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package org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc;

import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceProcessor;
import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
import org.springframework.util.Assert;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;

/**
 * A custom {@link ResourceSupport} type to be able to write custom {@link ResourceProcessor}s to add additional links
 * to ones automatically exposed for Spring Data repository query methods.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
public class RepositorySearchesResource extends ResourceSupport {

	private final Class<?> domainType;

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link RepositorySearchesResource} for the given domain type.
	 * 
	 * @param domainType must not be {@literal null}.
	 */
	RepositorySearchesResource(Class<?> domainType) {

		Assert.notNull(domainType, "Domain type must not be null!");
		this.domainType = domainType;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns the domain type for which the resource lists searches.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	@JsonIgnore
	public Class<?> getDomainType() {
		return domainType;
	}
}