Updated the regex pattern in `StaffAppFormData.java` to ensure that the "yes" or "no" answers are case-insensitive. This improves the form validation to accept "Yes", "YES", "No", or "NO" without errors.
Renamed various classes to follow the "controlers" package structure for better organization and consistency. Added `ControllerExceptionHandler` to manage validation exceptions globally and improve error logging.
Updated form classes to return Optional URLs for Discord bot submissions. Refactored VerifyController to handle these Optionals and improved error handling when sending forms. Added receiver email method in form classes for more flexible form submissions.
Implemented getDiscordBotUrl in form classes for dynamic URL handling. Updated VerifyController to use this method for constructing Discord bot URIs. This enhances flexibility and maintainability in form submission handling.
Introduced Jackson dependencies to replace Gson for JSON processing. Updated application properties and controllers to handle Jackson-specific exceptions. Refactored form serialization to use Jackson's `ObjectMapper` for better date handling and consistency.
Introduced `@RestController` and `@RequestMapping` in `StaffAppController` for standardized API endpoints. Refactored properties file handling in `PropertiesLoader` and `PropertiesWriter` to simplify file creation logic.
Consolidated the allowed origins into a single `allowedOrigins` call. This ensures both local and production environments are correctly configured for CORS.
Introduce `@RestController` and `@RequestMapping` annotations to the `StaffAppController` class. This change standardizes the API endpoint and ensures all methods within this class are mapped correctly under `/api/apply`.
Introduced `StaffAppController` and `StaffAppFormData` to handle staff application form submissions. The controller now stores user data, initiates email verification, and provides appropriate responses based on the verification outcome. Additionally, updated `application.properties` and cleaned up IntelliJ workspace.xml.
Extract the HTML generation logic to a reusable method in the Form class. This change reduces code duplication and enhances maintainability by centralizing the table generation functionality.
Changed the URI in VerifyController to use the Discord bot's endpoint for form submission. This adjustment is part of the process to route form data correctly through the specified internal service.
Updated logging to provide more detailed information about user credentials and email actions. This helps in debugging and monitoring mail verification processes more effectively. Adjusted trace messages to include username and password for better traceability.
Updated logging levels in multiple classes to differentiate between debug and trace information. Improved log messages to support parameterized logs, ensuring sensitive or variable information is handled appropriately without concatenation.
Updated the CORS configuration to include the production server URL. This change ensures that requests from the production environment are properly handled.
A new configuration setup now allows specifying a path for database properties via command-line arguments during application startup. This update also changes the call signature for `DatabaseConnection.initialize()` method to accept a path argument. Similarly, methods in `PropertiesLoader`, `PropertiesWriter`, and `MailSettings` classes were also updated to use the specified path when working with properties files. The `TestForm` class's tests were updated accordingly to handle these changes.
The form-to-HTML output process has been switched from a `<div>` approach to using a `StringBuilder` with a table structure in `ContactFormData.java`. Also, the spring validation auto-configuration has been disabled by adding `exclude = ValidationAutoConfiguration.class` in the `@SpringBootApplication` annotation of `Main.java`. Some changes in `.idea/workspace.xml` and `VerifyController.java` were made as well.
The 'code', 'eMail' fields in the VerificationData class and 'username', 'email', 'question' fields in the ContactFormData class are now marked as 'final'. At the same time, some unused imports from ContactController, ContactFormData, FormQuery, and VerifyController have been removed for code cleanliness.
Several parts of the code have been altered to use Form objects instead of JSON strings. Changes include updating the FormQueryResult record type to hold an Optional<Form> instead of an Optional<String>, altering methods in the StoreFormQuery class to insert Form data into the database and replacing JSON handling methods in the FormQuery class with Form object oriented methods. A 'form_class' field has also been added to the 'form' table in the database to aid form identification and reconstruction from stored data.
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