#398 - Remove unnecessary URI conversion in ControllerLinkBuilderFactory.

ControllerLinkBuilderFactory now forwards the source UriComponents to the ControllerLinkBuilder instead of turning it into a URI and a UriComponentsBuilder in turn.

Original pull request: #422.

src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/core/LinkBuilderSupport.java

@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@ public abstract class LinkBuilderSupport<T extends LinkBuilder> implements LinkB
 		this.uriComponents = builder.build();
 	}
 
+	public LinkBuilderSupport(UriComponents uriComponents) {
+		Assert.notNull(uriComponents);
+		this.uriComponents = uriComponents;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.hateoas.LinkBuilder#slash(java.lang.Object)

src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilder.java

@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@ public class ControllerLinkBuilder extends LinkBuilderSupport<ControllerLinkBuil
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ControllerLinkBuilder} using the given {@link UriComponents}.
+	 *
+	 * @param uriComponents must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	ControllerLinkBuilder(UriComponents uriComponents) {
+		super(uriComponents);
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link ControllerLinkBuilder} with a base of the mapping annotated to the given controller class.
 	 * 
 	 * @param controller the class to discover the annotation on, must not be {@literal null}.

src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/mvc/ControllerLinkBuilderFactory.java

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class ControllerLinkBuilderFactory implements MethodLinkBuilderFactory<Co
 		}
 
 		UriComponents components = applyUriComponentsContributer(builder, invocation).buildAndExpand(values);
-		return new ControllerLinkBuilder(UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(components.toUriString()));
+		return new ControllerLinkBuilder(components);
 	}
 
 	/*