Jasper Aurelio Villas

Posted on May 7

CI Workflow for JAVA project

this is my backend pom file write me an appropriate CI workflow for this


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>3.4.4</version>
        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
    </parent>
    <groupId>nl.smallproject.www</groupId>
    <artifactId>FutureSeed-Backend</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.1</version>
    <name>FutureSeed-Backend</name>
    <description>FutureSeed-Backend</description>
    <url/>
    <licenses>
        <license/>
    </licenses>
    <developers>
        <developer/>
    </developers>
    <scm>
        <connection/>
        <developerConnection/>
        <tag/>
        <url/>
    </scm>
    <properties>
        <java.version>17</java.version>
    </properties>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
            <optional>true</optional>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
            <scope>test</scope>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>

    <build>
        <plugins>
            <plugin>
                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
            </plugin>
        </plugins>
    </build>

</project>

ChatGPT zei:
Thanks for sharing your pom.xml — it's a standard Spring Boot + PostgreSQL backend with Maven and JDK 17. Below is an appropriate GitHub Actions CI workflow that will:

Run on pushes and PRs to backend, acceptance, and main

Set up Java 17

Cache Maven dependencies

Build the project

Run the tests

✅ GitHub Actions Workflow for Your Spring Boot Backend (.github/workflows/ci.yml)
yaml

name: Java CI with Maven

on:
  push:
    branches: [backend, acceptance, main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [backend, acceptance, main]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up JDK 17
        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
        with:
          distribution: 'temurin'
          java-version: '17'

      - name: Cache Maven packages
        uses: actions/cache@v3
        with:
          path: ~/.m2
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-maven

      - name: Build with Maven
        run: mvn clean install --no-transfer-progress

      - name: Run tests
        run: mvn test --no-transfer-progress

📌 Additional Tips
Database in CI: If your tests require PostgreSQL, you can spin up a PostgreSQL service using Docker in the workflow. Let me know if you want to include that.

Code Coverage: You could add tools like JaCoCo to report test coverage.

Deploy: Add steps for deployment if you push to Heroku, Fly.io, AWS, etc.

Would you like me to expand this to include a PostgreSQL test database in CI?

Je zei:
explain to me in detail what is happening here

ChatGPT zei:
Absolutely! Let’s break down this GitHub Actions CI workflow step-by-step to understand what it's doing, why it matters, and how it connects to your Spring Boot project.

🔍 Overview
This CI (Continuous Integration) workflow automates testing your Java Spring Boot application every time you push code or open a pull request on the backend, acceptance, or main branches.

🧠 What is GitHub Actions?
GitHub Actions is a CI/CD tool that lets you run automated workflows (like testing, building, deploying) when certain events occur in your repository — like pushing code or opening a pull request.

⚙️ Step-by-Step Breakdown
name: Java CI with Maven
This sets the name of the workflow shown in the GitHub Actions UI.

on:
Specifies when this workflow should run.

yaml

push:
  branches: [backend, acceptance, main]
pull_request:
  branches: [backend, acceptance, main]

It will trigger when:

You push commits to the backend, acceptance, or main branches

You open or update a pull request targeting those branches

This is typical in CI to make sure your code builds and passes tests before being merged.

jobs:
A job is a sequence of steps that run in a virtual environment. In this case, there's one job called build.

build:
yaml

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Runs on the latest Ubuntu runner in GitHub’s cloud.

steps:
The actions executed by the job.

✅ Checkout Code yaml

- name: Checkout code
  uses: actions/checkout@v3

Pulls down your repository so that the workflow has access to your project files.

This is required before anything else can be done with your code.

☕ Set Up JDK 17 yaml

- name: Set up JDK 17
  uses: actions/setup-java@v3
  with:
    distribution: 'temurin'
    java-version: '17'

Installs Java 17, using the Eclipse Temurin distribution.

Required because your pom.xml defines 17.

💾 Cache Maven Dependencies yaml

- name: Cache Maven packages
  uses: actions/cache@v3
  with:
    path: ~/.m2
    key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
    restore-keys: |
      ${{ runner.os }}-maven

Speeds up builds by caching dependencies downloaded by Maven (~/.m2 folder).

Uses a key based on the hash of your pom.xml, so it updates the cache when dependencies change.

🔨 Build the Project yaml

- name: Build with Maven
  run: mvn clean install --no-transfer-progress

Runs the Maven build lifecycle:

clean removes previous builds.

install compiles the code, runs the tests, and installs the JAR locally.

--no-transfer-progress reduces log noise in CI.

🧪 Run Tests yaml

- name: Run tests
  run: mvn test --no-transfer-progress

Runs your unit tests defined in src/test/java using JUnit (automatically included with spring-boot-starter-test).

Ensures the code is functionally correct and doesn’t break existing features.

🧩 How It Relates to Your Project
Given your pom.xml uses:

spring-boot-starter-web → RESTful APIs
spring-boot-starter-data-jpa → database interaction
postgresql driver
spring-boot-starter-test → unit/integration testing

...this CI workflow validates the entire build and test cycle every time your team pushes or merges code. It helps catch bugs early and enforces code quality before deployment.

✅ Suggestions for Improvement

PostgreSQL Test Database
If your tests hit the database, spin up a PostgreSQL container in the workflow.
Code Coverage
Use tools like JaCoCo for test coverage reports.
Separate Build and Test Jobs
You could separate build and test into different jobs for better clarity and parallelism.
- Deployment Job Add another job that deploys the code (e.g., to Heroku, Fly.io, EC2) after successful builds on main.

Would you like me to extend this to include a PostgreSQL service for integration tests?

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