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[jsr339-experts] Re: best match for wildcard?

From: Sergey Beryozkin <sberyozkin_at_talend.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 09:59:35 +0100

Hi Bill

I start 'suspecting' that when we have */* then start() would be the
match. This assumes a distance between */* & */* is actually 0, while a
distance between */* and application/xml is 2, the latter loses.

But if you think about it, it probably does not make sense that a "*/*"
payload is routed to start(Action) expecting XML as "*/*" can represent
plain text, etc

Sergey

On 20/05/13 14:26, Bill Burke wrote:
>
>
> On 5/20/2013 5:01 AM, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
>> On 20/05/13 09:55, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
>>> On 19/05/13 23:36, Bill Burke wrote:
>>>> If the Content-Type header is null, then the implicit media type of the
>>>> request is "*/*", correct? Given that, which method would match?
>>>>
>>>> @POST
>>>> @Path("start")
>>>> public Response start();
>>>>
>>>> @POST
>>>> @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
>>>> @Path("start")
>>>> public Response start(Action action);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What is the "best match" for a Content-Type of "*/*"? Another "*/*"
>>>> takes precedence in this case because it is an exact match?
>>> start(Action action)
>>
>> Actually, in this case, it has to be start() - application/octet-stream
>> is a default value when CT is null
>>
>
> Ah, thanks. That actually helps a lot.
>