spring-projects / spring-projects/spring-data-rest
Add root level resource links as rfc5988 compliant headers [DATAREST-85]
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type: enhancement
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- Java
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Description
Scott Andrews opened DATAREST-85 and commented
rfc5988 defines a mechanism for links to released resources to be expressed as http headers. Spring Data REST should provide the option to automatically expose links on the root level resource as Link headers
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Research direction
No files or tests are identified. Start by locating the root resource response and HTTP header generation, then review RFC5988 and determine how an option should expose the root links as Link headers; done means the optional headers are produced correctly and covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- api, backend-api-design
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100