Demo Project: How @BasePathAwareController Breaks Link Builders

This minimal example shows two controllers in a Spring Data REST app with base path /api: One using @BasePathAwareController — link builder misses the base path. One using @RepositoryRestController — link builder works correctly. 1. Setup Spring Boot and Dependencies Add to pom.xml (or build.gradle): org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-data-rest org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-hateoas …

Jun 5, 2025 - 17:30

This minimal example shows two controllers in a Spring Data REST app with base path /api: One using @BasePathAwareController — link builder misses the base path. One using @RepositoryRestController — link builder works correctly. 1. Setup Spring Boot and Dependencies Add to pom.xml (or build.gradle): org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-data-rest org.springframework.boot spring-boot-starter-hateoas …