Hi Again - can I get some clarifications please ?
I'd rather not to browse through the RI code to deduce the answer :-)
I don't think I should open a JIRA for this, very minor question, so
would rather prefer to keep it on the list
Cheers, Sergey
On 19/03/13 21:20, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
> On 18/03/13 17:13, Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> What ContainerResponseFilter should return in getEntity(),
>> getEntityClass() and getEntityType(), when the application code uses
>> GenericEntity class ?
>>
>> I'm thinking that GenericEntity needs to be 'unwrapped' by the filter
>> context implementation, but then if the filter implementation sets
>> "new GenericEntity..." then I guess it needs to get it back, in
>> getEntity(), so may be after all
>>
>> getEntity(), getEntityClass() and getEntityType()
>>
>> should return GenericEntity instance + GenericEntity.class ?
>
> I'm still thinking that 'unwrapping' GenericEntity makes sense even if a
> given filter replaces a current entity with GenericEntity, after all the
> filter which replaces an entity is more interested in the follow-up
> filters and writers to get the updates.
>
> So, to summarize, relevant ContainerResponseFilter getters should never
> return GenericEntity if the current entity happens to be GenericEntity
> (instance, class, type) but unwrap it.
>
> Agreed ?
>
> Cheers, Sergey
>
>
>>
>> Thanks, Sergey
>>
>
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