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Linked Resources and "self" link
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Description
Let's say we have a Resource (A) that includes a reference to another Resource (B)(OneToOne).
The B resource belongs to a collection (C).
The use case is to display Resource A and a drop-down list that will display the name of the Resource B and other C Resources to pick from.
This currently will require 3 separate requests:
- Get Resource A from URL /A (this will include link to B like this /A/B)
- Get Resources C from URL /C (this will include B with link to self as /B)
- Get Resource B from /A/B (this will include link to self as /B) so we can find it in the collection
If this has to be done for many linked resources oh a large collection, it results in significant increase in traffic and degrades the performance.
Is there any way to include the actual link to B when returning A with links?
This:
{
links: {[{"rel":"B", "href":"/B" }]},
content: {...}
}
instead of current:
{
links: {[{"rel":"B", "href":"/A/B" }]},
content: {...}
}
Thanks.
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Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reproducing the Resource A, B, and C relationship described in the issue and trace Spring Data REST link generation; done means linked resources can expose B's direct self link without requiring the extra request, with existing link behavior covered by tests.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100