Inbox

Core Logic

Inbox is used for in-app communication rather than external channel delivery
InboxNotification is read-only information sent to users
flow-starter pushes notifications during approval or review steps

Inbox Notifications

Use MessageService to submit read-only notifications. Query/read operations remain on InboxNotificationService because they are not message submission:


@Autowired
private MessageService messageService;
@Autowired
private InboxNotificationService inboxNotificationService;
 
SendInboxDTO notification = new SendInboxDTO();
notification.setRecipientId(userId);
notification.setTitle("Order shipped");
notification.setContent("Your order #1234 has been dispatched.");
Long notificationId = messageService.sendInbox(notification);
 
int unread = inboxNotificationService.countUnread(userId);
inboxNotificationService.markAsRead(notificationId);
inboxNotificationService.markAllAsRead(userId);