Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Backend — Familienarchiv
Overview
Spring Boot 4.0 monolith serving the Familienarchiv REST API. Handles document management, person/entity tracking, transcription workflows, OCR orchestration, user management, and full-text search.
Tech Stack
- Framework: Spring Boot 4.0 (Java 21)
- Build: Maven (
./mvnwwrapper) - Server: Jetty (not Tomcat — excluded in pom.xml)
- Data: PostgreSQL 16, JPA/Hibernate, Spring Data JPA
- Migrations: Flyway (SQL files in
src/main/resources/db/migration/) - Security: Spring Security, Spring Session JDBC, JWT tokens
- File Storage: MinIO via AWS SDK v2 (S3-compatible)
- Spreadsheet Import: Apache POI 5.5.0 (Excel/ODS)
- API Docs: SpringDoc OpenAPI 3.x (
/v3/api-docs— dev profile only) - Monitoring: Spring Boot Actuator (
/actuator/health)
Package Structure
Package-by-domain: each domain owns its controller, service, repository, entities, and DTOs.
src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/
├── audit/ # Audit logging (AuditService, AuditLogQueryService)
├── config/ # Infrastructure config (MinioConfig, AsyncConfig, WebConfig)
├── dashboard/ # Dashboard analytics + StatsController/StatsService
├── document/ # Document domain — entities, controller, service, repository, DTOs
│ ├── annotation/ # DocumentAnnotation, AnnotationService, AnnotationController
│ ├── comment/ # DocumentComment, CommentService, CommentController
│ └── transcription/ # TranscriptionBlock, TranscriptionService, TranscriptionBlockQueryService
├── exception/ # DomainException, ErrorCode, GlobalExceptionHandler
├── filestorage/ # FileService (S3/MinIO)
├── geschichte/ # Geschichte (story) domain
├── importing/ # MassImportService, ExcelService
├── notification/ # Notification domain + SseEmitterRegistry
├── ocr/ # OCR domain — OcrService, OcrBatchService, training
├── person/ # Person domain — Person, PersonService, PersonController
│ └── relationship/ # PersonRelationship sub-domain
├── security/ # SecurityConfig, Permission, @RequirePermission, PermissionAspect
├── tag/ # Tag domain — Tag, TagService, TagController
└── user/ # User domain — AppUser, UserGroup, UserService, auth controllers
Layering Rules (Strict)
Controller → Service → Repository → DB
- Controllers never call repositories directly.
- Services never reach into another domain's repository. Call the other domain's service instead.
- ✅
DocumentService→PersonService.getById()→PersonRepository - ❌
DocumentService→PersonRepositorydirectly
- ✅
Key Entities
| Entity | Table | Key Relationships |
|---|---|---|
Document |
documents |
ManyToOne sender (Person), ManyToMany receivers (Person), ManyToMany tags (Tag) |
Person |
persons |
Referenced by documents as sender/receiver; name aliases table |
Tag |
tag |
ManyToMany with documents via document_tags; self-referencing parent for tree |
AppUser |
app_users |
ManyToMany groups (UserGroup) |
UserGroup |
user_groups |
Has a Set<String> permissions |
TranscriptionBlock |
transcription_blocks |
Per-document, per-page text blocks with polygons |
DocumentAnnotation |
document_annotations |
Free-form annotations on document pages |
Comment |
document_comments |
Threaded comments with mentions |
Notification |
notifications |
User notification feed |
OcrJob / OcrJobDocument |
ocr_jobs, ocr_job_documents |
Batch OCR job tracking |
DocumentStatus lifecycle: PLACEHOLDER → UPLOADED → TRANSCRIBED → REVIEWED → ARCHIVED
Entity Code Style
All entities use these Lombok annotations:
@Entity
@Table(name = "table_name")
@Data
@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Builder
public class MyEntity {
@Id
@GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.UUID)
@Schema(requiredMode = Schema.RequiredMode.REQUIRED)
private UUID id;
// ...
}
@Schema(requiredMode = REQUIRED)on every field the backend always populates — drives TypeScript generation.- Collections use
@Builder.Defaultwithnew HashSet<>()as default. - Timestamps use
@CreationTimestamp/@UpdateTimestamp.
Services
- Annotated with
@Service,@RequiredArgsConstructor, optionally@Slf4j. - Write methods:
@Transactional. - Read methods: no annotation (default non-transactional).
- Cross-domain access goes through the other domain's service, never its repository.
Error Handling
Use DomainException for all domain errors:
DomainException.notFound(ErrorCode.DOCUMENT_NOT_FOUND, "...")
DomainException.forbidden("...")
DomainException.conflict(ErrorCode.IMPORT_ALREADY_RUNNING, "...")
DomainException.internal(ErrorCode.FILE_UPLOAD_FAILED, "...")
When adding a new ErrorCode:
- Add to
ErrorCode.java - Mirror in frontend
src/lib/errors.ts - Add Paraglide translation key in
messages/{de,en,es}.json
Security / Permissions
Use @RequirePermission on controller methods or classes:
@RequirePermission(Permission.WRITE_ALL)
public Document updateDocument(...) { ... }
Available permissions: READ_ALL, WRITE_ALL, ADMIN, ADMIN_USER, ADMIN_TAG, ADMIN_PERMISSION
PermissionAspect checks the current user's UserGroup.permissions at runtime.
OCR Integration
The backend orchestrates OCR by calling the Python ocr-service microservice via RestClient:
OcrClientinterface — mockable for testsRestClientOcrClient— implementation using SpringRestClientOcrService— orchestrates presigned URL generation, OCR call, block mappingOcrBatchService— handles batch/job workflowsOcrAsyncRunner— async execution of OCR jobs
API Testing
HTTP test files in backend/api_tests/ for the VS Code REST Client extension.
How to Run
Local Development
cd backend
# Run with dev profile (requires PostgreSQL + MinIO running via docker-compose)
./mvnw spring-boot:run
# Build JAR (with tests)
./mvnw clean package
# Build JAR skipping tests
./mvnw clean package -DskipTests
# Run all tests
./mvnw test
# Run a single test class
./mvnw test -Dtest=ClassName
# Run with coverage (JaCoCo)
./mvnw clean verify
OpenAPI TypeScript Generation
- Build and start backend with
--spring.profiles.active=dev - In
frontend/, run:npm run generate:api
Profiles
- dev (default): Enables OpenAPI, dev configs, e2e seeds
- prod: Production profile — no dev endpoints
Testing
- Unit tests: Mockito + JUnit, pure in-memory
- Slice tests:
@WebMvcTest,@DataJpaTestwith Testcontainers PostgreSQL - Integration tests: Full Spring context with Testcontainers
- Coverage gate: 88% branch coverage overall (JaCoCo)