How to generate Spring WebMVC CRUD API

Question

What I want to do is to create a full Spring WebMVC CRUD API from database tables/Hibernate JPA entities, into an existing Maven Web Project. What I want generate, to be pre

Answer 1

Although Spring Roo will generate a CRUD application for you, however the code it generates is outdated. If I where starting a new project, I would definitely stay away from it (at least until a new version is released).

I suggest you take a look at JHipster which is a Yeoman that will generate a CRUD application using some of pretty hot tech (like Spring Boot, AngularJS etc.)

Besides the novelty factor of the generated code, another great feature of the project is that it is extremely active as is evident from the releases