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-%>
package <%=packageName%>.web.rest.util;

import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.URLEncoder;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
import org.springframework.web.util.UriComponentsBuilder;

/**
 * Utility class for handling pagination.
 *
 * <p>
 * Pagination uses the same principles as the <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/#pagination">Github API</a>,
 * and follow <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5988">RFC 5988 (Link header)</a>.
 */
public final class PaginationUtil {

    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PaginationUtil.class);

    private PaginationUtil() {
    }

    public static HttpHeaders generatePaginationHttpHeaders(Page page, String baseUrl) {

        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
        headers.add("X-Total-Count", Long.toString(page.getTotalElements()));
        String link = "";
        if ((page.getNumber() + 1) < page.getTotalPages()) {
            link = "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, page.getNumber() + 1, page.getSize()) + ">; rel=\"next\",";
        }
        // prev link
        if ((page.getNumber()) > 0) {
            link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, page.getNumber() - 1, page.getSize()) + ">; rel=\"prev\",";
        }
        // last and first link
        int lastPage = 0;
        if (page.getTotalPages() > 0) {
            lastPage = page.getTotalPages() - 1;
        }
        link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, lastPage, page.getSize()) + ">; rel=\"last\",";
        link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, 0, page.getSize()) + ">; rel=\"first\"";
        headers.add(HttpHeaders.LINK, link);
        return headers;
    }

    private static String generateUri(String baseUrl, int page, int size) {
        return UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(baseUrl).queryParam("page", page).queryParam("size", size).toUriString();
    }
    <%_ if (searchEngine === 'elasticsearch') { _%>

    public static HttpHeaders generateSearchPaginationHttpHeaders(String query, Page page, String baseUrl) {
        String escapedQuery = query;
        try {
            escapedQuery = URLEncoder.encode(query, "UTF-8");
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
            log.info("Unsupported encoding exception");
            log.trace("Unsupported encoding exception trace: {}", e);
        }
        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
        headers.add("X-Total-Count", Long.toString(page.getTotalElements()));
        String link = "";
        if ((page.getNumber() + 1) < page.getTotalPages()) {
            link = "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, page.getNumber() + 1, page.getSize()) + "&query=" + escapedQuery + ">; rel=\"next\",";
        }
        // prev link
        if ((page.getNumber()) > 0) {
            link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, page.getNumber() - 1, page.getSize()) + "&query=" + escapedQuery + ">; rel=\"prev\",";
        }
        // last and first link
        int lastPage = 0;
        if (page.getTotalPages() > 0) {
            lastPage = page.getTotalPages() - 1;
        }
        link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, lastPage, page.getSize()) + "&query=" + escapedQuery + ">; rel=\"last\",";
        link += "<" + generateUri(baseUrl, 0, page.getSize()) + "&query=" + escapedQuery + ">; rel=\"first\"";
        headers.add(HttpHeaders.LINK, link);
        return headers;
    }
    <%_ } _%>
}

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