org.springframework.hateoas.core
Class LinkBuilderSupport<T extends LinkBuilder>

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.hateoas.core.LinkBuilderSupport<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

LinkBuilder

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicLinkBuilder, ControllerLinkBuilder, JaxRsLinkBuilder

public abstract class LinkBuilderSupport<T extends LinkBuilder>
extends Object
implements LinkBuilder

Base class to implement LinkBuilders based on a Spring MVC UriComponentsBuilder.

Author:

Ricardo Gladwell, Oliver Gierke, Kamill Sokol

Constructor Summary

LinkBuilderSupport(UriComponentsBuilder builder)
Creates a new LinkBuilderSupport using the given UriComponentsBuilder.

Method Summary

protected abstract T	createNewInstance(UriComponentsBuilder builder) Creates a new instance of the sub-class.
protected abstract T	getThis() Returns the current concrete instance.
T	slash(Identifiable<?> identifyable) Adds the given Identifiable's id as sub-resource.
T	slash(Object object) Adds the given object's String representation as sub-resource to the current URI.
String	toString()
URI	toUri() Creates a URI of the link built by the current builder instance.
Link	withRel(String rel) Creates the Link built by the current builder instance with the given rel.
Link	withSelfRel() Creates the Link built by the current builder instance with the default self rel.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LinkBuilderSupport

public LinkBuilderSupport(UriComponentsBuilder builder)

Creates a new LinkBuilderSupport using the given UriComponentsBuilder.

Parameters:

builder - must not be null.

Method Detail

slash

public T slash(Object object)

Description copied from interface: LinkBuilder

Adds the given object's String representation as sub-resource to the current URI. Will unwrap Identifiables to their id value (see Identifiable.getId()).

Specified by:

slash in interface LinkBuilder

Returns:

slash

public T slash(Identifiable<?> identifyable)

Description copied from interface: LinkBuilder

Adds the given Identifiable's id as sub-resource. Will simply return the LinkBuilder as is if the given entity is null.

Specified by:

slash in interface LinkBuilder

Returns:

toUri

public URI toUri()

Description copied from interface: LinkBuilder

Creates a URI of the link built by the current builder instance.

Specified by:

toUri in interface LinkBuilder

Returns:

withRel

public Link withRel(String rel)

Description copied from interface: LinkBuilder

Creates the Link built by the current builder instance with the given rel.

Specified by:

withRel in interface LinkBuilder

Parameters:

rel - must not be null or empty.

Returns:

withSelfRel

public Link withSelfRel()

Description copied from interface: LinkBuilder

Creates the Link built by the current builder instance with the default self rel.

Specified by:

withSelfRel in interface LinkBuilder

Returns:

See Also:

Link.REL_SELF

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getThis

protected abstract T getThis()

Returns the current concrete instance.

Returns:

createNewInstance

protected abstract T createNewInstance(UriComponentsBuilder builder)

Creates a new instance of the sub-class.

Parameters:

builder - will never be null.

Returns: