Java 7 -> 8: Yoda Replies Restfully

Simple yet complete coding challenge with Spring Framework

Content

Spring Boot project implemented on Java 8 using Gradle

Explicit vs. Implicit cycles
SAM interfaces & lambdas
Stream (and other functors & monads)
New date and time API

Sample end-points

Max 9 search results

✓ GET /species?q={search}
✓ GET /vehicles?q={search}
✓ GET /planets?q={search}
✓ GET /films?q={search}

Join & filter

✓ GET /species/{species}/in/{planet} ...returns people of single species of planet
✓ GET /films/{film}/starpilots ...returns a film's starship pilots (people) with hyperdrive_rating above 1
✓ GET /vehicles/{vehicle}/lifespan ...returns the vehicle duration period between first and last films

Try out

Import the files (build.gradle as a project) in an IDE (like Eclipse or IntelliJ) or with VSCode adding the Java Extension Pack (also by the shell command code <project-folder>), execute via main method or JUnit Test files

Can also be deployed by shell command, in the project path use ./gradlew bootRun

Contributors

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