Working on restful microservices in the Micronaut framework

In order to learn about restful microservices in the Micronaut framework, we will continue working on the pet-clinic application. The following table summarizes the changes we will be making on each of the microservices in the pet-clinic application:

Table 3.1 – Microservices in the pet-clinic application

In each microservice, we will get hands-on with adding HTTP endpoints for performing CRUD operations on the data objects owned by them.

In our hands-on discussions, we will focus on the following:

• DTOs: How DTOs can be used to encapsulate outgoing and incoming payloads for restful endpoints
• Services: How services liaison with database repositories for any controller requests
• Controllers: How controllers provide a standard restful interface for the external world in the Micronaut framework

Adding to Figure 2.2 of Chapter 2, Working on the Data Access, the following...