18.3.2 - Creating a REST Controller
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What is the purpose of the Employee entity class?
💡 Hint: Think about what data needs to be stored for an Employee.
Which dependency must be added to create a RESTful API in Spring Boot?
💡 Hint: What do you need for web applications in Spring?
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What is the first step in creating a REST controller in Spring Boot?
💡 Hint: Think about what you need to work with before coding.
True or False: A REST controller must include the @RestController annotation.
💡 Hint: What does this annotation signify?
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Create an additional method in the EmployeeController for handling a scenario where you need to fetch an employee by their ID. What would the method look like?
💡 Hint: A GET request that fetches a resource by ID. Think about how you already got all employees.
Consider a scenario where your application needs to enforce data validation on the Employee entity. How would you approach this in your class and in methods?
💡 Hint: Remember to think about data integrity and user inputs.
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