title: HATEOAS: absolute or relative URLs?
body: <p>In designing a RESTful Web Service using HATEOAS, what are the pros and cons of showing a link as a complete URL ("<a href="http://server:port/application/customers/1234" rel="noreferrer">http://server:port/application/customers/1234</a>") vs. just the path ("/application/customers/1234")? </p>