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@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+Index: src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/ConferenceController.kt
+===================================================================
+--- src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/ConferenceController.kt	(revision 36af50fb7863291098fd45cbd950a80778b8e672)
++++ src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/ConferenceController.kt	(revision 36af50fb7863291098fd45cbd950a80778b8e672)
+@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
+-package de.andi95.crudservicespringdata
+-
+-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.created
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.noContent
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.notFound
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity.ok
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.DeleteMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PutMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
+-import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.ServletUriComponentsBuilder
+-
+-@RestController
+-@RequestMapping("/conferences")
+-class ConferenceController(@Autowired val conferenceRepository: ConferenceRepository) {
+-
+-    @PostMapping
+-    fun `create new element`(@RequestBody conference: Conference) :ResponseEntity<Conference> {
+-        val savedConference = conferenceRepository.save(conference)
+-        val uri = ServletUriComponentsBuilder.fromCurrentRequest()
+-                .path("/{id}")
+-                .buildAndExpand(savedConference.id)
+-                .toUri()
+-        return created(uri).body(savedConference)
+-    }
+-
+-    @GetMapping("/{id}")
+-    fun `read single element`(@PathVariable id: String) :ResponseEntity<Conference> {
+-        val conference = conferenceRepository.findById(id)
+-        return if (conference.isPresent) {
+-            ok(conference.get())
+-        } else notFound().build()
+-    }
+-
+-    @PutMapping("/{id}")
+-    fun `update single element`(@PathVariable id: String, @RequestBody conference: Conference) :ResponseEntity<Conference> {
+-        val oldConference = conferenceRepository.findById(id)
+-        val savedConference = conferenceRepository.save(conference)
+-        return if (oldConference.isPresent) {
+-            ok(savedConference)
+-        } else {
+-            val uri = ServletUriComponentsBuilder.fromCurrentRequest()
+-                    .path("/{id}")
+-                    .buildAndExpand(savedConference.id)
+-                    .toUri()
+-            created(uri).body(savedConference)
+-        }
+-    }
+-
+-    @DeleteMapping("/{id}")
+-    fun `delete single element`(@PathVariable id: String) :ResponseEntity<HttpStatus> {
+-        val conference = conferenceRepository.findById(id)
+-        return if (conference.isPresent) {
+-            noContent().build()
+-        } else notFound().build()
+-
+-    }
+-
+-}
+\ No newline at end of file
+Index: src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/Controller.kt
+===================================================================
+--- src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/Controller.kt	(revision 36af50fb7863291098fd45cbd950a80778b8e672)
++++ src/main/kotlin/de/andi95/crudservicespringdata/Controller.kt	(revision 36af50fb7863291098fd45cbd950a80778b8e672)
+@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
+-package de.andi95.crudservicespringdata
+-
+-import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping
+-import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController
+-
+-@RestController
+-class Controller {
+-
+-    @GetMapping("/")
+-    fun `return hello world`(): ResponseEntity<String> {
+-        return ResponseEntity.ok("Hello World!")
+-    }
+-}
+\ No newline at end of file
+Index: pom.xml
+IDEA additional info:
+Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
+<+>UTF-8
+===================================================================
+--- pom.xml	(revision 36af50fb7863291098fd45cbd950a80778b8e672)
++++ pom.xml	(date 1555583271000)
+@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@
+     <dependencies>
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
++            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-rest</artifactId>
++        </dependency>
++        <dependency>
++            <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
++            <artifactId>spring-data-rest-hal-browser</artifactId>
+         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.module</groupId>