Unable to import Spring RepositoryRestResource - spring

Question

I am trying to implement a REST based MongoDB service through Spring, but I have run into some trouble. I cannot import a certain library.
I have this in my class:
package main;
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
#RepositoryRestResource(collectionResourceRel = "people", path = "people")
public interface PersonRepository extends MongoRepository<Person, String> {
List<Person> findByLastName(#Param("name") String name);
}
But the import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource;
is not working for some reason and is giving me the error: The import org.springframework.data.rest cannot be resolved
This is my maven pom.xml:
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>UserRegistrationServices</groupId>
<artifactId>UserRegistrationServices</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<!-- Inherit defaults from Spring Boot -->
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.2.5.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Get the dependencies of a web application -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- Spring Boot Maven Support -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
Also, I am directly following this guide: http://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-mongodb-data-rest/
How can this be resolved? Thanks

Answer 1

Edit your pom.xml.... and add these lines inside <dependencies></dependencies>...
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
<version>1.2.5.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

Answer 2

I had a same problem on 1.3.6.RELEASE.
It said,
org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource cannot be resolved to a type
So I set the version of spring-boot as 1.2.8.RELEAS, now I solve the problem.
My current spring-boot's pom.xml is below.
....
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.2.8.RELEASE</version>
<relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>
....

Answer 3

I had the same problem with this error message. In my case was the cause a refresh problem in the IDE (Intellij).
Deleting the line with the annotation (#RepositoryRestResource) and reinsert it helped a lot.

Answer 4

I also had tried to follow the same from https://spring.io/guides/gs/accessing-mongodb-data-rest/
For me, this issue got resolved after I added the version from https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-data-rest/2.3.0.RELEASE
to be more precise and clear, I added this in the pom.xml file to solve this issue. Maybe if you add the version it will start working!
<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.boot/spring-boot-starter-data-rest -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
<version>2.3.0.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>