If Jersey treats non-Path annotated resources as root resources then it
is a bug.
There was a long discussion in the early days and it was insisted by the
original spec leads the roots must have @Paths.
Cheers, Sergey
On 01/03/16 17:00, markus_at_headcrashing.eu wrote:
> Bill,
>
> no I did not miss that example. But -as many specs do- I assume that
> examples are non-normative but solely illustrative.
>
> Actually neither the spec nor the JavaDocs explicitly say that root
> resources MUST have @Path. In fact, Jersey deploys a root resource
> WITHOUT having @Path. That's the actual reason why I am asking: What
> DOES Jersey do in that case (it does NOT complain at least), and how
> MUST a JAX-RS implementation deal with @Path-free root resources?
>
> In fact I don't understand why we cannot simply add a short line to
> the spec instead of discussion: "An un-annotated root resource class
> MUST be treated as if @Path("") would be existing at the class". That
> would be unambiguously make clear how Jersey, RestEasy and CXF MUST
> deal with that case.
>
> -Markus
>
>
> Zitat von Bill Burke <bburke_at_redhat.com>:
>
>> FYI: Root resource classes require a class level @Path annotation.
>> Maybe you missed the end of the Javadoc where it gives
>> http://example.com/catalogue/widgets and
>> http://example.com/catalogue/widgets/nnn as an example?
>>
>> On 2/29/2016 1:46 PM, markus_at_headcrashing.eu wrote:
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> no need to imply that I did not read the Javadocs -- I did several
>>> times before asking.
>>>
>>> Here is the full JavaDoc of @Path annotation as of v2.0. Please tell
>>> me where it says what Jersey will do in case no @Path is found
>>> anywhere in a JAX-RS resource class (yes, it talks about base URIs,
>>> but it does not say that the default for the annotation's value must
>>> be "/" or "" which is possibly what you imply and which is NOT what
>>> Jersey does). BTW, it DOES need explanation as I was asked that very
>>> question several times, so it is everything but unambiguous for others:
>>>
>>> @Target(value={TYPE,METHOD})
>>> @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
>>> @Documented
>>> public @interface Path
>>> Identifies the URI path that a resource class or class method will
>>> serve requests for.
>>> Paths are relative. For an annotated class the base URI is the
>>> application path, see ApplicationPath. For an annotated method the
>>> base URI is the effective URI of the containing class. For the
>>> purposes of absolutizing a path against the base URI , a leading
>>> '/' in a path is ignored and base URIs are treated as if they ended
>>> in '/'. E.g.:
>>>
>>> @Path("widgets")
>>> public class WidgetsResource {
>>> @GET
>>> String getList() {...}
>>>
>>> @GET @Path("{id}")
>>> String getWidget(@PathParam("id") String id) {...}
>>> }
>>> In the above, if the application path is catalogue and the
>>> application is deployed at http://example.com/, then GET requests
>>> for http://example.com/catalogue/widgets will be handled by the
>>> getList method while requests for
>>> http://example.com/catalogue/widgets/nnn (where nnn is some value)
>>> will be handled by the getWidget method. The same would apply if the
>>> value of either @Path annotation started with '/'.
>>>
>>> Classes and methods may also be annotated with Consumes and
>>> Produces to filter the requests they will receive.
>>>
>>> -Markus
>>>
>>>> Go read the Javadoc for @Path. It is explained there and IMO,
>>>> needs no further explanation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2/29/2016 12:32 PM, markus_at_headcrashing.eu wrote:
>>>>> According to the current wording of the JAX-RS 2.0 specification,
>>>>> a compliant JAX-RS resource class not necessarily must have a
>>>>> @Path annotation (it is enough to have @GET for example). Maybe I
>>>>> am blind, but I cannot see an explanation what the default path
>>>>> shall be in case no @Path is found. So my question is:
>>>>>
>>>>> How do Jersey / CXF / RestEasy handle this case currently, and
>>>>> won't it be a good idea if we add a short note to the JAX-RS 2.1
>>>>> spec how it SHALL be like?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Markus
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Bill Burke
>> JBoss, a division of Red Hat
>> http://bill.burkecentral.com
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