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[jsr339-experts] Re: getAcceptableMediaTypes() should return empty list

From: Jan Algermissen <jan.algermissen_at_nordsc.com>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 08:47:29 +0200

On 09.05.2013, at 08:45, Bill Burke <bburke_at_redhat.com> wrote:

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> On 5/8/2013 6:10 PM, Jan Algermissen wrote:
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>> On 08.05.2013, at 23:54, Bill Burke <bburke_at_redhat.com> wrote:
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>>> I'm looking at:
>>> com.sun.ts.tests.jaxrs.api.client.webtarget.JAXRSClient.requestNoArgTest();
>>>
>>> It seems that it expects ClientRequestContext.getAcceptableMediaTypes() to return "*/*" by default if there is no Accept header. Not sure I agree with this. The Javadoc says it returns the *requested* media types, i.e., what you specified in an Accept header. If there is no accept header,
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>> " A request without any Accept header field implies that the user agent
>> will accept any media type in response." .... aka */*
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>> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-p2-semantics-22#section-5.3.2
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> Correct, so getAcceptableMediaTypes() should return an empty list as no specific media type was requested.

No, sending no Accept is equivalent to sending Accept: */*



Jan


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