public SampleOidEntity read(Request request, Response response) { String id = request.getHeader(Constants.Url.SAMPLE_ID, "No resource ID supplied"); SampleOidEntity entity = service.read(Identifiers.MONGOID.parse(id)); // enrich the resource with links, etc. here... HyperExpress.bind(Constants.Url.SAMPLE_ID, Identifiers.MONGOID.format(entity.getId())); return entity; }