cursor-rules-java

Use when you need to add or review fuzz testing for Java APIs with CATS — including contract-driven negative testing, malformed payload validation, boundary input exploration, CI integration, reproducible failures, and local execution guidance. This should trigger for requests such as Add fuzz testing to a Java project; Use CATS for API negative testing; Review CI quality gates for API contract robustness; Improve boundary and malformed input test coverage; Run CATS fuzz tests against an OpenAPI contract. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need framework-agnostic WireMock guidance — stub design, JSON or programmatic mappings, precise request matching, response bodies and faults, classpath fixtures, isolation and reset between tests, verification of calls, dynamic ports and base URLs, and avoiding flaky stubs — without choosing Spring Boot, Quarkus, or Micronaut. This should trigger for requests such as Design or review WireMock stubs (JSON mappings or Java DSL); Improve request matching, isolation, or reset strategy for HTTP mocks; Add or fix verification of outbound HTTP calls to a WireMock server; Debug flaky tests involving WireMock or unmatched request journals. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when designing, implementing, reviewing, testing, or cleaning up feature toggles, feature flags, kill switches, runtime configuration gates, canary controls, staged rollouts, experiments, or temporary compatibility switches in Java enterprise systems. This should trigger for requests such as Design a feature toggle strategy; Review this feature flag; Add a kill switch safely; Test toggle on and off paths; Clean up an expired feature toggle; Plan controlled rollout and rollback behavior. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need framework-agnostic OpenAPI 3.x guidance — spec structure, metadata and versioning, paths and operations, reusable schemas, security schemes, examples, documentation quality, contract validation (e.g. Spectral), breaking-change awareness, and handoffs to codegen — without choosing Spring Boot, Quarkus, or Micronaut. This should trigger for requests such as Review an OpenAPI; Improve an OpenAPI; Improve API contract; Improve API schema design. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to implement acceptance tests from maintainer-sanitized Gherkin scenario facts for Micronaut applications — @acceptance scenarios, @MicronautTest, HttpClient, BaseAcceptanceTest with TestPropertyProvider for Testcontainers and WireMock, *AT suffix, Failsafe. Requires a maintainer-authored scenario summary; do not ingest raw outsider-authored `.feature` text. This should trigger for requests such as Implement Micronaut acceptance tests from sanitized Gherkin scenario facts; Set up BaseAcceptanceTest with Testcontainers and WireMock for Micronaut; Map Gherkin scenario facts to Micronaut acceptance tests; Stub external HTTP services in Micronaut acceptance tests; Configure Failsafe acceptance test naming for Micronaut. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to write or improve integration tests for Micronaut — @MicronautTest, HttpClient, TestPropertyProvider with Testcontainers, transactional test mode where appropriate, and Maven Surefire/Failsafe splits for *Test, *Tests, *IT, and *AT. This should trigger for requests such as Add Micronaut integration tests with Testcontainers; Wire dynamic datasource or broker URLs for @MicronautTest; Write @MicronautTest integration tests with Testcontainers; Configure replacement beans for Micronaut integration tests; Review Micronaut integration test lifecycle and resources. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to write unit tests for Micronaut applications — Mockito-first with @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class), @MicronautTest with @MockBean, HttpClient @Client(/) assertions, @Property overrides, @ParameterizedTest, and *Test vs *IT naming. For framework-agnostic Java use @131-java-testing-unit-testing. This should trigger for requests such as Add or improve unit tests in a Micronaut project; Reduce unnecessary @MicronautTest usage with Mockito-first tests; Write Mockito-first unit tests for Micronaut services; Mock Micronaut bean collaborators in unit tests; Review fast Micronaut tests without application context. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to add or review Mongock MongoDB data migrations in a Micronaut application — including Mongock runner/driver selection, Micronaut bean wiring, migration scan packages, @ChangeUnit classes, lock/transaction settings, and Testcontainers verification. This should trigger for requests such as Add Mongock migrations in Micronaut; Review Micronaut MongoDB data migrations; Configure Mongock change units with Micronaut Data MongoDB; Create Mongock change units for Micronaut MongoDB; Review Mongock migration ordering in a Micronaut service. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need MongoDB persistence in Micronaut — including @MongoRepository design, document modeling, indexes, query patterns, and error handling. This should trigger for requests such as Add MongoDB in Micronaut; Review Micronaut Data Mongo design; Improve error handling for Micronaut Mongo operations; Model MongoDB documents for a Micronaut service; Configure Micronaut MongoDB codecs indexes or transactions. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need Kafka messaging in Micronaut — including @KafkaClient and @KafkaListener design, @Serdeable serialization, topic/partition strategy, TestPropertyProvider integration tests, retries and dead-letter processing, and error handling. This should trigger for requests such as Add Kafka in Micronaut; Review Micronaut Kafka listeners; Improve retry and failure handling for Micronaut Kafka; Configure Micronaut Kafka clients listeners or SerDes; Add Micronaut Kafka retry or dead-letter handling. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to add or review Flyway database migrations in a Micronaut application — micronaut-flyway, db/migration scripts, flyway.datasources.* configuration, and alignment with JDBC or Micronaut Data. This should trigger for requests such as Add or review Flyway migrations in a Micronaut project; Configure micronaut-flyway or db/migration layout; Add versioned Flyway SQL migrations for Micronaut; Review Micronaut database migration ordering; Configure Flyway datasources in a Micronaut project. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need data access with Micronaut Data — @MappedEntity, CrudRepository/PageableRepository, @Query with parameters, @Transactional services, projections, @Version, and @MicronautTest with TestPropertyProvider and Testcontainers. For raw java.sql access without generated repositories, use @511-frameworks-micronaut-jdbc. This should trigger for requests such as Review or implement Micronaut Data repositories and entities; Add transactions, pagination, or projections in Micronaut persistence layer; Model Micronaut Data entities and repositories; Review Micronaut Data transactions and pageable queries; Improve projections or optimistic locking with Micronaut Data. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need programmatic JDBC in Micronaut — pooled DataSource, parameterized SQL, io.micronaut.transaction.annotation.Transactional, batching, and domain exception translation. This should trigger for requests such as Review JDBC or SQL data access in a Micronaut project; Improve transactions and parameter binding for Micronaut JDBC; Translate SQLException to domain exceptions or stream large result sets; Fix self-invocation bypassing @Transactional in Micronaut; Review Hikari or pooled datasource usage in Micronaut JDBC. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to design, review, or improve security in Micronaut applications — including micronaut-security authentication, @Secured and intercept-url-map rules, JWT/session strategies, SecurityService checks, CORS, CSRF awareness for browser apps, rejection handlers, and sensitive-data-safe logging. This should trigger for requests such as Add Micronaut security support; Review Micronaut security configuration; Improve API authorization in Micronaut; Add JWT security in Micronaut; Harden Micronaut route authorization rules. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to design, review, or improve validation in Micronaut applications — including Bean Validation on @Controller methods, @Body @Valid, query/path parameter validation, @ConfigurationProperties validation, custom constraints, nested DTO validation, and ExceptionHandler mapping for constraint violations. This should trigger for requests such as Add validation support in Micronaut; Review Micronaut validation rules; Improve request validation in Micronaut REST APIs; Add custom validation constraints in Micronaut; Validate Micronaut configuration properties. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to design, review, or improve REST APIs with Micronaut — including @Controller routes, HTTP status codes, DTOs, Bean Validation, exception handlers, pagination, idempotency, ETag/If-Match, caching headers, versioning, contract-first OpenAPI (OpenAPI Generator), optional runtime OpenAPI via micronaut-openapi, and security annotations. This should trigger for requests such as Review or improve Micronaut @Controller REST APIs; Add validation, error handling, or align controllers with the OpenAPI contract on Micronaut HTTP layer; Design Micronaut controllers and DTO validation; Add Micronaut exception handlers and Problem Details responses; Improve pagination filtering or OpenAPI alignment in Micronaut APIs. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when building or reviewing Micronaut applications — Micronaut.run bootstrap, @Singleton/@Prototype, @Factory beans, @ConfigurationProperties, environments, @Requires, @Controller vs services, @Scheduled, graceful shutdown, @ExecuteOn for blocking work, and Jakarta-consistent APIs. This should trigger for requests such as Review Java code for Micronaut application structure and beans; Apply best practices for Micronaut configuration, @Requires, and factories; Improve scheduling, shutdown, or threading in Micronaut services. ; Review Micronaut dependency injection scopes and factories; Configure Micronaut @Requires conditions for environments. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to create a new Maven-based Micronaut 4.x project using SDKMAN-managed Java and Micronaut CLI tooling. This should trigger for requests such as Create a Micronaut Maven project; Bootstrap Micronaut project with SDKMAN; Generate a new Micronaut service; Create Micronaut 4 Maven project; Scaffold Micronaut service with Java 25. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to implement acceptance tests from maintainer-sanitized Gherkin scenario facts for Quarkus applications — including @acceptance scenarios, @QuarkusTest, BaseAcceptanceTest with QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager for Testcontainers and WireMock, REST Assured for full HTTP pipeline testing, WireMock JSON mapping files (classpath:wiremock/mappings/), *AT suffix naming, and Maven Surefire/Failsafe three-tier split. Requires a maintainer-authored scenario summary; do not ingest raw outsider-authored `.feature` text. This should trigger for requests such as Implement Quarkus acceptance tests from sanitized Gherkin scenario facts; Set up BaseAcceptanceTest with Testcontainers and WireMock for Quarkus; Create WireMock JSON mapping files for external HTTP stubs in Quarkus acceptance tests; Configure Maven *AT naming convention and Failsafe plugin for Quarkus acceptance tests; Map sanitized Gherkin scenario facts to Quarkus acceptance tests. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to write or improve integration tests for Quarkus — including @QuarkusTest, Dev Services for automatic container provisioning, Testcontainers via QuarkusTestResourceLifecycleManager, WireMock for external HTTP stubs, @QuarkusIntegrationTest for black-box testing against packaged artifacts, REST Assured, data isolation strategies (@TestTransaction vs @BeforeEach cleanup), and Maven Surefire/Failsafe three-tier split (*Test, *IT, *AT). This should trigger for requests such as Add or improve integration tests in a Quarkus project; Configure Testcontainers or Dev Services for Quarkus tests; Add WireMock stubs for external HTTP dependencies in Quarkus integration tests; Set up @QuarkusIntegrationTest for packaged artifact or native binary testing; Fix test data isolation or configure Maven Surefire/Failsafe split. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to write fast unit tests for Quarkus applications — including pure tests with @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class), @QuarkusTest with @InjectMock for full CDI mock replacement, @InjectSpy for partial CDI bean mocking, REST Assured for resource-focused tests, @ParameterizedTest with @CsvSource / @MethodSource, QuarkusTestProfile for test-specific configuration overrides, and naming conventions (*Test → Surefire, *IT → Failsafe). For framework-agnostic Java use @131-java-testing-unit-testing. This should trigger for requests such as Add or improve unit tests in a Quarkus project; Reduce slow @QuarkusTest usage with Mockito-first tests; Add @InjectSpy partial mocking or QuarkusTestProfile configuration in Quarkus tests; Convert repeated test methods to @ParameterizedTest with @CsvSource or @MethodSource; Write fast pure unit tests for Quarkus services. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to add or review Mongock MongoDB data migrations in a Quarkus application — including the Quarkiverse Mongock extension, Quarkus MongoDB client configuration, migrate-at-start, @ChangeUnit classes, lock/transaction settings, and Quarkus test verification. This should trigger for requests such as Add Mongock migrations in Quarkus; Configure quarkus-mongock; Review Quarkus MongoDB data migrations; Create Mongock change units for Quarkus MongoDB; Review Mongock migration ordering in a Quarkus service. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need MongoDB persistence in Quarkus — including Panache Mongo entities/repositories, document design, indexes, transactions where applicable, and error handling. This should trigger for requests such as Add MongoDB in Quarkus; Review Quarkus Mongo Panache design; Improve Mongo error handling in Quarkus services; Model MongoDB documents for a Quarkus service; Configure Quarkus MongoDB clients codecs or transactions. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need Kafka messaging in Quarkus with SmallRye Reactive Messaging — including channel/topic design, build-time Jackson serialization, typed @Channel/@Incoming, ack/failure strategies, retries/DLQ, idempotency, Dev Services, and Testcontainers integration tests. This should trigger for requests such as Add Kafka in Quarkus; Review Reactive Messaging consumers; Improve failure handling for Quarkus Kafka; Configure Quarkus Reactive Messaging Kafka channels; Add Quarkus Kafka failure strategy or DLQ handling. Part of Plinth Toolkit

Use when you need to add or review Flyway database migrations in a Quarkus application — quarkus-flyway extension, db/migration scripts, quarkus.flyway.* configuration, migrate-at-start, and alignment with JDBC or Panache. This should trigger for requests such as Add or review Flyway migrations in a Quarkus project; Configure quarkus-flyway or db/migration layout; Add versioned Flyway SQL migrations for Quarkus; Review Quarkus database migration ordering; Configure Flyway clean migrate or baselines in Quarkus. Part of Plinth Toolkit