Replace Spring Data REST HAL Browser with HAL Browser from WebJars

dspace-server-webapp/README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,10 @@ The only tested way right now is to run this webapp inside your IDE (Eclipse). J
 > dspace.dir = d:/install/dspace7
 
 ## HAL Browser
-The modified version of the HAL Browser from the Spring Data REST project is included, the index.html file is overriden locally to support the /api baseURL (see [DATAREST-971](https://jira.spring.io/browse/DATAREST-971))
+
+The modified version of the HAL Browser from https://github.com/mikekelly/hal-browser
+
+We've updated/customized the HAL Browser to integrate better with our authentication system, provide CSRF support, and use a more recent version of its dependencies.
 
 ## Packages and main classes
 *[org.dspace.app.rest.Application](src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/Application.java)* is the spring boot main class it initializes

dspace-server-webapp/pom.xml

@@ -238,24 +238,7 @@
 
     <dependencies>
 
-        <!-- These next two dependencies build a WAR that is BOTH executable
-             AND deployable into an external container (Tomcat).
-             See: http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/htmlsingle/#build-tool-plugins-maven-packaging -->
-        <!-- NOTE: For rapid development (if you don't need Solr or other webapps),
-             you can temporarily comment these out, and switch <packaging> to "jar".
-             This lets you develop in a standalone, runnable JAR application. -->
-        <!--<dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
-        </dependency>-->
-        <!-- Ensure embedded servlet container doesn't interfere when this
-             WAR is deployed to an external Tomcat (i.e. provided). -->
-        <!--<dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>-->
-
+        <!-- Spring Boot dependencies -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
@@ -293,17 +276,15 @@
             <version>0.4.6</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <!-- The HAL Browser -->
+        <!-- HAL Browser (via WebJars) : https://github.com/mikekelly/hal-browser -->
+        <!-- This is primarily used to pull in the HAL Browser core Javascript code ('js' folder), as we've overridden
+             many dependencies below and the HTML pages in src/main/webapp/ -->
+        <!-- NOTE: Eventually this should be replaced by the HAL Explorer included in Spring Data REST,
+             see https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/3017 -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-data-rest-hal-browser</artifactId>
-            <version>${spring-hal-browser.version}</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>spring-data-rest-webmvc</artifactId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
+            <groupId>org.webjars</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hal-browser</artifactId>
+            <version>ad9b865</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- WebJars dependencies used to update/enhance the default HAL Browser -->

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/Application.java

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.CorsRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ResourceHandlerRegistry;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.ViewControllerRegistry;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurer;
 
 /**
@@ -192,13 +193,31 @@ public class Application extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
                 }
             }
 
+            /**
+             * Add a ViewController for the root path, to load HAL Browser
+             * @param registry ViewControllerRegistry
+             */
+            @Override
+            public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
+                // Ensure accessing the root path will load the index.html of the HAL Browser
+                registry.addViewController("/").setViewName("forward:/index.html");
+            }
+
             /**
              * Add a new ResourceHandler to allow us to use WebJars.org to pull in web dependencies
-             * dynamically for HAL Browser, and access them off the /webjars path.
+             * dynamically for HAL Browser, etc.
              * @param registry ResourceHandlerRegistry
              */
             @Override
             public void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) {
+                // First, "mount" the Hal Browser resources at the /browser path
+                // NOTE: the hal-browser directory uses the version of the Hal browser, so this needs to be synced
+                // with the org.webjars.hal-browser version in the POM
+                registry
+                    .addResourceHandler("/browser/**")
+                    .addResourceLocations("/webjars/hal-browser/ad9b865/");
+
+                // Make all other Webjars available off the /webjars path
                 registry
                     .addResourceHandler("/webjars/**")
                     .addResourceLocations("/webjars/");

pom.xml

@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
         <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
 
         <!--=== SERVER WEBAPP DEPENDENCIES ===-->
-        <!-- Spring Data REST HAL Browser (used by Server webapp) -->
-        <spring-hal-browser.version>3.3.9.RELEASE</spring-hal-browser.version>
         <!-- Library for reading JSON documents: https://github.com/json-path/JsonPath (used by Server webapp) -->
         <json-path.version>2.6.0</json-path.version>
         <!-- Library for managing JSON Web Tokens (JWT): https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/wiki/Home
@@ -1753,12 +1751,13 @@
                 <version>1.2.5</version>
             </dependency>
 
+            <!-- json-path is needed by Spring HATEOAS -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-path</artifactId>
                 <version>${json-path.version}</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- json-path-assert is just needed by tests -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.jayway.jsonpath</groupId>
                 <artifactId>json-path-assert</artifactId>