com.sap.cds:cds-services-archetype
A Maven archetype that generates a new CAP Java project: a Spring Boot service with a starter CDS model, wired to the CDS Maven plugin for its build.
Generates a new CAP Java project from a template, part of the cds-services-bomcom.sap.cds:cds-services-bomThe Maven bill of materials for CAP Java, pinning every com.sap.cds module in a release, from the API and core runtime to the Spring Boot starters and the CQN engine, to the same version.sap official, cap release line. Run through mvn archetype:generate with archetypeArtifactId cds-services-archetype, it prompts for a groupId, artifactId and package, and produces a db folder with a starter CDS model and a srv folder with the Spring Boot service and the CDS Maven plugincom.sap.cds:cds-maven-pluginThe Maven plugin that runs CDS build steps in a CAP Java project: compiling the model, generating typed Java accessor interfaces and adding facets to an existing project.sap official, cap already wired into its build. Command-line options add an integration test module, a sample CDS model, a target platform such as Cloud Foundry, and a choice between the H2 or SQLiteSQLiteAn embedded SQL database engine used as a selectable local cache store by CAP caching plugins. in-memory database for local runs. capire's own quick start offers cds init <PROJECT-ROOT> --java as an alternative way to bootstrap the same kind of project through the CDS command-line tools instead of the Maven archetype.
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Compare all 14 on the Generators page →- SAP Build CodeSAP Build CodeSAP's development environment on BTP for SAPUI5, SAP Fiori, mobile and CAP applications that run on the SAP BTP, Cloud Foundry Runtime, in which Joule generates models, services, logic, tests and apps.sap official, btpDevelopment environment on BTP for UI5, Fiori, mobile and CAP
- @cap-handler/generator@cap-handler/generatorInteractive generator for CAP event handlers: reads the model through the reflection API, asks which service, target and phase, then writes the handler file and wires the import and registration into the service implementation.independent, capInteractive generator for CAP event handler files
- com.sap.cds:cds-maven-plugincom.sap.cds:cds-maven-pluginThe Maven plugin that runs CDS build steps in a CAP Java project: compiling the model, generating typed Java accessor interfaces and adding facets to an existing project.sap official, capMaven plugin running CDS build steps in a CAP Java project
- @khalidmh/capx@khalidmh/capxAn opinionated installer for CAP Node.js projects — asks a short set of questions, runs cds init, adds the chosen facets, then writes the configuration and starter files that make those choices work together.independent, capInteractive project installer for CAP Node.js
- Joule in SAP Build CodeJoule in SAP Build CodeJoule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code, pitched as "optimized for Java and JavaScript application development": opened from SAP Business Application Studio's activity bar, slash commands generate a CAP data model, services, sample data, business logic and a Fiori elements UI.sap official, capJoule's generative AI inside SAP Build Code
- @sap/cds-dk@sap/cds-dkThe command line client and development toolkit for CAP projects, with the commands cds build, cds deploy, cds watch and cds add among them.sap official, capCommand line client and development toolkit for CAP
- @sap/generator-cap-project@sap/generator-cap-projectThe CAP project generator behind SAP Business Application Studio's wizard; its readme says it is meant to be used only there.sap official, capCAP project generator behind SAP Business Application Studio's wizard
- @sap/generator-cds@sap/generator-cdsA CDS project generator, deprecated by its own readme in favour of installing @sap/cds-dk globally.sap official, capCDS project generator, deprecated in favour of @sap/cds-dk
- @sap-ux/cap-config-writer@sap-ux/cap-config-writerSAP's writer module for changing a CAP project's configuration from code, so a tool can add a UI5 app to a project that already exists, returning a mem-fs editor whose commit writes the changes.sap official, capWriter module for changing a CAP project's configuration from code
- @sap-ux/create@sap-ux/createSAP Fiori tools as a command: npx @sap-ux/create changes the features of a Fiori project that already exists, through its add, generate, convert, remove, update and change subcommands.sap official, ui5Command line for changing features of an existing Fiori project
- @sap-ux/fe-fpm-writer@sap-ux/fe-fpm-writerA library that writes flexible programming model elements, such as a custom page wired into the app's routing, into a Fiori elements application for OData v4 from Node code.sap official, ui5Writer of flexible programming model elements into Fiori elements apps
- @sap-ux/fiori-generator-shared@sap-ux/fiori-generator-sharedThe shared functions and types the Fiori generators are built from; a dependency of theirs rather than a generator itself.sap official, capShared functions and types of the Fiori generators
- @sap-ux/odata-service-writer@sap-ux/odata-service-writerA library that adds an OData service to a UI5 project that already exists, writing the file updates from a config object naming the service url, its OData version and a destination.sap official, ui5Writer that adds an OData service to an existing UI5 project
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“Maven Archetype to initialize a CDS Java project using best practices” — com.sap.cds:cds-services-archetype — Maven POM
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- Generates a new CAP Java project from a template: a Spring Boot service with a starter CDS model, ready to build with the CDS Maven plugin, with options to add an integration test module, a sample model, or Cloud Foundry target platform support.
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