Custom ResourceProcessor is not called for an empty Resources [DATAREST-462]

Bert Duerinck opened DATAREST-462 and commented

I want to add links to a Collection Resources object even when the collection Resource is empty.

The following class is created for doing this:

@Component
public class OrderResourcesProcessor implements ResourceProcessor<Resources<Resource<Order>>> {
	@Autowired
	private EntityLinks entityLinks;

	@Override
	public Resources<Resource<Order>> process(Resources<Resource<Order>> resources) {
		resources.add(entityLinks.linkFor(Order.class).withRel("createOrder"));
		resources.add(entityLinks.linkFor(Order.class).withSelfRel());

		return resources;
	}
}

This ResourceProcessor is called when my Order collection Resource is not empty, but it's not called when it's empty. I should also have the possibility to add links when the collection is empty. According to the HAL specification, at least the self rel should be available in a resource, even if the resource is empty

Affects: 2.2.1 (Evans SR1)

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