feat: add restli delete method to soft delete aspect

restli-resources/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseVersionedAspectResource.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.CreateResponse;
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.PagingContext;
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.PathKeys;
+import com.linkedin.restli.server.UpdateResponse;
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.annotations.PagingContextParam;
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.annotations.RestMethod;
 import com.linkedin.restli.server.annotations.ReturnEntity;
@@ -111,6 +112,22 @@ public Task<CreateResponse> create(@Nonnull ASPECT aspect) {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Soft deletes the latest version of aspect if it exists.
+   *
+   * @return {@link UpdateResponse} indicating the status code of the response.
+   */
+  @RestMethod.Delete
+  @Nonnull
+  public Task<UpdateResponse> delete() {
+    return RestliUtils.toTask(() -> {
+      final URN urn = getUrn(getContext().getPathKeys());
+      final AuditStamp auditStamp = getAuditor().requestAuditStamp(getContext().getRawRequestContext());
+      getLocalDAO().delete(urn, this._aspectClass, auditStamp);
+      return new UpdateResponse(HttpStatus.S_200_OK);
+    });
+  }
+
   /**
    * Similar to {@link #create(RecordTemplate)} but uses a create lambda instead.
    */

restli-resources/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/restli/BaseVersionedAspectResourceTest.java

@@ -112,6 +112,16 @@ public void testCreate() {
     verifyNoMoreInteractions(_mockLocalDAO);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSoftDelete() {
+
+    runAndWait(_resource.delete());
+
+    // this should test that delete method of DAO is being called once
+    verify(_mockLocalDAO, times(1)).delete(eq(ENTITY_URN), eq(AspectFoo.class), any(AuditStamp.class));
+    verifyNoMoreInteractions(_mockLocalDAO);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testCreateViaLambda() {
     AspectFoo foo = new AspectFoo().setValue("foo");