spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-data-rest

Persistent fields with default values shall not be treated as updated properties [DATAREST-58]

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Description

Anatolii Liubunia opened DATAREST-58 and commented

Example:

@Entity
public class Customer { 
    ...
    @Basic
    private String name = "John Doe";
    ...
}

If name is not sent for update in JSON representation of the object, it will be updated to "John Doe" in the database.


Affects: 1.0.0 GA

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Research direction

No source file or test is identified. Start by tracing the Spring Data REST JSON update path for the shown Customer entity, then verify with an update that omits name that its default value is not persisted as a change.

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Assessment

Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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