Parameterized field (e.g. Optional<Long>) cause NullPointerException in UriToEntityConverter [DATAREST-764]

Vincent Jaouën opened DATAREST-764 and commented

Having a Parameterized field such as Optional<Long> in an entity cause a NullPointerException in UriToEntityConverter.

Steps to reproduce

1. decompress the provided project [^test-optional.tar.gz]
2. run mvn spring-boot:run
3. watch the console for and watch for the NullPointerException (see attached [^stacktrace.txt])

Here how the project was built

1. start from the spring-data-mongo example provided here http://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-data-mongodb/
2. add an Optional<String> field to the Customer class.
3. add the spring-data-rest dependency to the pom.xml

Regards,

Vincent

Affects: 2.4.2 (Gosling SR2)

Attachments:

• stacktrace.txt (45.86 kB)
• test-optional.tar.gz (1.84 kB)