BoundMethodParameter in AnnotatedParametersParameterAccessor must allow custom converters to be added [DATAREST-1084]

Kollivakkam Raghavan opened DATAREST-1084 and commented

We have a requirement where a path parameter is a uuid that is a string composed of two parts. I use a DataBinder to split each part into a Java object. When the REST controller forms the link using the linkTo method it fails because it does not find a converter to convert my UUID class to a string.

The AnnotatedParametersParameterAccessor.BoundParameter class does not provide for a way to add custom converters to allow converting the object back to its string representation.

Example:

// Some comments here
@RequestMapping(path="/api/{customuuid}")
public String getFoo(@PathVariable("customuuid") MyCustomClass customUuid)
{
   // your business logic here

   // form self link here  (this fails with no converter found because DefaultConversionService is assumed)
   Link selfLink = linkTo(methodOn(MyRestController.class)
                                                          .getFoo(customUuid))
                                                          .withSelfRel();
}

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