#1424 - More syntactic sugar for MvcLink.

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

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import static org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.MvcUriCompon
 
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
+import org.springframework.hateoas.IanaLinkRelations;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.Link;
 import org.springframework.hateoas.LinkRelation;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -31,12 +32,36 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.MvcUriComponentsBui
  */
 public class MvcLink {
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Link} from the given {@link MvcUriComponentsBuilder} invocation defaulting to the
+	 * {@link IanaLinkRelations#SELF} link relation.
+	 *
+	 * @param invocation must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	public static Link of(Object invocation) {
+		return of(invocation, IanaLinkRelations.SELF);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Link} from the given lazy {@link MvcUriComponentsBuilder} invocation defaulting to the
+	 * {@link IanaLinkRelations#SELF} link relation.
+	 *
+	 * @param invocation must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	public static Link of(Supplier<Object> invocation) {
+		return of(invocation, IanaLinkRelations.SELF);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Link} from the given {@link MvcUriComponentsBuilder} invocation.
 	 *
 	 * @param invocation must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param relation must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public static Link of(Object invocation, LinkRelation relation) {
 
@@ -51,7 +76,7 @@ public class MvcLink {
 	 *
 	 * @param invocation must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param relation must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public static Link of(Supplier<Object> invocation, LinkRelation relation) {
 
@@ -60,4 +85,18 @@ public class MvcLink {
 
 		return Link.of(fromMethodCall(invocation.get()).toUriString(), relation);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Syntactic sugar for {@link MvcUriComponentsBuilder#on(Class)} to avoid the additional static import.
+	 *
+	 * @param controller must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	public static <T> T on(Class<T> controller) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(controller, "Controller must not be null!");
+
+		return MvcUriComponentsBuilder.on(controller);
+	}
 }