Generic controller POC

How to use as a consumer

• Add your entities to the configuration below:
• Example can be found in be.xentricator.demo.mapping.EntityMappingConfiguration

   @Bean
    public EntityMapping entityMapping() {
        Map<String, EntityMappingInformation> mappingInformation = Map.of(
                "book", new EntityMappingInformation(Long.class, Book.class)
        );
        return new EntityMapping(mappingInformation);
    }

• A set of CRUD endpoints will now be exposed at /api/{entity}
  • For the book example above this would result in:
    • GET /api/book
    • GET /api/book/{id}
    • POST /api/book
    • PUT /api/book/{id}
    • DELETE /api/book/{id}

Possible future improvements

• entity to DTO mapping
• think about generic endpoint format + possibility to override endpoints (https://stackoverflow.com/a/70127945)
• performance check
  • currently using service locator pattern vs DI
  • caching needed?