Hi Farrukh,
Could you provide some example URI or URI templates? as that would help
me understand better ways to model things.
Below is a general approach to browsing directories or files:
For example:
public class FileBrowser {
private String path;
public FileBrowser(String path) { this.path = path }
@GET public File getFile() {
String absolutePath = getAbsolutePath(path);
return new File(absolutePath);
}
}
@Path("/")
public class MyResource() {
@Path(value="browse/{path}", limited=false)
public FileBrowser fileBrowser(@UriParam("path") String path) {
return new FileBrowser(path);
}
}
So GET request to /browse/a/b/c/d will create a FileBrowser to serve
state for "a/b/c/d". The limited=false means that all the URI path is
consumed, if you set it to true then only a path segment is consumed.
Based on the path you can return different objects with different
behaviors e.g. you could return a DirBrowser or FileBrowser based on if
the path points to a file or directory. In general it allows for very
dynamic behavior based on the URI path hierarchy.
Hope this helps,
Paul.
Farrukh Najmi wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I am new to Jersey and like what I see very much and plan to use it in
> my project's (ebXML RegRep 4.0 implementation) REST interface.
>
> My first REST interface needs to allow browsing of the content in the
> ebXML RegRep using a familiar file/folder hierarchy where the URL path
> encodes the composition hierarchy structure of the objects in the registry.
>
> I see in archives a long thread about resources and sub-resources:
>
> <https://jersey.dev.java.net/servlets/BrowseList?list=users&by=thread&from=976123>
>
>
> Being new to Jersey I do not grok it all yet. However, I have found the
> Bookmarks example and looking at it
> for inspiration. Are there any closer examples than the Bookmarks one
> for my use case? Thanks for sharing any samples
> pointers or advice.
>
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