Disable generation of related objects inside _embedded property during using projections [DATAREST-567]

Victor Mosin opened DATAREST-567 and commented

public class User {
   private Long id;

   private String name;

   @OneToOne(mappedBy = "user")
   private Logo logo;

   @ManyToOne(optional = true)
   private Business business;
}

public class Logo {
   @OneToOne(optional = false)
   private User user;

   private String path;
}

@RepositoryRestResource(excerptProjection = UserInlineAvatarProjection.class)
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<User, Long> { .. }

@Projection(name = "inlineAvatar", types = { UserModel.class })
public interface UserInlineAvatarProjection extends VersionedProjection {

    Long getId();

    String getName();

    Logo getLogo();
}

The output JSON looks like:

{
   "id": 1,
   "name": "John',
   "logo": {
      "path": "path/to/image"
   },
   "_embedded": {
      "logo": {
         "path": "path/to/image"
      },
      "business": {
         !!!
      }
   },
   "_links": {
      "self": "http://..."
   }
}

As you can see I use the projection (as a projection itself and also as an excerp) that hasn't any business field inside, but the result still has it inside _embedded property.. Is it normal behavior??

Once I use projections, I do not need any nested embedded objects

Affects: 2.3 GA (Fowler)

Reference URL: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30704879/remove-nested-embedded-fields-while-using-projections