From: Darrin Holst <darrin.holst_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:35:16 -0600

Hello All,

I have 2 resources:

@Path("{domain}/x_report")

@Path("{domain}/{report_type}/{id}.{format}")

The first resource will create the "x" report and save it to disk. The
second resource just serves the file back so it is able to handle any report
type.

So given http://localhost/context/domain/x_report the first resource is
called and the file is generated. Now I want to get the file at
http://localhost/context/domain/x_report/123456.txt, but the problem is I'm
getting a 404 when I try. I would expect it to be mapped to the second
resource, but it never gets there. If I remove the first Path annotation
temporarily then the second resource request works. I've found some threads
explaining the match process with regards to the number of literal
characters and number of parameters, but
http://localhost/context/domain/x_report/123456.txt shouldn't match the
first resource, right?

I was able to hack around the problem by changing the first resource to
@Path("{domain}/{x: x_report}") so now they both have no literal characters
and the second takes precedence because it has more parameters.

Should this work like I think it should or am I missing something?

Thanks,
Darrin