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Provide first-class support for web linking
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Description
It would be nice if Spring Framework provided first-class support for web linking as defined by RFC-8288 for use in Spring MVC and WebFlux.
I'm aware that support for this exists within Spring HATEOAS (as I've used it extensively over the years) however it feels that a nice API for building Link headers is a generally useful thing outside of just its use in Spring HATEOAS and could easily be a part of core web framework.
With more and more use cases that rely on Link headers, such as Early Hints, I regularly find myself missing this in almost all projects I work on (that don't use Spring HATEOAS).
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading RFC-8288 and comparing the existing Spring HATEOAS support for Link headers with the needs of Spring MVC and WebFlux. Consider the Early Hints use case described in the issue; done would require an agreed core web framework API for building and using Link headers.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java, spring
- Domain
- api, backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100