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A set of rules for converting between API data objects and internal application models in Spring Boot. DTOs are the shaped data sent into or out of an API, while mappers perform the conversion.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when defining request and response records, MapStruct mappers, validation, and API-to-domain transformations.
Why use it?
It keeps API formats separate from domain and database objects and places conversion logic in predictable locations. Validation rules on incoming data also make bad requests easier to reject.

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Spring Boot DTO-Mapper Engine

Naming Conventions

  • Name inbound DTO types with the *Request suffix (e.g., CreateHolidayRequest, UpdateHolidayRequest).
  • Name outbound DTO types with the *Response suffix (e.g., HolidayResponse).
  • Name DTO mapper interfaces with the *DtoMapper suffix (e.g., HolidayDtoMapper).
  • Use domain-prefixed mapper names (never Mapper, DomainMapper, or EntityMapper without a domain-entity prefix).

Rules

  • For MapStruct dependency and annotation processor configuration, follow spring-boot-pom.instructions.md.
  • For domain/persistence model annotation bans, defer to spring-boot-model.instructions.md.
  • Declare request and response DTO types as Java records.
  • Declare all request and response DTO records as public.
  • Apply Bean Validation constraints (@NotBlank, @NotNull, @Email, @Positive) on all required request DTO fields.
  • Use i18n message keys as the message attribute value on all Bean Validation constraints on request DTO fields.
  • Keep mapping logic isolated in dedicated mapper types.
  • Declare a mapper interface as public only when it is shared across two or more distinct feature packages.
  • Use MapStruct for all mapper implementations when the module adopts generated mapping.
  • Set componentModel = "spring" on every @Mapper interface.
  • Set unmappedTargetPolicy = ReportingPolicy.ERROR on every @Mapper interface.
  • Use operation-specific request DTOs (CreateXRequest, UpdateXRequest) when create and update validation diverges.
  • Map all public API responses to dedicated *Response DTO types.
  • Annotate partial-update mapping methods with @BeanMapping(nullValuePropertyMappingStrategy = NullValuePropertyMappingStrategy.IGNORE).
  • Annotate full-replacement mapping methods with @BeanMapping(nullValuePropertyMappingStrategy = NullValuePropertyMappingStrategy.SET_TO_NULL).
  • Define explicit collection mapping methods (e.g., List<HolidayResponse> toResponseList(List<Holiday> items)) in the mapper interface when collection mapping is needed.
  • Suppress an unmapped field only with an explicit @Mapping(target = "field", ignore = true) annotation.

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