README.adoc

Description:

Simple extension of JpaProduct adding only a basic field type. Also leverages auto projection, rather than opting for an explicit extended projection.

Goals:

• Demonstrate the simplest type of extension

• Introduce the Projection interface

• Show full lifecycle support (json in/out) for the endpoint API

• Show supporting admin customization

• Show automated testing and the use of @TestCatalogRouted (et al.) to handle datarouting requirements during the test

Key Steps:

• Create spring boot autoconfiguration class ProductExtensionOnly, which will be referenced from META-INF/spring.factories

• Create MyAutoCoProduct repository domain class extending Broadleaf’s JpaProduct

• Implement new field in MyAutoCoProduct

• Add JpaEntityScan annotation to autoconfiguration class above for new extended entity class

• Add AutoConfigureBefore(..) annotation to autoconfiguration class above to make sure the entity reference is scanned before JPA processing