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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.link.relation;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+
+import org.atteo.evo.inflector.English;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.RestResourceController;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.link.HalLinkFactory;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.ItemRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.hateoas.RelationshipResource;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * This class adds links to {@link org.dspace.app.rest.model.hateoas.RelationshipResource}s
+ * This builds a link to both items included in the relationship
+ */
+@Component
+public class RelationshipHalLinkFactory extends HalLinkFactory<RelationshipResource, RestResourceController> {
+    @Override
+    protected void addLinks(RelationshipResource halResource, Pageable pageable, LinkedList<Link> list)
+        throws Exception {
+
+        list.add(buildLink("leftItem", getMethodOn()
+            .findOne(ItemRest.CATEGORY, English.plural(ItemRest.NAME), halResource.getContent().getLeftId(), null)));
+
+        list.add(buildLink("rightItem", getMethodOn()
+            .findOne(ItemRest.CATEGORY, English.plural(ItemRest.NAME), halResource.getContent().getRightId(), null)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<RestResourceController> getControllerClass() {
+        return RestResourceController.class;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<RelationshipResource> getResourceClass() {
+        return RelationshipResource.class;
+    }
+}