Anatomy of a Spring Boot Project

Spring Project Anatomy

Use these locations to find the part of your application you need to change:

Location	Purpose
pom.xml	Spring, JPA, SQLite, security, and Thymeleaf dependencies
src/main/java/	Entities, repositories, controllers, and security configuration
src/main/resources/application.properties	Port and database configuration
src/main/resources/templates/	Thymeleaf HTML for the /mvc/* option
src/main/resources/static/	Static assets served from Spring

Main.java, annotated with @SpringBootApplication, starts the application. For this assignment, use the configured port and SQLite database from the starter project rather than copying older example settings.

Security Files

• SecurityConfig.java is Order(1) and processes the /api/* filter chain first.
• MvcSecurityConfig.java is Order(2) and processes the /mvc/* filter chain afterward.

See Java Spring Hacks for the required endpoint and UI path.

Hacks

Start your own Spring project: Open Coding Society Spring