verify return structure of empty repos

dspace-spring-rest/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/EmptyRestRepositoryIT.java

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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;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+import org.dspace.app.rest.test.AbstractControllerIntegrationTest;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class EmptyRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void findAllTest() throws Exception {
+        //Test retrieval of all communities while none exist
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/communities"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.page.totalElements", is(0)));
+
+        //Test retrieval of all collections while none exist
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/collections"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.page.totalElements", is(0)));
+
+        //Test retrieval of all items while none exist
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/items"))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.page.totalElements", is(0)));
+
+        //Test retrieval of all bitstreams while none exist
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/bitstreams"))
+        .   andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.page.totalElements", is(0)));
+    }
+}