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Re: [Jersey] I can't get a POST message to work

From: Jakub Podlesak <Jakub.Podlesak_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:17:27 +0100

Hi Jeff,

i do not think it makes sense to submit a duplicate issue.
In your case i would strongly recommend to vote for the existing one.
I am going to do this right after sending this message.

~Jakub

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 10:34:42AM -0700, Jeff Schmidt wrote:
> Hi Jakub and Paul:
>
> I was getting ready to submit an issue, then I figured I'd query and see if
> one already exists. This one:
>
> http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=155727
>
> Seems quite relevant in expressing my problem. However, I'm not as well
> versed on the workings of Jersey or Netbeans as you guys are. I don't want
> to submit a duplicate issue. What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> --
> Jeff Schmidt
> 535 Consulting
> jas_at_535consulting.com
>
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Jeff Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Jakub, Paul:
>>
>> Thanks for the info. I've been busy trying to resolve some Drupal issues
>> and managed to drop this like a stone. :) Sorry about that. I will go
>> ahead and submit an issue with Netbeans within the next couple of days.
>>
>> I installed a number of Netbeans 6.5 updates yesterday, one of which
>> changed the RESTful Web Services plugin-in from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 to fix a
>> particular issue, but the 1.0 libraries are still there.
>>
>> I guess I will continue to just add jars defined in the dependencies for
>> Jersey and remove the 1.0 jars that Netbeans decides to tack on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeff
>>
>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:46 AM, Jakub Podlesak wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 11:28:47AM +0100, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 10:11 AM, Jakub Podlesak wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff, please see inline...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:58:43AM -0700, Jeff Schmidt wrote:
>>>>>> Paul, Jakub:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before I submit an issue, I did a little more digging into Netbeans
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> saw
>>>>>> a couple of interesting things. First, in Tools->Plugins->Installed,
>>>>>> for
>>>>>> "RESTful Web Services" it says Version 1.0.2:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, i see 1.0.2 as well in my NB instanceC, but....
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does this indicate the version of the plug-in itself, or the version
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Jersey it provides? If the latter, then I guess 1.0.2 will work for
>>>>>> me.
>>>>>
>>>>> ...i think it indicates the version of plugin.
>>>>
>>>> It does.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> If you try:
>>>>>
>>>>> % unzip -p opt/netbeans-6.5/enterprise5/modules/ext/rest/jersey.jar
>>>>> META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | grep Implementation-Version
>>>>>
>>>>> it should give you the jersey version number. For me it returns: 1.0
>>>>>
>>>>> As a quick dirty hack, you can try to replace the jersey.jar and
>>>>> jersey-spring.jar
>>>>> in your NB install dir with jersey-bundle-${your-preferred-version}.jar
>>>>> and
>>>>> jersey-spring-${your-preferred-version}.jar from our maven repository
>>>>> (you
>>>>> will
>>>>> need to rename the files appropriately).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please use the dependencies as documented in the dependencies document:
>>>>
>>>> https://jersey.dev.java.net/source/browse/*checkout*/jersey/trunk/jersey/dependencies.html
>>>
>>> The above was meant only as a workaround for cases, where people manually
>>> added those dependencies (as described in the link), but NetBeans
>>> yet (automatically, out of user's control)
>>> keeps adding the 1.0 version of Jersey lib,
>>> to the project, which causes ambiguity.
>>> I understood that was the original issue
>>> with the NetBeans plugin.
>>>
>>> ~Jakub
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> But to make sure the issue is resolved, i would appreciate you file a
>>>>> bug
>>>>> against NB.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, NB needs to provide a patch to either upgrade the version of Jersey
>>>> it
>>>> uses or to work well with other versions of Jersey that are being used
>>>> instead.
>>>>
>>>> Paul.
>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know, if you do not have time for it, and i will do it by
>>>>> myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Jakub
>>>>>
>>>>>> When I remove the 1.0.1 based library I created and simply add the
>>>>>> plugin's
>>>>>> Jersey 1.0 library, it does not give any indication these are 1.0.2
>>>>>> libraries. I guess Netbeans shows only the major.minor revision
>>>>>> numbers.
>>>>>> Do
>>>>>> I in realty have the 1.0.2 jars? I'm not sure what changed from 1.0.1
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> easily verify.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note the separate jersey-multipart-1.0.2-SNAPSHOT.jar. When I had all
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> the 1.0.1 files associated with this project, I had also added
>>>>>> jersey-multippart-1.0.1.jar and things seemed fine. When I removed the
>>>>>> 1.0.1 libraries and went with the REST plugins libraries, I got the
>>>>>> following exception when starting up GlassFish V2. I thought that if
>>>>>> plugin
>>>>>> does provide 1.0.2 libraries, then perhaps I need
>>>>>> jersey-multipart-1.0.2
>>>>>> as
>>>>>> well. But, that did not help.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Scanning for root resource and provider classes in the paths:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jas/netbeans/jax-rs-1.0.1-test/Jersey-1.0.1-test/build/web/WEB-INF/lib
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /Users/jas/netbeans/jax-rs-1.0.1-test/Jersey-1.0.1-test/build/web/WEB-INF/classes
>>>>>> Root resource classes found:
>>>>>> class com.ingenuity.ipaws.rest.resource.AnalysesResource
>>>>>> Provider classes found:
>>>>>> class com.sun.jersey.multipart.impl.MultiPartWriter
>>>>>> class com.sun.jersey.multipart.impl.MultiPartReader
>>>>>> java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
>>>>>> at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native
>>>>>> Method)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:494)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl$DefaultComponentProvider.getInstance(WebApplicationImpl.java:437)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.ComponentProviderCache.getComponent(ComponentProviderCache.java:187)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.ComponentProviderCache.getProvidersAndServices(ComponentProviderCache.java:122)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.MessageBodyFactory.getProviderMap(MessageBodyFactory.java:133)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.MessageBodyFactory.initReaders(MessageBodyFactory.java:107)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.MessageBodyFactory.init(MessageBodyFactory.java:102)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:642)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.initiate(WebApplicationImpl.java:487)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.initiate(ServletContainer.java:622)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.load(ServletContainer.java:538)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.init(ServletContainer.java:197)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1178)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:1007)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4808)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:5196)
>>>>>> at com.sun.enterprise.web.WebModule.start(WebModule.java:326)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.enterprise.web.LifecycleStarter.doRun(LifecycleStarter.java:58)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc.RunnableBase.runSync(RunnableBase.java:304)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.appserv.management.util.misc.RunnableBase.run(RunnableBase.java:341)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:417)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:269)
>>>>>> at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:123)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:650)
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:675)
>>>>>> at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:613)
>>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The MultiPartConfig
>>>>>> instance
>>>>>> we expected is not present. Have you registered the
>>>>>> MultiPartConfigProvider class?
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.multipart.impl.MultiPartReader.<init>(MultiPartReader.java:83)
>>>>>> ... 29 more
>>>>>> null
>>>>>> SMGT0007: Self Management Rules service is enabled
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll keep looking into that. But, if I'm mistaken about the proper
>>>>>> Jersey
>>>>>> version in the current Netbeans plugin, please let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 26, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jan 26, 2009, at 10:32 AM, Jakub Podlesak wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> would you be so kind and enter an issue at netbeans issuezilla [1],
>>>>>>>> with [rest] as a subcomponent. If netbeans plugin adds the other
>>>>>>>> jersey
>>>>>>>> jars, it definitely seems as a bug to me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes, i agree.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ~Jakub
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [1]http://www.netbeans.org/issues/enter_bug.cgi?component=websvc
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 09:15:30AM -0700, Jeff Schmidt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Paul:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks a lot for your suggestions. Trying this process yet again
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> scratch, I was able to create the Netbeans library with the 1.0.1
>>>>>>>>> jars
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> actually got the project to run. :) Yeah. Unfortunately, this only
>>>>>>>>> partially works with the Netbeans/JAX-RS integration. That is, if I
>>>>>>>>> go
>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>> create a new resource using the Container/Item pattern, then all
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> 1.0
>>>>>>>>> jars get added to the project. Then I end up with both 1.0 and
>>>>>>>>> 1.0.1.
>>>>>>>>> Perhaps I did not delete all of those 1.0 jars last time?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If I remove all of the 1.0 jars, then the project will run again.
>>>>>>>>> So,
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> guess if I make use of the Netbeans 6.5 JAX-RS integration
>>>>>>>>> features,
>>>>>>>>> if
>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>> then go and delete the added 1.0 libraries, this might work out
>>>>>>>>> fine,
>>>>>>>>> though kind of clumsily.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I realize this is not a Netbeans forum, but I figure there are a
>>>>>>>>> lot
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> Netbeans users out there working with JAX-RS/Jersey projects,
>>>>>>>>> encountering
>>>>>>>>> the same issues. I can live with the current arrangement, but I'm
>>>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>>>> curious how Netbeans will adopt new Jersey releases in the future.
>>>>>>>>> Will
>>>>>>>>> this be via the Netbeans update process? I won't need to typically
>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>> on
>>>>>>>>> the bleeding edge of Jersey releases, but even then it does not
>>>>>>>>> look
>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>> official Netbeans will be keeping up.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2009, at 6:00 AM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 23, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Paul Sandoz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 22, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Jeff Schmidt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jakub:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I too am having the problem with the InstantiationException and
>>>>>>>>>>>> JSONListElementProvider when I try to use the Jersey 1.0.1 jars
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Netbeans 6.5. I really need to start working with Craig's
>>>>>>>>>>>> multipart
>>>>>>>>>>>> API
>>>>>>>>>>>> and I see it is included in 1.0.1. Jersey 1.0 is what is
>>>>>>>>>>>> available
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Netbeans 6.5. I tried to update Jersey by creating a new library
>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>> Netbeans and included the following jar files, which I basically
>>>>>>>>>>>> got
>>>>>>>>>>>> from the Jersey 1.0.1 dependencies page.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./asm-3.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./grizzly-servlet-webserver-1.8.6.3.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./http-20070405.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jaxb-api-2.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jaxb-impl-2.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jaxb-xjc.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jdom-1.0.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-atom-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-core-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-fastinfoset-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-json-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-server-1.0.1-javadoc.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jersey-server-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jettison-1.0.1.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jsr173-api-1.0.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./jsr311-api-1.0.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./rome-0.9.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>> ./stax-api-1.0-2.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When starting up the app server (Tomcat or Glassfish) I get
>>>>>>>>>>>> several:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The provider class, class
>>>>>>>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.provider.entity.JSONListElementProvider,
>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>> be instantiated
>>>>>>>>>>> ^
>>>>>>>>>>> |
>>>>>>>>>>> This is definitely a 1.0 class because we
>>>>>>>>>>> changed the package name to include
>>>>>>>>>>> json after jersey.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So, this confirms what i thought in my previous email: for some
>>>>>>>>>>> reason
>>>>>>>>>>> there are still Jersey 1.0 jars hanging around in the class path.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Grrr... sigh... tired today... what i wrote above is not correct
>>>>>>>>>> (that
>>>>>>>>>> package name changed in 1.0.2), but there is still some issue
>>>>>>>>>> related
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> this in the difference between 1.0 and 1.0.1, namely Jersey 1.0
>>>>>>>>>> seems
>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>> be still around and is trying to use jersey 1.0.1.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Paul.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> java.lang.InstantiationException:
>>>>>>>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.provider.entity.JSONListElementProvider
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Browsing jersey-json-1.0.1.jar within Netbeans, I can see that
>>>>>>>>>>>> class
>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>> abstract.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I tried the sample customer DB app as you suggested below,
>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>> worked just fine using the stock Jersey 1.0 library.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> What is the proper combination of jar files one uses to create a
>>>>>>>>>>>> library
>>>>>>>>>>>> in Netbeans 6.5 that will allow me to use the IDE to develop
>>>>>>>>>>>> using
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jersey 1.0.1?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeff
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jan 19, 2009, at 8:38 AM, Jakub Podlesak wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello Eric,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:12:55AM -0600, Marsh Eric wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm developing an iPhone application that needs to pass
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> information
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> between
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the iPhone and a remote database. Using web services seemed to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> good
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strategy so I downloaded the latest version of Netbeans, spent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> day
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> or two
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reading and working through the web services examples. Doing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> web
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> searches I found that most iPhone developers are using JSON so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an iPhone JSON library and went to work at developing a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> communications
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> channel between the remote device and the database.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I don't know if it makes any difference but I'm developing on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mac.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First of all, when I tried to deploy I was getting some errors
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> related
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JSON. They are:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SEVERE: The provider class, class
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.provider.entity.JSONJAXBElementProvider,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instantiated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SEVERE: The provider class, class
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.provider.entity.JSONListElementProvider,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instantiated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SEVERE: The provider class, class
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> com.sun.jersey.impl.provider.entity.JSONRootElementProvider,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> could
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instantiated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I thought that I'd go back and look at those problems later as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> app
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> seem to deploy even with the errors.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would recommend you to try resolve the above errors in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> first
>>>>>>>>>>>>> place
>>>>>>>>>>>>> as it seems something is wrong with your configuration.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Are you using the latest NetBeans 6.5? If so,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> could you try to create a new project with:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [New Project]->[Samples]->[WebServices]->[Customer Database
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (RESTful)]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then try to deploy. Same errors?
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then please try to submit a new bug report against NetBeans
>>>>>>>>>>>>> RESTful
>>>>>>>>>>>>> WS
>>>>>>>>>>>>> plugin at [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Another thing you may try is to run your NetBeans with a fresh
>>>>>>>>>>>>> userdir.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then you need to use --userdir rest-app-nbdir command line
>>>>>>>>>>>>> option.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It wasn't too tough getting the database to talk to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> However
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've spent something like a week and a half trying to get the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> communications to work going the other way. Initially when I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> errors and exceptions I thought that my problem was that I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simply
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> understand the JSON protocol. Consequently I stopped trying to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone to talk to the web services and started to experiment
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> netbeans "Test RESTful web services" web interface. I would do
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> grab some data from my database, tweak the results and try to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> POST
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back to the database. I could never get this to work. I had a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> number
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The simplest test scenario to try out here is to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - GET some data from a particular containee resource
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - POST the very same *unchanged* data to the corresponding
>>>>>>>>>>>>> container
>>>>>>>>>>>>> resource
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Then, you should get something like
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Entity already exists exception (coming from db layer)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Which in fact means, you entity gets unmarshalled all right.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Could you please try out something similar (without touching
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> data)
>>>>>>>>>>>>> at your application?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> returned error codes depending on what I would try to POST but
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finally
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> focused on the fact that I was getting messages similar to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> javax.xml.bind.UnmarshalException
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with linked exception: [org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Content
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> allowed in prolog.] at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> converter.UriResolver.resolve(UriResolver.java:81)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been doing some reading and it appears that in Jersey
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JSON
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> layered
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> over XML. Since this exception appears to be coming from the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> XML
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> layer
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looks like I would have to step through the Jersey source to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> figure
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> out
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what's going on. I suspect that the problem is related to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> exceptions
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that were happening on deployment that I cited earlier.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suspect that is the case. If the customer db application
>>>>>>>>>>>>> works
>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> you might want to check, you web app uses the same jersey
>>>>>>>>>>>>> related
>>>>>>>>>>>>> libraries.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> (Please make sure you do not mix jersey jar versions)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If none of the above helps, would you be able to send out your
>>>>>>>>>>>>> project
>>>>>>>>>>>>> files so that i could have a closer look?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ~Jakub
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]http://www.netbeans.org/community/issues.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I downloaded the source so that I could build and debug in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jersey
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Grizzly layers. This took a couple of hours. To my surprise
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couple of places where the source wouldn't build as
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> downloaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ContainerResponse.java where the compiler complained that at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 216
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> couldn't find getMessageBodyWriterMediaTypes. Another problem
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> line
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 292 in BasicValidator.java where it couldn't find
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ERROR_SUBRES_LOC_HAS_ENTITY_PARAM. I did some quick hacks just
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> application to build. However it wouldn't deploy and at that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> point
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> decided that I'd just spent too much time on this and decided
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> yell
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> help.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'd really like to be able to use Glassfish, Netbeans and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jersey
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> but I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> really seem to be stuck. If I can't get this to fly I may have
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> backtrack
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and do something entirely different. It doesn't appear that I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> remote database connection from the iPhone so web services
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> best solution. The problem appears to be at the server end,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iPhone
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> end anyway. I'm really kind of surprised that I've had so much
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> trouble.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regardless, I need to break through this roadblock and get
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> app
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> done.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Suggestions or help anyone?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeff Schmidt
>>>>>>>>>>>> 535 Consulting
>>>>>>>>>>>> jas_at_535consulting.com
>>>>>>>>>>>> (408) 205-7697
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jeff Schmidt
>>>>>> 535 Consulting
>>>>>> jas_at_535consulting.com
>>>>>> (408) 205-7697
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>> 535 Consulting
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