Generating a microservice stack using JDL

We will be using the JDL to generate our microservice applications. Before we prepare the JDL, let's take a quick look at the language definition for creating applications. The official documentation for JDL can be found at https://www.jhipster.tech/jdl/.

Application modeling using JDL

In Chapter 4, Entity Modeling with the JHipster Domain Language, we learned how to define entities and relationships using JDL. Now, let's learn how to define applications.

In the following syntax, take note of the following:

• [] denotes optional.
• * denotes more than one can be specified.

JavaDocs can be added to entity declarations, while /** */ Java comments can be added to fields and relationship...