RepositoryRestResource with spring-boot CLI - spring-boot

Question

I'm trying to implement a simple REST service based on a JPA repository with spring-boot and spring-data-rest. (see this tutorial) The following code works quite well if a use it with gradle:
package ch.bfh.swos.bookapp
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration
import org.springframework.context.annotation.*
import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
import javax.persistence.*
#Configuration
#ComponentScan
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#EnableJpaRepositories
#Import(RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.class)
class Application {
static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run Application, args
}
}
#RepositoryRestResource(path = "authors")
interface AuthorRepository extends CrudRepository<Author, Long> {}
#Entity
class Author {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id
private String firstname
private String lastname
}
To make things even simpler i tried the same code with the spring boot CLI ("spring run" command).
package ch.bfh.swos.bookapp
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-rest")
#Grab("h2")
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
import javax.persistence.*
#Configuration
#ComponentScan
#EnableAutoConfiguration
#EnableJpaRepositories
#Import(RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.class)
#RepositoryRestResource(path = "authors")
interface AuthorRepository extends CrudRepository<Author, Long> {}
#Entity
class Author {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id
private String firstname
private String lastname
}
Unfortunately this does not seem to work. #RepositoryRestResource seems not to be automatically recognized like e.g. #RestController.
Leaving the #Configuration part in, the server starts up, but the REST repository is not created as if it would with gradle.
Does anybody know if it is possible to create a RepositoryRestResource with the spring-boot CLI and how the correct code should look like?

Answer 1

You need a class definition to hang the #Import from (the other annotations that go on a class and not an interface are redundant).
Update: and (more importantly) Hibernate can't find your annotated classes unless they are actually in a file (it analyzes the byte code not the class definition reflectively). So you can make you app work by jarring it up and running it that way:
$ spring jar app.jar app.groovy
$ java -jar app.jar
Here's a shorter version of the app that works like that with all the redundant stuff removed:
package bookapp
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-rest")
#Grab("h2")
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
import javax.persistence.*
#Configuration
class App {}
#RepositoryRestResource(path = "authors")
interface AuthorRepository extends CrudRepository<Author, Long> {}
#Entity
class Author {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id
String firstname
String lastname
}

Answer 2

As suggested by Dave I tried to add the #Import statement to a class "App". The code now looks like this.
package ch.bfh.swos.bookapp
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-jpa")
#Grab("spring-boot-starter-data-rest")
#Grab("h2")
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.config.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration
import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.EnableJpaRepositories
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Import
import org.springframework.data.rest.core.annotation.RepositoryRestResource
import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
import javax.persistence.*
#Configuration
#EnableJpaRepositories
#Import(RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration.class)
#EnableAutoConfiguration
class App {}
#RepositoryRestResource(path = "authors")
interface AuthorRepository extends CrudRepository<Author, Long> {}
#Entity
class Author {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
private Long id
private String firstname
private String lastname
}
Unfortunately this doesn't work too. The Spring Data Rest seems to get initialized correctly but the RepositoryRestResource is just ignored. Calling localhost:8080 just shows { }.
Any further suggestions?
Here the output of the Spring Boot log:
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2014-09-03 10:24:09.261 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] ationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext : Refreshing org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.AnnotationConfigEmbeddedWebApplicationContext#62149bcb: startup date [Wed Sep 03 10:24:09 CEST 2014]; root of context hierarchy
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2014-09-03 10:24:10.502 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.b.f.s.DefaultListableBeanFactory : Overriding bean definition for bean 'jpaMapppingContext': replacing [Root bean: class [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.JpaRepositoryConfigExtension$JpaMetamodelMappingContextFactoryBean]; scope=; abstract=false; lazyInit=false; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=true; primary=false; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=null] with [Root bean: class [org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.config.JpaRepositoryConfigExtension$JpaMetamodelMappingContextFactoryBean]; scope=; abstract=false; lazyInit=false; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; autowireCandidate=true; primary=false; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyMethodName=null]
2014-09-03 10:24:11.293 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.annotation.ProxyTransactionManagementConfiguration$$EnhancerBySpringCGLIB$$3e485a8b] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2014-09-03 10:24:11.331 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'transactionAttributeSource' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.annotation.AnnotationTransactionAttributeSource] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2014-09-03 10:24:11.346 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'transactionInterceptor' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.TransactionInterceptor] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2014-09-03 10:24:11.359 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] trationDelegate$BeanPostProcessorChecker : Bean 'org.springframework.transaction.config.internalTransactionAdvisor' of type [class org.springframework.transaction.interceptor.BeanFactoryTransactionAttributeSourceAdvisor] is not eligible for getting processed by all BeanPostProcessors (for example: not eligible for auto-proxying)
2014-09-03 10:24:11.879 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] .t.TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory : Server initialized with port: 8080
2014-09-03 10:24:12.045 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.apache.catalina.core.StandardService : Starting service Tomcat
2014-09-03 10:24:12.049 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine : Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.54
2014-09-03 10:24:12.212 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappLoader : Unknown loader org.springframework.boot.cli.compiler.ExtendedGroovyClassLoader$DefaultScopeParentClassLoader#19d59bb2 class org.springframework.boot.cli.compiler.ExtendedGroovyClassLoader$DefaultScopeParentClassLoader
2014-09-03 10:24:12.222 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring embedded WebApplicationContext
2014-09-03 10:24:12.223 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.web.context.ContextLoader : Root WebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 2965 ms
2014-09-03 10:24:14.121 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] j.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean : Building JPA container EntityManagerFactory for persistence unit 'default'
2014-09-03 10:24:14.133 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.hibernate.jpa.internal.util.LogHelper : HHH000204: Processing PersistenceUnitInfo [
name: default
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2014-09-03 10:24:14.233 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.Version : HHH000412: Hibernate Core {4.3.5.Final}
2014-09-03 10:24:14.237 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.cfg.Environment : HHH000206: hibernate.properties not found
2014-09-03 10:24:14.239 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.cfg.Environment : HHH000021: Bytecode provider name : javassist
2014-09-03 10:24:14.455 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.hibernate.annotations.common.Version : HCANN000001: Hibernate Commons Annotations {4.0.4.Final}
2014-09-03 10:24:14.546 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.dialect.Dialect : HHH000400: Using dialect: org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
2014-09-03 10:24:14.640 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.h.h.i.ast.ASTQueryTranslatorFactory : HHH000397: Using ASTQueryTranslatorFactory
2014-09-03 10:24:14.826 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaExport : HHH000227: Running hbm2ddl schema export
2014-09-03 10:24:14.835 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] org.hibernate.tool.hbm2ddl.SchemaExport : HHH000230: Schema export complete
2014-09-03 10:24:15.437 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.c.e.ServletRegistrationBean : Mapping servlet: 'dispatcherServlet' to [/]
2014-09-03 10:24:15.440 INFO 6264 --- [ost-startStop-1] o.s.b.c.embedded.FilterRegistrationBean : Mapping filter: 'hiddenHttpMethodFilter' to: [/*]
2014-09-03 10:24:15.943 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.followPropertyReference(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.944 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}/{propertyId}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.followPropertyReference(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.947 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}],methods=[DELETE],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<? extends org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.deletePropertyReference(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.950 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[application/x-spring-data-compact+json || text/uri-list],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.followPropertyReferenceCompact(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.953 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}],methods=[PATCH || PUT],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[application/json || application/x-spring-data-compact+json || text/uri-list],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<? extends org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.createPropertyReference(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.http.HttpMethod,org.springframework.hateoas.Resources<java.lang.Object>,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.954 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}/{property}/{propertyId}],methods=[DELETE],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryPropertyReferenceController.deletePropertyReferenceId(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,java.lang.String,java.lang.String) throws java.lang.Exception
2014-09-03 10:24:15.957 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/schema],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[application/schema+json],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.HttpEntity<org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.json.JsonSchema> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySchemaController.schema(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation)
2014-09-03 10:24:15.960 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}],methods=[HEAD],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.headCollectionResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.960 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.hateoas.Resources<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.getCollectionResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable,org.springframework.data.domain.Sort,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException,org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.961 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[application/x-spring-data-compact+json || text/uri-list],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.hateoas.Resources<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.getCollectionResourceCompact(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable,org.springframework.data.domain.Sort,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException,org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.961 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}],methods=[POST],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.postCollectionResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResource<?>,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.962 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}],methods=[PATCH],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.patchItemResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResource<java.lang.Object>,java.io.Serializable,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.962 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}],methods=[DELETE],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.deleteItemResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable) throws org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException,org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.963 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}],methods=[HEAD],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.headItemResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.966 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<org.springframework.hateoas.Resource<?>> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.getItemResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.io.Serializable,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.966 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/{id}],methods=[PUT],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<? extends org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryEntityController.putItemResource(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResource<java.lang.Object>,java.io.Serializable,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler) throws org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException
2014-09-03 10:24:15.968 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryLinksResource org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositoryController.listRepositories()
2014-09-03 10:24:15.970 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/search/{search}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[application/x-spring-data-compact+json],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySearchController.executeSearchCompact(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest,java.lang.String,java.lang.String,org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler)
2014-09-03 10:24:15.970 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/search],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySearchController.listSearches(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation)
2014-09-03 10:24:15.970 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/search/{search}],methods=[GET],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<java.lang.Object> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySearchController.executeSearch(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest,java.lang.String,org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable,org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.PersistentEntityResourceAssembler)
2014-09-03 10:24:15.971 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/search],methods=[HEAD],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.HttpEntity<?> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySearchController.headForSearches(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation)
2014-09-03 10:24:15.971 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.d.r.w.RepositoryRestHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/{repository}/search/{search}],methods=[HEAD],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<java.lang.Object> org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RepositorySearchController.headForSearch(org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.RootResourceInformation,java.lang.String)
2014-09-03 10:24:16.214 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/**/favicon.ico] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2014-09-03 10:24:16.281 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error],methods=[],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity<java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Object>> org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.BasicErrorController.error(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
2014-09-03 10:24:16.281 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Mapped "{[/error],methods=[],params=[],headers=[],consumes=[],produces=[text/html],custom=[]}" onto public org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.BasicErrorController.errorHtml(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
2014-09-03 10:24:16.300 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/webjars/**] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
2014-09-03 10:24:16.300 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapped URL path [/**] onto handler of type [class org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.ResourceHttpRequestHandler]
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2014-09-03 10:24:16.661 INFO 6264 --- [ runner-0] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Started application in 7.952 seconds (JVM running for 10.109)
2014-09-03 10:24:27.951 INFO 6264 --- [nio-8080-exec-1] o.a.c.c.C.[Tomcat].[localhost].[/] : Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet 'dispatcherServlet'
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Answer 3

Although I am late but please check if below helps you.
I have one working example and blog that uses RepositoryRestResource and EntityLinks. Please check if this helps you. On the blog you will find GitHub link too.
http://sv-technical.blogspot.com/2015/11/spring-boot-and-repositoryrestresource.html