Template variables with ControllerLinkBuilder

Question

I want my response to include this:

\"keyMaps\":{
  \"href\":\"http://localhost/api/keyMaps{/keyMapId}\",
  \"templated\":true
 }

That\'s easy

Answer 1

Starting with this commit:

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas/commit/2daf8aabfb78b6767bf27ac3e473832c872302c7

You can now pass null where path variable is expected. It works for me, without workarounds.

resource.add(linkTo(methodOn(UsersController.class).someMethod(null)).withRel("someMethod"));

And the result:

    "someMethod": {
        "href": "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/users/{userId}",
        "templated": true
    },

Also check related issues: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-hateoas/issues/545