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Service layer returns DTO to controller but need it to return model for other services

Following this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21554977/should-services-always-return-dtos-or-can-they-also-return-domain-models and best practices in Software Arch suggestions by Martin ...
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3 votes
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Java web development

I started to develop web applications not so long ago, and therefore there are a lot of unknown things in this field for me. My question concerns web development using the Java language. Assume that ...
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Is it possible to build a application with html + css + javascript only [closed]

I want to completely sperate the front-end and back-end, the backend using Java EE stack expose restful web service, the front-end web application interact with back-end using json. In such a front-...
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How to better manage beans?

In my application - I have to expose services using JAX-RS(for mobile platform) and consume the same set of services in a JSF based web app. Now, I have @Entity beans for persistence layer, @...
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Splitting a big project to create a multi-module Maven project

I am working on a Spring-MVC application in which we are using Maven for dependency management. As the project is big, we are thinking of splitting the project into several parts. I had some doubts, ...
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Architecture review - case study (Spring MVC)

I'm developing an Java Web Application with Spring, and I have some questions about my architecture. Before showing it, here is the context: I am developing a web application with more than 80 ...
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Is it a good idea to develop website that only has little access to DB? CRUD will be done by calling API provided by separate internal backend system

I'm going to start developing an application in near future. This application consists of : Back-end system. This system provides API to be used by client. This system connects to data store and 3rd ...
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Thin client Web browser?

Many times i have heard people saying that a particular hardware to be running a thin client web browser. But from the definition of "thin-client", doesnt all browser qualify as a thin-client? as all ...
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What techniques would you use for a next generation java web application? [closed]

I'm working at a site similar to Foursquare and Yelp, with approximately 100000 unique requests each week that generates content, growing steadily. We are currently using: Seam as Java web framework. ...
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