[le-mark]

Resolving an HTTP request that returns a the result of a database call should not be this complicated! HTTP is simple! Why do we need so many calls to so many things. I'm not advocating for a flat stack of course, but certainly a stack this deep is a clear sign that something is wrong.

Http is pretty simple, executing sql queries against a database is simple-ish (close those connections!). Authentication, authorization, marshalling, unmarshalling, transaction boundaries, ..., are not so simple, especially not when all taken together.

People bemoan java as you are doing here, but the reality is other languages and frameworks, any that attempt to address the same problems and concerns have the same level of complexity. Java has the advantage of kick ass tooling, debugging, and monitoring infrasture, a lot in the jvm itself (visualvm).

[ceronman]

Just to clarify, I am not criticizing the Java language. I'm criticising the use of excessive layered frameworks that increase complexity.

I like Java. It's simple and performant and has excellent tooling. I just don't like that sometimes I see a lot of incidental complexity in its ecosystem.