Spring Roo Files

There are many different types of files used in Spring Roo project having various code to perform task:-

1.] .java files - These can be the domain class files, controller files, service files, Exception class files.

2.] .aj files - These are aspect java files and are automatically created by Spring Roo project for a particular domain class after running 'web mvc all <pkg_name>' command in Roo Shell.

3.] .jspx files - These are the view components of MVC framework for the project. These files can be used to create report search screens as well.

4.] .properties files -
(a.) database.properties - It contains the username, password, database name, IP address etc.,
(b.) ReportDS.properties - We can write information about the IP address, database, tables to connect to retrieve data to display on reports.
(c.) application.properties - We can put error codes with messages in this file. It also consists of label name for various labels in .jspx pages.

5.] .tagx -

6.] .tld - birt.tld file is used to integrate BIRT reporting tool in STS. It's full form is Tag library descriptor.

7.] .xml -

8.] .rptdesign files - These are the report design files. It has information of columns datatypes and validations with queries for BIRT reports.