Hi Mark,
On Apr 30, 2009, at 5:33 PM, Rabick, Mark A (IS) wrote:
> What is the best choice for an HTTP response status code for the
> successful deletion of a 'resource'? I have a DELETE method:
>
> @DELETE @Path("{sk: [a-zA-Z0-9 ]{1,32}}")
> public synchronized Response
> deleteNodeBySk(@PathParam("nodesk") String nodeSk) {
>
> Response resp = null;
>
> Node nodeToDelete = new Node(nodeSk);
> nodeRemote.delete(nodeToDelete);
> /*
> * Response Status code is 204 (No Content)
> */
> resp = Response.noContent().entity(null).build();
> System.out.println("Deleted sk: " + nodeSk);
>
> return resp;
> }
>
> I've looked at the examples and mostly see delete methods returning
> 'void'. The method is synchronous above so the delete should be
> complete before the method returns. Is the 204 (No Content)
> appropriate or would a 205 (reset content) or 200 (ok)?
>
A 204, if you are not sending a response entity:
@DELETE @Path("{sk: [a-zA-Z0-9 ]{1,32}}")
public synchronized void deleteNodeBySk(@PathParam("nodesk")
String nodeSk) {
Response resp = null;
Node nodeToDelete = new Node(nodeSk);
nodeRemote.delete(nodeToDelete);
}
A void results in a 204 response, assuming that no exception is thrown.
> I've seen a couple of different examples for each on 'the net'.
>
> The other question I have is on a 'create' method (@POST). I want
> to return both the URI for the newly created entity as well as
> return the created entity itself in the message body. Would the URL
> go in the Location header? If so, how is that accomplished?
>
URI u = ...
Response.created(u)...
https://jsr311.dev.java.net/nonav/javadoc/javax/ws/rs/core/
Response.html#created(java.net.URI)
Paul.
> --mark
>
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