Accepting a Spring Data REST URI in custom controller

Question

I have a Spring Data Rest webmvc application that I\'d like to add some custom functionality to for batch operations.

I\'ve created a controller, and blended it into the

Answer 1

As it turns out, I was on the right track with adding a converter, unfortunately I was doing it in the wrong configuration method.

I was able to get the desired functionality by moving my testConverter() bean to the RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration extension config class and then adding

@Override
public void configureConversionService(ConfigurableConversionService service) {
    service.addConverter(testConverter());
}

And working as intended. I feel a bit silly now for throwing that in the wrong spot in the first place, but hopefully this will help someone else out!