#1379 - Test cases to show that what's described is generally working.

src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker.java

@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker {
 		 * @param target that target {@link ResolvableType}.
 		 * @return
 		 */
-
 		static boolean isValueTypeMatch(@Nullable CollectionModel<?> collectionModel, ResolvableType target) {
 
 			if (collectionModel == null) {

src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/server/mvc/RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests.java

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.hateoas.server.mvc;
 
+import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.CollectionModel;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.EntityModel;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.RepresentationModel;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.server.RepresentationModelProcessor;
 
@@ -35,12 +35,25 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 	void doesNotInvokeGenericProcessorForCollectionModel() {
 
 		RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker invoker = new RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker(
-				Collections.singletonList(new GenericPostProcessor<>()));
+				singletonList(new GenericPostProcessor<>()));
 
 		assertThatCode(() -> invoker.invokeProcessorsFor(CollectionModel.empty())) //
 				.doesNotThrowAnyException();
 	}
 
+	@Test // #1379
+	void doesNotInvokeProcessorForNonAssignableNestedEntity() {
+
+		FirstEntityProcessor processor = new FirstEntityProcessor();
+		RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker invoker = new RepresentationModelProcessorInvoker(
+				singletonList(processor));
+
+		EntityModel<SecondEntity> entityModel = EntityModel.of(new SecondEntity());
+		invoker.invokeProcessorsFor(CollectionModel.of(singleton(entityModel)));
+
+		assertThat(processor.invoked).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	// #1280
 
 	static class GenericPostProcessor<T extends GenericModel<T>> implements RepresentationModelProcessor<T> {
@@ -52,4 +65,21 @@ public class RepresentationModelProcessorInvokerUnitTests {
 	}
 
 	static class GenericModel<T extends RepresentationModel<T>> extends RepresentationModel<T> {}
+
+	static class FirstEntity {}
+
+	static class SecondEntity {};
+
+	static class FirstEntityProcessor implements RepresentationModelProcessor<CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>>> {
+
+		boolean invoked = false;
+
+		@Override
+		public CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>> process(CollectionModel<EntityModel<FirstEntity>> model) {
+
+			invoked = true;
+
+			return model;
+		}
+	}
 }