update

src/main/java/com/example/teamsync/controller/ProjectController.java

@@ -83,8 +83,19 @@ public ResponseEntity<CollectionModel<ProjectResource>> getProjectsByEmployeeId(
     //Experimental Features
     @GetMapping("/departments/{department}")
     public ResponseEntity<ProjectResource> getProjectByDepartment(@PathVariable String department) {
-        Project project = projectService.test(department);
-        System.out.println(project.getId());
+        Project project = projectService.findByDescription(department);
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(assembler.toModel(project));
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping ("/departments/skip/{department}")
+    public ResponseEntity<ProjectResource> getProjectByDepartmentSkip(@PathVariable String department) {
+        Project project = projectService.findBySkippedDescription(department);
+        return ResponseEntity.ok(assembler.toModel(project));
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/departments/skip/{department}/{name}")
+    public ResponseEntity<ProjectResource> findBySkippedDescriptionAndName(@PathVariable String department, @PathVariable String name) {
+        Project project = projectService.findBySkippedDescriptionAndName(department, name);
         return ResponseEntity.ok(assembler.toModel(project));
     }
 }

src/main/java/com/example/teamsync/repository/ProjectRepository.java

@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ public interface ProjectRepository extends JpaRepository<Project, Long> {
 
     //Experimental Features
     //(Not For production)(Logic might be choppy)
-    @Query ("select p from Project p where p.description = :department and p.id = :id")
-    Project findByDescriptionAndId(String department, Long id);
+
+    @Query ("select p from Project p where p.description = :department")
+    Project findByDescription(String department);
+
+    @Query ("select p from Project p where p.description != :department")
+    Project findBySkippedDescription(String department);
+
+    @Query ("select p from Project p where p.description != :department and p.name != :name")
+    Project findBySkippedDescriptionAndName(String name, String department);
 }

src/main/java/com/example/teamsync/service/ProjectService.java

@@ -78,8 +78,18 @@ public void deleteProject(Long id) {
     }
 
     //Experimental Features
-    public Project test (String department) {
-        Project project = projectRepository.findByDescriptionAndId(department, 1L);
+    public Project findByDescription (String department) {
+        Project project = projectRepository.findByDescription(department);
+        return project;
+    }
+
+    public Project findBySkippedDescription (String department){
+        Project project = projectRepository.findBySkippedDescription(department);
+        return project;
+    }
+
+    public Project findBySkippedDescriptionAndName (String department, String name) {
+        Project project = projectRepository.findBySkippedDescriptionAndName(department, name);
         return project;
     }
 }