Why does RestTemplate not bind response representation to PagedResources?
As you've discovered correctly, PagedResources does not have an _embedded property, that's why you don't get the content property populated.
This dilemma can be solved in two different ways:
Providing a type that matches the representation in the first place. Thus, craft a custom class and either stick to the property names of the representation or customize it using Jackson annotations etc.
Set up a custom
MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterand customize theObjectMapperto get theJackson2HalModuleconfigured that Spring HATEOAS ships out of the box.ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);mapper.registerModule(new Jackson2HalModule());MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter converter = new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter();converter.setSupportedMediaTypes(MediaType.parseMediaTypes("application/hal+json"));converter.setObjectMapper(mapper);RestTemplate template = new RestTemplate(Collections.<HttpMessageConverter<?>> singletonList(converter));