//see the lack of total in their paging path spec and then decide to set total to null. We will then also exclude it
//when we project paging.
//If the client decides they want total in their paging response, then the resource method will see total in their
//paging path spec and then decide to set total to a non null value. We will then also include it when we project
//paging.
final RecordTemplate anyRecord = new AnyRecord(RestUtils.projectFields(paging.data(),
ProjectionMode.AUTOMATIC, resourceContext.getPagingProjectionMask()));
final CollectionMetadata projectedPaging = new CollectionMetadata(anyRecord.data());
//For root object entities
List<AnyRecord> processedElements = new ArrayList<AnyRecord>(elements.size());