spring-gen 0.1.0

data/lib/templates/layout/intellij/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
+        "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.3//EN"
+        "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_3.dtd">
+
+<!--
+    Checkstyle configuration that checks the Google coding conventions from:
+
+    -  Google Java Style
+       https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn-history/r130/trunk/javaguide.html
+
+    Checkstyle is very configurable. Be sure to read the documentation at
+    http://checkstyle.sf.net (or in your downloaded distribution).
+    Most Checks are configurable, be sure to consult the documentation.
+    To completely disable a check, just comment it out or delete it from the file.
+    Authors: Max Vetrenko, Ruslan Diachenko, Roman Ivanov.
+
+ -->
+
+<module name = "Checker">
+  <property name="charset" value="UTF-8"/>
+
+  <property name="severity" value="warning"/>
+
+  <property name="fileExtensions" value="java, properties, xml"/>
+  <!-- Checks for whitespace                               -->
+  <!-- See http://checkstyle.sf.net/config_whitespace.html -->
+  <module name="FileTabCharacter">
+    <property name="eachLine" value="true"/>
+  </module>
+
+  <module name="TreeWalker">
+    <module name="OuterTypeFilename"/>
+    <module name="IllegalTokenText">
+      <property name="tokens" value="STRING_LITERAL, CHAR_LITERAL"/>
+      <property name="format" value="\\u00(08|09|0(a|A)|0(c|C)|0(d|D)|22|27|5(C|c))|\\(0(10|11|12|14|15|42|47)|134)"/>
+      <property name="message" value="Avoid using corresponding octal or Unicode escape."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="AvoidEscapedUnicodeCharacters">
+      <property name="allowEscapesForControlCharacters" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowByTailComment" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowNonPrintableEscapes" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="LineLength">
+      <property name="max" value="100"/>
+      <property name="ignorePattern" value="^package.*|^import.*|a href|href|http://|https://|ftp://"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="AvoidStarImport"/>
+    <module name="OneTopLevelClass"/>
+    <module name="NoLineWrap"/>
+    <module name="EmptyBlock">
+      <property name="option" value="TEXT"/>
+      <property name="tokens" value="LITERAL_TRY, LITERAL_FINALLY, LITERAL_IF, LITERAL_ELSE, LITERAL_SWITCH"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="NeedBraces"/>
+    <module name="LeftCurly">
+      <property name="maxLineLength" value="100"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="RightCurly"/>
+    <module name="RightCurly">
+      <property name="option" value="alone"/>
+      <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, LITERAL_FOR, LITERAL_WHILE, LITERAL_DO, STATIC_INIT, INSTANCE_INIT"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="WhitespaceAround">
+      <property name="allowEmptyConstructors" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowEmptyMethods" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowEmptyTypes" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowEmptyLoops" value="true"/>
+      <message key="ws.notFollowed"
+               value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not followed by whitespace. Empty blocks may only be represented as '{}' when not part of a multi-block statement (4.1.3)"/>
+      <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+               value="WhitespaceAround: ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="OneStatementPerLine"/>
+    <module name="MultipleVariableDeclarations"/>
+    <module name="ArrayTypeStyle"/>
+    <module name="MissingSwitchDefault"/>
+    <module name="FallThrough"/>
+    <module name="UpperEll"/>
+    <module name="ModifierOrder"/>
+    <module name="EmptyLineSeparator">
+      <property name="allowNoEmptyLineBetweenFields" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+      <property name="tokens" value="DOT"/>
+      <property name="option" value="nl"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="SeparatorWrap">
+      <property name="tokens" value="COMMA"/>
+      <property name="option" value="EOL"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="PackageName">
+      <property name="format" value="^[a-z]+(\.[a-z][a-z0-9]*)*$"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Package name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="TypeName">
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="MemberName">
+      <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Member name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="ParameterName">
+      <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Parameter name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="LocalVariableName">
+      <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+      <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9]*$"/>
+      <property name="allowOneCharVarInForLoop" value="true"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Local variable name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="ClassTypeParameterName">
+      <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Class type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="MethodTypeParameterName">
+      <property name="format" value="(^[A-Z][0-9]?)$|([A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*[T]$)"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Method type name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="NoFinalizer"/>
+    <module name="GenericWhitespace">
+      <message key="ws.followed"
+               value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is followed by whitespace."/>
+      <message key="ws.preceded"
+               value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is preceded with whitespace."/>
+      <message key="ws.illegalFollow"
+               value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' should followed by whitespace."/>
+      <message key="ws.notPreceded"
+               value="GenericWhitespace ''{0}'' is not preceded with whitespace."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="Indentation">
+      <property name="basicOffset" value="2"/>
+      <property name="braceAdjustment" value="0"/>
+      <property name="caseIndent" value="2"/>
+      <property name="throwsIndent" value="4"/>
+      <property name="lineWrappingIndentation" value="4"/>
+      <property name="arrayInitIndent" value="2"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="AbbreviationAsWordInName">
+      <property name="ignoreFinal" value="false"/>
+      <property name="allowedAbbreviationLength" value="1"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="OverloadMethodsDeclarationOrder"/>
+    <module name="VariableDeclarationUsageDistance"/>
+    <module name="CustomImportOrder">
+      <property name="specialImportsRegExp" value="com.google"/>
+      <property name="sortImportsInGroupAlphabetically" value="true"/>
+      <property name="customImportOrderRules" value="STATIC###SPECIAL_IMPORTS###THIRD_PARTY_PACKAGE###STANDARD_JAVA_PACKAGE"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="MethodParamPad"/>
+    <module name="OperatorWrap">
+      <property name="option" value="NL"/>
+      <property name="tokens" value="BAND, BOR, BSR, BXOR, DIV, EQUAL, GE, GT, LAND, LE, LITERAL_INSTANCEOF, LOR, LT, MINUS, MOD, NOT_EQUAL, PLUS, QUESTION, SL, SR, STAR "/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+      <property name="tokens" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="AnnotationLocation">
+      <property name="tokens" value="VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+      <property name="allowSamelineMultipleAnnotations" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="NonEmptyAtclauseDescription"/>
+    <module name="JavadocTagContinuationIndentation"/>
+    <module name="SummaryJavadocCheck">
+      <property name="forbiddenSummaryFragments" value="^@return the *|^This method returns |^A [{]@code [a-zA-Z0-9]+[}]( is a )"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="JavadocParagraph"/>
+    <module name="AtclauseOrder">
+      <property name="tagOrder" value="@param, @return, @throws, @deprecated"/>
+      <property name="target" value="CLASS_DEF, INTERFACE_DEF, ENUM_DEF, METHOD_DEF, CTOR_DEF, VARIABLE_DEF"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="JavadocMethod">
+      <property name="scope" value="public"/>
+      <property name="allowMissingParamTags" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowMissingThrowsTags" value="true"/>
+      <property name="allowMissingReturnTag" value="true"/>
+      <property name="minLineCount" value="2"/>
+      <property name="allowedAnnotations" value="Override, Test"/>
+      <property name="allowThrowsTagsForSubclasses" value="true"/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="MethodName">
+      <property name="format" value="^[a-z][a-z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$"/>
+      <message key="name.invalidPattern"
+               value="Method name ''{0}'' must match pattern ''{1}''."/>
+    </module>
+    <module name="SingleLineJavadoc"/>
+    <module name="EmptyCatchBlock">
+      <property name="exceptionVariableName" value="expected"/>
+    </module>
+  </module>
+</module>

data/lib/templates/layout/intellij/config/codestyle/Codestyle.xml

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+<code_scheme name="Codestyle">
+  <option name="OTHER_INDENT_OPTIONS">
+    <value>
+      <option name="INDENT_SIZE" value="2" />
+      <option name="CONTINUATION_INDENT_SIZE" value="4" />
+      <option name="TAB_SIZE" value="2" />
+      <option name="USE_TAB_CHARACTER" value="false" />
+      <option name="SMART_TABS" value="false" />
+      <option name="LABEL_INDENT_SIZE" value="0" />
+      <option name="LABEL_INDENT_ABSOLUTE" value="false" />
+      <option name="USE_RELATIVE_INDENTS" value="false" />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="CLASS_COUNT_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND" value="1000" />
+  <option name="NAMES_COUNT_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND" value="1000" />
+  <option name="PACKAGES_TO_USE_IMPORT_ON_DEMAND">
+    <value />
+  </option>
+  <option name="IMPORT_LAYOUT_TABLE">
+    <value>
+      <package name="" withSubpackages="true" static="true" />
+      <emptyLine />
+      <package name="" withSubpackages="true" static="false" />
+      <emptyLine />
+      <package name="java" withSubpackages="true" static="false" />
+      <package name="javax" withSubpackages="true" static="false" />
+      <emptyLine />
+    </value>
+  </option>
+  <option name="RIGHT_MARGIN" value="80" />
+  <XML>
+    <option name="XML_LEGACY_SETTINGS_IMPORTED" value="true" />
+  </XML>
+</code_scheme>

data/lib/templates/layout/intellij/config/copyright/gnu.xml

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+<component name="CopyrightManager">
+  <copyright>
+    <option name="myName" value="gnu" />
+    <option name="notice" value="Copyright (c) &amp;#36;today.year Rene Richter. &#10;This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify&#10;it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by&#10;the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or&#10;(at your option) any later version.&#10;This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,&#10;but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of&#10;MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the&#10;GNU General Public License for more details.&#10;You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License&#10;along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,&#10;Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA" />
+  </copyright>
+</component>

data/lib/templates/layout/intellij/config/copyright/profiles_settings.xml

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+<component name="CopyrightManager">
+  <settings default="gnu">
+    <module2copyright>
+      <element module="All" copyright="gnu" />
+    </module2copyright>
+    <LanguageOptions name="JAVA">
+      <option name="fileLocation" value="2" />
+    </LanguageOptions>
+  </settings>
+</component>

data/lib/templates/layout/src/java/config/AppConfig.java.erb

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+package <%=@group_id%>.config;
+
+
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2015 <%=@user_name%>.
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+*/
+
+<%if @repository_technique == "jpa"-%>
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories;
+<%elsif @repository_technique == "mongodb"-%>
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.EnableMongoRepositories;
+<%elsif @repository_technique == "neo4j"-%>
+<%end-%>
+import org.springframework.boot.orm.jpa.EntityScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.support.PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.data.web.config.EnableSpringDataWebSupport;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+/**
+* Application config-class.
+*
+* @author  <%=@user_name%>
+*/
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableWebMvc
+@ComponentScan(basePackages = {"<%=@group_id%>"})
+<%if @repository_technique == "jpa"-%>
+@EnableJpaRepositories(basePackages = "<%=@group_id%>.repository")
+<%elsif @repository_technique == "mongodb"-%>
+@EnableMongoRepositories(basePackages = "<%=@group_id%>.repository")
+<%elsif @repository_technique == "neo4j"-%>
+<%end-%>
+@EntityScan(basePackages = "<%=@group_id%>.repository")
+@EnableSpringDataWebSupport
+public class AppConfig {
+  @Bean
+  public static PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer propertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer() {
+    return new PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer();
+  }
+}

data/lib/templates/layout/src/java/main/App.java.erb

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+package <%=@group_id%>.main;
+
+
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2015 <%=@user_name%>.
+* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+* the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+* (at your option) any later version.
+* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+* GNU General Public License for more details.
+* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+* Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+*/
+
+import org.springframework.boot.CommandLineRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.discovery.EnableDiscoveryClient;
+
+
+
+@EnableAutoConfiguration
+@EnableDiscoveryClient
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class App implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    SpringApplication.run(App.class, args);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void run(String... args) throws Exception {
+
+  }
+}

data/lib/templates/layout/src/resources/application.yml.erb

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+spring:
+  profiles:
+    active: development
+
+---
+
+spring:
+  profiles: development
+  data:
+    rest:
+      basePath: / #root URI for Spring Data REST
+      defaultPageSize: 20 #change default number of items served in a single page
+      maxPageSize: 100 #change maximum number of items in a single page
+      #pageParamName: #change name of the query parameter for selecting pages
+      #limitParamName: #change name of the query parameter for number of items to show in a page
+      #sortParamName: #change name of the query parameter for sorting
+      #defaultMediaType: #change default media type to use when none is specified
+      returnBodyOnCreate: false #change if a body should be returned on creating a new entity
+      returnBodyOnupdate: false #change if a body should be returned on updating an entity
+  <%if @repository_technique == "jpa"%>
+    jpa:
+      open-in-view: true
+      show-sql: true
+      repositories.enabled: true # if spring data repository support is enabled
+
+  <%elsif @repository_technique == "mongodb"%>
+
+    mongodb
+      host: localhost # the db host
+      port: 27017 # the connection port (defaults to 27107)
+      uri: mongodb://localhost/test # connection URL
+      database: test
+      #authentication-database:
+      #grid-fs-database:
+      username: test
+      password: test
+      repositories.enabled: true # if spring data repository support is enabled
+
+
+  <%elsif @repository_technique == "neo4j"%>
+
+
+
+
+  <%end%>
+
+
+---
+
+spring:
+  profiles: production
+  data:
+    rest:
+      basePath: / #root URI for Spring Data REST
+      defaultPageSize: 20 #change default number of items served in a single page
+      maxPageSize: 100 #change maximum number of items in a single page
+      #pageParamName: #change name of the query parameter for selecting pages
+      #limitParamName: #change name of the query parameter for number of items to show in a page
+      #sortParamName: #change name of the query parameter for sorting
+      #defaultMediaType: #change default media type to use when none is specified
+      returnBodyOnCreate: false #change if a body should be returned on creating a new entity
+      returnBodyOnupdate: false #change if a body should be returned on updating an entity
+  <%if @repository_technique == "jpa"%>
+    jpa:
+      open-in-view: true
+      show-sql: true
+      repositories.enabled: true # if spring data repository support is enabled
+
+  datasource:
+    initialize: true # populate using data.sql
+    sql-script-encoding: UTF-8 # a charset for reading SQL scripts
+    separator: ; # statement separator in SQL initialization scripts
+    #driver-class-name: # JDBC Settings...
+    #url:
+    #username:
+    #password:
+    #jndi-name: # For JNDI lookup (class, url, username & password are ignored when set)
+    #max-active:100 # Advanced configuration...
+    #max-idle:8
+    #min-idle:8
+    #initial-size:10
+    #validation-query:
+
+  <%elsif @repository_technique == "mongodb"%>
+
+    mongodb
+      host: localhost # the db host
+      port: 27017 # the connection port (defaults to 27107)
+      uri: mongodb://localhost/production # connection URL
+      database: production
+      #authentication-database:
+      #grid-fs-database:
+      username: production
+      password: production
+      repositories.enabled: true # if spring data repository support is enabled
+
+
+  <%elsif @repository_technique == "neo4j"%>
+
+
+
+
+  <%end%>
+
+eureka:
+  client:
+    serviceUrl:
+      defaultZone: http://localhost:8761/eureka/

data/lib/templates/layout/src/resources/bootstrap.yml.erb

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+spring:
+  application:
+    name: <%=@name%>

data/lib/templates/resource/assembler/Assembler.java.erb

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+package <%=@group_id%>.assembler;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 <%=@user_name%>
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.linkTo;
+import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.methodOn;
+
+import <%=@group_id%>.model.<%=@model_name%>;
+import <%=@group_id%>.controller.<%=@model_name%>Controller;
+import <%=@group_id%>.resource.<%=@model_name%>Resource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.EntityLinks;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ResourceAssemblerSupport;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Assembler to create <%=@model_name%> resources.
+ * @author <%=@user_name%>
+ */
+@Component
+public class <%=@model_name%>Assembler extends BaseAssembler<<%=@model_name%>, <%=@model_name%>Resource> {
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new {@link ResourceAssemblerSupport}
+   * using the given controller class and resource type.
+   */
+  public <%=@model_name%>Assembler() {
+    super(<%=@model_name%>Controller.class, <%=@model_name%>Resource.class);
+  }
+
+
+  @Autowired
+  EntityLinks entityLinks;
+
+
+  @Override
+  public <%=@model_name%>Resource toResource(<%=@model_name%> entity) {
+    <%=@model_name%>Resource resource = createResource(entity);
+
+    //TODO add links
+
+    return resource;
+  }
+}

data/lib/templates/resource/assembler/BaseAssembler.java.erb

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+package <%=@group_id%>.assembler;
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015 <%=@user_name%>
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+import <%=@group_id%>.model.BaseEntity;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.ServiceInstance;
+import org.springframework.cloud.client.loadbalancer.LoadBalancerClient;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.IdentifiableResourceAssemblerSupport;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+
+/**
+ * A common base class for assembler.
+ * @author <%=@user_name%>
+ */
+@Component
+public abstract class BaseAssembler<T extends BaseEntity, D extends ResourceSupport>
+    extends IdentifiableResourceAssemblerSupport<T, D> {
+
+  protected Class<D> resourceTypeClass;
+
+  public BaseAssembler(Class<?> controllerClass, Class<D> resourceType) {
+    super(controllerClass, resourceType);
+    this.resourceTypeClass = resourceType;
+  }
+
+
+  @Autowired
+  LoadBalancerClient loadBalancerClient;
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a link for the given service to the given resource.
+   * @param resource the resource you want to add the link to.
+   * @param serviceName the name of the service.
+   * @param subUri the path the resource is located.
+   * @param ref the ref of the link.
+   */
+  public void linkToService(ResourceSupport resource,
+                            String serviceName,
+                            String subUri,
+                            String ref) {
+    ServiceInstance instance = loadBalancerClient.choose(serviceName);
+    if (instance != null) {
+      resource.add(new Link(instance.getUri().toString() + "/" + subUri,ref));
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds a link for the given service to the given resource.
+   * @param resource the resource you want to add the link to.
+   * @param serviceName the name of the service.
+   * @param ref the ref of the link.
+   */
+  public void linkToService(ResourceSupport resource,
+                            String serviceName,
+                            String ref) {
+    ServiceInstance instance = loadBalancerClient.choose(serviceName);
+    if (instance != null) {
+      resource.add(new Link(instance.getUri().toString(),ref));
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  protected D instantiateResource(T entity) {
+    try {
+      return resourceTypeClass
+          .getConstructor(entity.getClass())
+          .newInstance(entity);
+    } catch (InvocationTargetException
+        | NoSuchMethodException
+        | InstantiationException
+        | IllegalAccessException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+          "Resource does not have an appropriate constructor!", e);
+    }
+  }
+}