The Angular-Dropwizard generator

A Yeoman generator for AngularJS and Dropwizard.

Installation

Install node.js.

Install Yeoman:

npm install -g yo

Install the Angular-Dropwizard generator:

npm install -g generator-angular-dropwizard

Creating a Dropwizard service

Generate the service:

yo angular-dropwizard

Compile the service:

mvn compile

Run the service:

mvn exec:exec -pl [myapp]-service

Your service will run at http://localhost:8080. You will get an error that no root resource classes are running. It's time to create some resources.

Creating a resource class

Generate the resource:

yo angular-dropwizard:resource [myresource]

You will be asked to specify methods for the resource, where each method has the following:

• a name
• a type (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD)
• a URI path template, such as /users/{userId}/orders/{orderId}
• for a POST method, an optional list of form parameters

You can now invoke HTTP requests against your service, such as

curl -X POST localhost:8080/myapp/myresource/users/1/orders/2 \
     -d "formParam1=hello&formParam2=world"

Creating a persistent entity

Generate the entity:

yo angular-dropwizard:entity [myentity]

You will be asked to specify attributes for the entity, where each attribute has the following:

• a name
• a type (String, Integer, Long, Float, Double, Boolean, Date, Enum)
• for a String attribute, an optional minimum and maximum length
• for a numeric attribute, an optional minimum and maximum value
• for a Date attribute, an optional constraint to either past values or future values
• for an Enum attribute, a list of enumerated values
• whether the attribute is required

A client-side AngularJS application will now be available by running

grunt server

The Grunt server will run at http://localhost:9000. It will proxy REST requests to the Dropwizard service running at http://localhost:8080.

At this point you should be able to navigate to a page to manage your persistent entities.