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 * Copyright 2016 SEARCH-The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics
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package org.search.nibrs.stagingdata.controller;

import java.util.List;

import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
import org.search.nibrs.stagingdata.model.Submission;
import org.search.nibrs.stagingdata.repository.SubmissionRepository;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

@RestController
public class SubmissionController {
	@Autowired
	private SubmissionRepository submissionRepository;
	
	@PostMapping("/submissions")
	public Submission saveSubmission(@RequestBody Submission submission){
		/*
		 * To fulfill the relationship mapping. 
		 */
		submission.getViolations()
			.forEach(violation->violation.setSubmission(submission));
		return submissionRepository.save(submission);
	}
	
	@GetMapping(value="/submissions")
	public List<Submission> getAllSubmissions(){
		return submissionRepository.findAll();
	}
	
	@GetMapping(value="/localDateTime")
	public String getLocalDateTime(){
		return LocalDateTime.now().toString();
	}
	
}

Add the controller to be able to save Submission via rest calls.