diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/pom.xml b/spring-rest-docs/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.example</groupId>
+    <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
+    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <name>spring-rest-docs</name>
+    <description>Demo project for Spring Boot</description>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
+    </parent>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <java.version>1.8</java.version>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-hateoas</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.restdocs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-restdocs-mockmvc</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/IndexController.java b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/IndexController.java
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+++ b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/IndexController.java
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+package com.example;
+
+
+import org.springframework.hateoas.ResourceSupport;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+import static org.springframework.hateoas.mvc.ControllerLinkBuilder.linkTo;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/api")
+public class IndexController {
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    public ResourceSupport index() {
+        ResourceSupport index = new ResourceSupport();
+        index.add(linkTo(MyRestController.class).withRel("notes"));
+        index.add(linkTo(MyRestController.class).withRel("tags"));
+        return index;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/MyRestController.java b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/MyRestController.java
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+package com.example;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
+
+@RestController
+@RequestMapping("/rest/api")
+public class MyRestController {
+
+    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
+    public String index() {
+        return "Hello";
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/SpringRestDocsApplication.java b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/SpringRestDocsApplication.java
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+++ b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/java/com/example/SpringRestDocsApplication.java
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+package com.example;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class SpringRestDocsApplication {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        SpringApplication.run(SpringRestDocsApplication.class, args);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/src/main/resources/application.properties b/spring-rest-docs/src/main/resources/application.properties
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diff --git a/spring-rest-docs/src/test/java/com/example/ApiDocumentation.java b/spring-rest-docs/src/test/java/com/example/ApiDocumentation.java
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+package com.example;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.restdocs.RestDocumentation;
+import org.springframework.restdocs.mockmvc.RestDocumentationResultHandler;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
+import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.hypermedia.HypermediaDocumentation.linkWithRel;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.hypermedia.HypermediaDocumentation.links;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.mockmvc.MockMvcRestDocumentation.document;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.mockmvc.MockMvcRestDocumentation.documentationConfiguration;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.mockmvc.RestDocumentationRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.operation.preprocess.Preprocessors.*;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.fieldWithPath;
+import static org.springframework.restdocs.payload.PayloadDocumentation.responseFields;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SpringRestDocsApplication.class)
+@WebAppConfiguration
+public class ApiDocumentation {
+
+    @Rule
+    public final RestDocumentation restDocumentation = new RestDocumentation("target/generated-snippets");
+
+    @Autowired
+    private WebApplicationContext context;
+
+    private RestDocumentationResultHandler document;
+
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        this.document = document("{method-name}", preprocessRequest(prettyPrint()), preprocessResponse(prettyPrint()));
+
+        this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(this.context)
+                .apply(documentationConfiguration(this.restDocumentation))
+                .alwaysDo(this.document).build();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void indexExample() throws Exception {
+        this.document.snippets(
+                links(
+                    linkWithRel("notes").description("The <<Simple description about the REST Service >>"),
+                    linkWithRel("tags").description("The <<resources-tags,Tags resource>>")
+                ),
+                responseFields(fieldWithPath("_links").description("<<resources-index-links,Links>> to other resources")));
+
+        this.mockMvc.perform(get("/api")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void contextLoads() {
+    }
+}
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