Category: Swagger

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February 4, 2020 / Java

Sometimes you might not be able to add @Schema annotations to a class you are using in your public API (e.g. when the class is coming from an external dependency). Other times you might not want to (e.g. when the class is a value object from your domain). In this article you will learn how to define OpenAPI 3.0 class schema separately from your model, without having to touch the class you are documenting.

January 9, 2020 / Java

Generating client code from an OpenAPI specification can save a lot of development time and reduce risk of that code being outdated. However, it is not immediately obvious how to generate that code from a Spring Boot application. This article explains how to generate Angular code from a Java Spring Boot project using Springdoc Swagger and Maven (though you can easily swap out Angular for any other language).

September 17, 2019 / Java

One of Swagger’s strongest selling points is the ability to generate client code from an OpenAPI specification – this usually works well if you’re using the Design First approach. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be much information on how to automate the process when using the Code First approach. Today we will learn how to easily generate Angular code from a Java Spring Boot project using Springfox Swagger and Swagger Codegen.

June 25, 2019 / Java

If you’re using the springfox-swagger2 library, you might come across a problem when it comes to generic types (such as Pet<T>). In cases where diamond brackets are used, Swagger will generate an invalid specification, resulting in a validation error in the Swagger Editor (“”$ref values must be RFC3986-compliant percent-encoded URIs”).