PUT operation in spring data rest

Question

I have the model Person with relations to Account and School models:

@Entity
public class Person {
     @GeneratedValue
     @Id
     private Long id;

     @OneToOne(cascade = CascadeType.ALL, fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     @RestResource(exported = false)
     private Account account;

     @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     private School school;
}

The idea - is that account should be editable only with user model. For the school in my requests I'm sending the url something like that:

"school": "http://localhost:8080/schools/2"

It's working ok for POST requests. I'm sending json like that:

{
    "account": {
        "username": "test",
        "email": "testEmail"
    },
    "school": "http://localhost:8080/schools/2"
}

After that request new person and account are created, for school_id - I have needed value in database.

It's working ok for PATCH requests. I'm sending json like that:

{
    "account": {
        "username": "new test",
        "email": "new testEmail"
    },
    "school": "http://localhost:8080/schools/1"
}

After that request needed fields are updated in database.

The issue in PUT request. I'm sending json like that:

{
    "account": {
        "username": "put test",
        "email": "put testEmail"
    },
    "school": "http://localhost:8080/schools/2"
}

The result of this request:

in accounts table I have new row, old account row is not updated and not deleted;
school is not updated.

I want to have the same behavior for PUT operations as I have for PATCH request. I need to update needed fields by PUT request. I need a help. What should I change?

Please provide the code of the Web service method which processes the PUT request. Without it, it's ipossible to say why the entities are not updated as expected. — Antot, Mar 25 '18 at 09:23
[Spring Data REST - PUT request does not work properly since v.2.5.7](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45620195/spring-data-rest-put-request-does-not-work-properly-since-v-2-5-7) — Cepr0, Mar 25 '18 at 09:52
@Cepr0, thanks and what can we do as the workaround? always use PATCH instead of PUT? — TestName, Mar 25 '18 at 11:48
@Трубецкой Yes. I use PATCH to update entity, and PUT for actions: https://speakerdeck.com/olivergierke/hypermedia-apis-with-spring-5?slide=20 — Cepr0, Mar 25 '18 at 14:04

PUT operation in spring data rest

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