Demo app..

initial/src/main/java/hello/Application.java

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+package hello;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Arvydas on 3/16/15.
+ */
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class Application {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
+
+    }
+
+}

initial/src/main/java/hello/Greeting.java

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+package hello;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Arvydas on 3/16/15.
+ */
+public class Greeting extends ResourceSupport {
+
+    private final String content;
+
+    @JsonCreator
+    public Greeting(@JsonProperty("content") String content) {
+        this.content = content;
+    }
+
+    public String getContent() {
+        return content;
+    }
+}

initial/src/main/java/hello/GreetingController.java

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+package hello;
+
+import org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Arvydas on 3/16/15.
+ */
+@Controller
+public class GreetingController {
+
+    public static final String TEMPLATE = "Hello, %s";
+
+    @RequestMapping("/greeting")
+    public HttpEntity<Greeting> greeting(
+            @RequestParam(value="name", required = false, defaultValue = "World") String name
+    ){
+        Greeting greeting = new Greeting(String.format(TEMPLATE, name));
+        greeting.add(ControllerLinkBuilder.linkTo(ControllerLinkBuilder.methodOn(GreetingController.class).greeting(name)).withSelfRel());
+        return new ResponseEntity<Greeting>(greeting, HttpStatus.OK);
+    }
+
+}