RepositorySearchesResource resourceprocessor doesnt expose links unless search method has been put in repository class for custom search links [DATAREST-673]

Gaurav Rawat opened DATAREST-673 and commented

Hi I am trying to expose a custom search method .So I do this via a @RepositoryRestcontroller something like below

@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class AbstractRsqlController<T, R extends BaseRepository<T, ? extends Serializable>>
      implements
         ResourceProcessor<RepositorySearchesResource>
{
/*
    * (non-Javadoc)
    * @see org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceProcessor#process(org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport)
    */
   public RepositorySearchesResource process(RepositorySearchesResource resource)
   {

      String path = entityLinks.linkFor(resource.getDomainType()).slash(SEARCH_LINK).toString();
      resource.add(new Link(new UriTemplate(path + RSQL_QUERY_TEMPLATE), RSQL_REL));
      return resource;
   }

The code works fine but I dont see the search link on the entity unless I write a search method in the repository something like

public interface FundRepository extends BaseRepository<Fund, String> {

List<Fund> findByFoo(Boolean foo);

}

so unless the find by method is there the search link doesnt show up . Shouldnt including the RepositorySearchesResource type in ResourceProcessor work for custom links too ?

Affects: 2.4 GA (Gosling)