Spring Filter Custom Fields Application

This Spring Boot application demonstrates how to filter custom fields from a User object based on user input.

Overview

The application includes a UserController that exposes an endpoint to retrieve a User object with specified fields. The filterFields method in the controller filters out fields that are not included in the request parameter.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Java JDK 8 or higher
• Maven

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

  git clone https://github.com/abhishekshah2905/spring-filter-custom-fields.git

2. Navigate to the project directory:

  cd spring-filter-custom-fields

3. Build the project:

  mvn clean install

4. Run the application:

  mvn spring-boot:run

5. Access the application at http://localhost:8089

Usage

• Use the / endpoint with a query parameter fields to specify which fields to include in the response. For example, /users?fields=name,age will return a User object with only the name and age fields.