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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type: bug
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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