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Link Resolver

When working with field types such as Link or Rich Text, the prismic.io Java kit will need to generate links to documents within your website.

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Since routing is specific to your site, you will need to define your Link Resolver and provide it to some of the methods used on the fields.

Adding the Link Resolver

If you are incorporating prismic.io into your existing Java project or using one of the Java starter projects, you will need to create a Link Resolver.

Here is an example that shows how to add a simple Link Resolver in your controller.

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public static LinkResolver linkResolver = new LinkResolver(){
  public String resolve(Fragment.DocumentLink link) {

    // Get the link type
    String type = link.getType();

    // URL for the category type
    if (type.equals("category")) {
      return "/category/" + link.getUid();
    }

    // URL for the product type
    if (type.equals("product")) {
      return "/product/" + link.getId();
    }

    // Default case for all other types
    return "/";
  }
};

A Link Resolver is provided in the Java Spring MVC starter project, but you may need to adapt it or write your own depending on how you've built your website app.

Accessible attributes

When creating your link resolver function, you will have access to certain attributes of the linked document.

link.getId()

string

The document id

link.getUid()

string

The user-friendly unique id

link.getType()

string

The custom type of the document

link.getTags()

array

Array of the document tags

link.getLang()

string

The language code of the document

link.isBroken()

boolean

Boolean that states if the link is broken or not

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