REST API Example with Spring & Spring Boot

This project is an example of a REST API application that implements CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations for the Cat entity.

Main Components

• Spring Framework: Used for managing application components, dependency injection, and organizing the MVC architecture.
• Spring Boot: Provides a quick and easy way to set up Spring applications.
• Spring Web: Enables building web applications based on Spring.
• Spring Data JPA: Simplifies the implementation of data access layers by automatically generating repository implementations.
• Lombok: Simplifies Java code writing by automatically generating methods, constructors, and other elements.
• PostgreSQL: A relational database used for storing Cat entity data.
• Hibernate Validator: Used for data validation in the application.
• Springdoc OpenAPI Starter: Automatically generates OpenAPI documentation for your API endpoints.
• JUnit: Framework for writing unit tests.
• Mockito: Java mocking framework for unit tests.

Cat Entity Fields

The Cat entity has the following fields:

• id: Identifier for the cat.
• name: Name of the cat.
• age: Age of the cat.
• weight: Weight of the cat.