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

From: Bill Burke <bburke_at_redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:31 -0400

Doesn't actually help that much for the TCK test. As you said before,
the default Content-Type is application/octet. Seems like I found
another bug.

On 5/21/2013 4:59 AM, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
> 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.
>>
>
>

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