for the development of API rest in java. In particular, I noticed from the examples play-java-rest-api-example that a pattern consisting for each models/object managed of a lot of classes:

  • jpaRepository
  • Action
  • Controller
  • Data
  • ExecutionContext
  • Implementation of repository
  • Resource
  • HandlerResource
    This is a nice approach if are used few object, but for more object, with a lot of models to use is very expensive manage with this architectures.
    Does anyone know an approach, perhaps with some examples in which portability and maintenance are also favored?
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You can use the OpenApi generator for play: openapi-generator/java-play-framework.md at master · OpenAPITools/openapi-generator · GitHub
That way you describe your REST API as a OpenApi specification and let the generator create the necessary play code. You then “only” need to implement the business logic behind the API.

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