Added timestamp to Person for testing Date conversion.

spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/webmvc/spec/QueryMethodsSpec.groovy

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class QueryMethodsSpec extends BaseSpec {
 
     then:
     response.statusCode == HttpStatus.OK
-    body.links.size() == 4
+    body.links.size() == 5
 
   }
 

spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/test/webmvc/Person.java

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.springframework.data.rest.test.webmvc;
 
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import javax.persistence.CascadeType;
@@ -8,6 +10,7 @@ import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.MapKey;
 import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+import javax.persistence.PrePersist;
 import javax.persistence.Version;
 
 import org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonManagedReference;
@@ -28,6 +31,7 @@ public class Person {
   @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.REMOVE)
   @MapKey(name = "type")
   private                     Map<String, Profile> profiles;
+  private                     Date                 created;
 
   public Person() {
   }
@@ -90,4 +94,13 @@ public class Person {
     this.profiles = profiles;
   }
 
+  public Date getCreated() {
+    return created;
+  }
+
+  @PrePersist
+  private void setCreated() {
+    this.created = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
+  }
+
 }

spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/test/webmvc/PersonRepository.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.rest.test.webmvc;
 
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.PagingAndSortingRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Param;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.annotation.ConvertWith;
 import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.annotation.RestResource;
 
 /**
@@ -35,4 +37,8 @@ public interface PersonRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository<Person, Lon
   @Query("select p from Person p where p.id in(:ids)")
   @RestResource(path = "id") Page<Person> findById(@Param("ids") List<Long> ids, Pageable pageable);
 
+  @RestResource(path = "created") List<Person> findByCreatedGreaterThan(
+      @Param("startDate") @ConvertWith(StringToISODateConverter.class) Date startDate
+  );
+
 }

spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/test/webmvc/PersonValidator.java

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
 /**
  * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
  */
-public class PersonValidator
-    implements Validator {
+public class PersonValidator implements Validator {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PersonValidator.class);
 

spring-data-rest-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/test/webmvc/StringToISODateConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.test.webmvc;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ */
+public class StringToISODateConverter implements Converter<String[], Date> {
+  @Override public Date convert(String[] s) {
+    if(s.length == 1) {
+      try {
+        return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS").parse(s[0]);
+      } catch(ParseException e) {
+        throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+      }
+    }
+
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can only parse a single date in the parameter.");
+  }
+}