Asserting array of arrays with JSONPath and spring mvc

Question

I'm having difficulty figuring out how to assert with jsonPath in a JSON document response in spring mvc. Perhaps there's a better way of accomplishing this than using jsonPath for this particular scenario. I would like to validate that the links array has a rel item of "self" and that "href" attribute of the object of "self" also has an "href" attribute which is equal to "/". The JSON response looks like this:

 {  
   "links":[  
      {  
         "rel":[  
            "self"
         ],
         "href":"/"
      },
      {  
         "rel":[  
            "next"
         ],
         "href":"/1"
      }
   ]
}

I tried this where I can see that it has rel [0] has self but I would prefer to not rely on where in the links array and rel array the self is and actually test what that href is at links[rel][self] is "/". Any ideas?

 @Before
  public void setup() {
    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
    mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(welcomeController).build();
  }

  @Test
  public void givenRootUrl_thenReturnLinkToSelf() throws Exception {
    mockMvc.perform(get("/")).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk())
        .andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].rel[0].", is("self")));
  }

Answer 1

How about adding several andExpect methods? Something similar to:

mockMvc.perform(get("/")).andDo(print()).andExpect(status().isOk())
    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].rel[0]", is("self")))
    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.links[0].href[0]", is("/"));