How do I get Spring's Data Rest Repository to retrieve data by its name instead of its id












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I am using Spring Data's Rest Repositories from spring-boot-starter-data-rest, with Couchbase being used as the underlining DBMS.



My Pojo for the object is setup as so.



@Document
public class Item{

@Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = UNIQUE)
private String id;

@NotNull
private String name;

//other items and getters and setters here
}


And say the Item has an id of "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx" and name of "testItem".
Problem is, that when I want to access the item, I need to be accessible by /items/testItem, but instead it is accessible by /items/xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.



How do I get use its name instead of its generated id, to get the data.










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    I am using Spring Data's Rest Repositories from spring-boot-starter-data-rest, with Couchbase being used as the underlining DBMS.



    My Pojo for the object is setup as so.



    @Document
    public class Item{

    @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = UNIQUE)
    private String id;

    @NotNull
    private String name;

    //other items and getters and setters here
    }


    And say the Item has an id of "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx" and name of "testItem".
    Problem is, that when I want to access the item, I need to be accessible by /items/testItem, but instead it is accessible by /items/xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.



    How do I get use its name instead of its generated id, to get the data.










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      I am using Spring Data's Rest Repositories from spring-boot-starter-data-rest, with Couchbase being used as the underlining DBMS.



      My Pojo for the object is setup as so.



      @Document
      public class Item{

      @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = UNIQUE)
      private String id;

      @NotNull
      private String name;

      //other items and getters and setters here
      }


      And say the Item has an id of "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx" and name of "testItem".
      Problem is, that when I want to access the item, I need to be accessible by /items/testItem, but instead it is accessible by /items/xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.



      How do I get use its name instead of its generated id, to get the data.










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      I am using Spring Data's Rest Repositories from spring-boot-starter-data-rest, with Couchbase being used as the underlining DBMS.



      My Pojo for the object is setup as so.



      @Document
      public class Item{

      @Id @GeneratedValue(strategy = UNIQUE)
      private String id;

      @NotNull
      private String name;

      //other items and getters and setters here
      }


      And say the Item has an id of "xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx" and name of "testItem".
      Problem is, that when I want to access the item, I need to be accessible by /items/testItem, but instead it is accessible by /items/xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.



      How do I get use its name instead of its generated id, to get the data.







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          I found out the answer to my own question.



          I just need to override the config for the EntityLookup.



          @Component
          public class SpringDataRestCustomization extends RepositoryRestConfigurerAdapter {

          @Override
          public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

          config.withEntityLookup().forRepository(UserRepository.class).
          withIdMapping(User::getUsername).
          withLookup(UserRepository::findByUsername);
          }
          }


          Found the info here, though the method name changed slightly.
          https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/rest/uri-customization






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            If you want query the item by name and want it perform as querying by id,you should make sure the name is unique too.You cant identify a explicit object by name if all objects have a same name,right?



            With jpa you could do it like:



            @NotNull
            @Column(name="name",nullable=false,unique=true)
            private String name;





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            • That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
              – needoriginalname
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            I found out the answer to my own question.



            I just need to override the config for the EntityLookup.



            @Component
            public class SpringDataRestCustomization extends RepositoryRestConfigurerAdapter {

            @Override
            public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

            config.withEntityLookup().forRepository(UserRepository.class).
            withIdMapping(User::getUsername).
            withLookup(UserRepository::findByUsername);
            }
            }


            Found the info here, though the method name changed slightly.
            https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/rest/uri-customization






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              I found out the answer to my own question.



              I just need to override the config for the EntityLookup.



              @Component
              public class SpringDataRestCustomization extends RepositoryRestConfigurerAdapter {

              @Override
              public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

              config.withEntityLookup().forRepository(UserRepository.class).
              withIdMapping(User::getUsername).
              withLookup(UserRepository::findByUsername);
              }
              }


              Found the info here, though the method name changed slightly.
              https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/rest/uri-customization






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                I found out the answer to my own question.



                I just need to override the config for the EntityLookup.



                @Component
                public class SpringDataRestCustomization extends RepositoryRestConfigurerAdapter {

                @Override
                public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

                config.withEntityLookup().forRepository(UserRepository.class).
                withIdMapping(User::getUsername).
                withLookup(UserRepository::findByUsername);
                }
                }


                Found the info here, though the method name changed slightly.
                https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/rest/uri-customization






                share|improve this answer












                I found out the answer to my own question.



                I just need to override the config for the EntityLookup.



                @Component
                public class SpringDataRestCustomization extends RepositoryRestConfigurerAdapter {

                @Override
                public void configureRepositoryRestConfiguration(RepositoryRestConfiguration config) {

                config.withEntityLookup().forRepository(UserRepository.class).
                withIdMapping(User::getUsername).
                withLookup(UserRepository::findByUsername);
                }
                }


                Found the info here, though the method name changed slightly.
                https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-examples/tree/master/rest/uri-customization







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                answered Nov 23 '18 at 4:22









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                    If you want query the item by name and want it perform as querying by id,you should make sure the name is unique too.You cant identify a explicit object by name if all objects have a same name,right?



                    With jpa you could do it like:



                    @NotNull
                    @Column(name="name",nullable=false,unique=true)
                    private String name;





                    share|improve this answer





















                    • That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                      – needoriginalname
                      Nov 23 '18 at 3:44
















                    -1














                    If you want query the item by name and want it perform as querying by id,you should make sure the name is unique too.You cant identify a explicit object by name if all objects have a same name,right?



                    With jpa you could do it like:



                    @NotNull
                    @Column(name="name",nullable=false,unique=true)
                    private String name;





                    share|improve this answer





















                    • That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                      – needoriginalname
                      Nov 23 '18 at 3:44














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                    If you want query the item by name and want it perform as querying by id,you should make sure the name is unique too.You cant identify a explicit object by name if all objects have a same name,right?



                    With jpa you could do it like:



                    @NotNull
                    @Column(name="name",nullable=false,unique=true)
                    private String name;





                    share|improve this answer












                    If you want query the item by name and want it perform as querying by id,you should make sure the name is unique too.You cant identify a explicit object by name if all objects have a same name,right?



                    With jpa you could do it like:



                    @NotNull
                    @Column(name="name",nullable=false,unique=true)
                    private String name;






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                    • That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                      – needoriginalname
                      Nov 23 '18 at 3:44


















                    • That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                      – needoriginalname
                      Nov 23 '18 at 3:44
















                    That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                    – needoriginalname
                    Nov 23 '18 at 3:44




                    That's true, but that doesn't that answer the question. Also, I am using Couchbase database, JPA is not used here.
                    – needoriginalname
                    Nov 23 '18 at 3:44


















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