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Removing links

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Description

In order to save bits going through the wire I was wondering if it makes sense to have the possibility to remove links (except the self-link) in entity-resources of PagedResources. I tried to implement a ResourceProcessor that triggers the entity-projection and does a removeLinks() on that. Unfortunately it does not work as it seems that the rest of the relationship-links are rendered at a later time.

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Research direction

Start by tracing how ResourceProcessor, entity-projection, and PagedResources render relationship links, since the issue reports that links are added after removeLinks() runs. Done means defining and documenting a supported way to omit relationship links from PagedResources entity-resources while retaining the self-link.

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Tech stack
java, spring
Domain
api
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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