From: dloy <david.loy_at_ucop.edu>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:17:47 -0700

Another beginner question. Is there any mechanism in Jersey for trapping
the condition that too many or too few
path segments exist, with out creating a template for each possible
error (e.g. REGEX).

In this example, testIT requires 2 and only 2 segments following .../test/
    @GET
    @Path("test/{item1}/{item2}")
    public String getFileState(
            @PathParam("item1") String item1,
            @PathParam("item2") String item2)
    {
        return "**" + item1 + "**" + item2 + "**";
    }

One approach is to include a @Path for every exception.

    @GET
    @Path("test/{item1}")
    public String getFileState()
    {
        throw new WebApplicationException(400);
    }

    @GET
    @Path("test/{item1}/{item2}/{item3}")
    public String getFileState()
    {
        throw new WebApplicationException(400);
    }

    @GET
    @Path("test/{item1}/{item2}/{item3}/{item4}")
    public String getFileState()
    {
        throw new WebApplicationException(400);
    }

Is there some wild card mechanism on @Path to handle the too many
condition? Is there some general mechanism
to specify that only 2 path elements are allowed following test/?

Thanks
David