@UI vs @Route

Mateu uses @UI and @Route for different levels of routing.

@UI

@UI publishes a UI at a base URL.

Think of it as the application entry point.

@UI("")
public class AppHome {}

@Route

@Route defines internal routes inside that UI.

It does not publish a new UI by itself.

@Route("/users/:id")
public class UserDetailPage {
    String id;
}

Mental model

• @UI = application base URL
• @Route = internal route inside that application

A class annotated with @Route but not with @UI always belongs to a UI root published elsewhere.

Example

@Route(value="/use-cases/rra/orders/create", parentRoute="/use-cases/rra")
public class CreateOrderPage extends EditOrderPage {}

This class does not publish a new UI.

It defines a route inside an existing UI.

Final URL

The final URL is built from:

• the base URL published by @UI
• the internal route defined by @Route