DATAREST-222 - Path now quotes reference before matching.

We now actively quote the String reference to match a path against as it most likely is not a regular expression.
DATAREST-31 - Search links are now rendered as link templates.

MethodResourceMapping now exposes the parameters a query method expects. The RepositorySearchController the uses these to append the 

Upgraded to Spring Data Commons 1.7.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.
DATAREST-31 - Adapted to latest changes in Spring HATEOAS.
DATAREST-224 - Introduce Maven POMs.

Adapted JpaWebTests to compile on Java6. Fixed some broken test case in Neo4jWebTests.
DATAREST-226 - Upgraded to Spring Data Neo4j 3.0 snapshots.
DATAREST-224 - Removed Gradle build files.
DATAREST-229 - RepositoryEntityLinks now exposes templated links.

If the resource exposed for a domain or repository type is considered a paging resource we now return a templated URI. Introduced ResourceMapping.isPagingResource() to allow clients to find out about whether the resource is actually capable of pagination. Adapted implementations to inspect the findAll(…) method as well as the search methods for a Pageable parameter.

Tweaked pom.xml to create correct classpaths if the IDE uses direct workspace project references.
DATAREST-31 - Improved link rendering for search resources.

If the search resource is capable of paging we now augment the link with pagination template variables.
DATAREST-233 - Introduced @RepositoryRestResource.

@RepositoryRestResource exposes more detailed attributes tailored to the use case of exposing a repository. @RestResource is still recognized on repository interfaces but we now issue a warning and indicate the new annotation to be used.

Introduced a minimal ResourceDescription interface and let @Description be used within @RestResource and @RepositoryRestResource. We now generate default resource bundle keys and resolve them against a "rest-messages" resource bundle by default. JsonSchema converter now uses the rendered descriptions for schema descriptions.
DATAREST-219 - Make editing collection-based properties more efficient

This PR is inspired by #86, but had to be written from scratch because it was over 10 months old when this was undertaken. It was unmergeable.

Essentially, by casting existing collections and then iterating over them and making adjustments should render more efficient back end database operations. Only for a PUT should a new collection be created.

This PR not only updates these operations, but provides test cases to back up these edits, i.e. a test case for POSTing to a collection, PUTing to a collection, and DELETE-ing from a collection.

Adds ability to return an empty response with only the Location header populated by looking at the property update's incoming URL.

Original pull request: #128, #86.
DATAREST-219 - Polishing.

Generally polished implementation and test cases for Greg's contribution.
Re-ordered parameters in ControllerUtils' helper methods for consistency.
Use Spring's CollectionFactory to create a suitable collection for the handled properties in the first place to avoid unnecessary conversion later on.

Removed duplication in test cases. Polished JavaDoc in UriListHttpMessageConverter and moved to a Scanner based implementation to read the request body. 

Adapted to latest changes in Spring HATEOAS. Reactivated ResourceStringUtilsTests.

Related pull requests: #128, #86.
DATAREST-95: Add support for PATCH'ing entities

Using @ArloL's solution, wrote a more up-to-date version
of PATCH. Included a test case to create a Person then patch one attribute.