Given the JPA-RS example here, i added a new property for the address to the Student class:
@Embedded
@XmlPath(".")
private Address address;
The Address class:
@XmlRootElement
@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@Embeddable
public class Address implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
private String streetName;
private int streetNumber;
private int zipCode;
private String city;
// constructor, getters, etc.
}
When accessing the metadata URL http://host:port/context-root/persistence/persistence-unit/metadata/entity/Student, it describes the model without embedding the attributes of the newly added property:
{
"name": "Student",
"attributes": [
{
"name": "id",
"type": "Long"
},
{
"name": "name",
"type": "String"
},
{
"name": "address",
"type": "Address"
},
{
"name": "courses",
"type": "List<Course>"
}
],
But it does work as intended when sending an object like this, also it returns the object in this form using GET:
{
"name": "John",
"streetName": "Rue Doe",
"streetNumber": 123,
"zipCode": 45678,
"city": "Samplesten"
}
My question: Is this an intended behaviour? Let's say i want to use the metadata api to give users knowledge about the general model they have to use. The currect design is extremly misleading. Same applies for renaming an attribute.
