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On 04.10.2010, at 19:22, panama joe <athomewithagroovebox_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> So, basically, I'm wanting to trigger an event on my server that doesn't
> require any parameters. Specifically, I'm wanting to clear out a value
> that's being held in memory. Now, WebResource exposes a parameter-less POST
> method, so I can write a JUnit test that looks like this :
>
> try {
> URI baseUri =
> UriBuilder.fromUri("http://localhost:8081/myWebApp/rest/Semaphore/Clear").build();
> WebResource service = client.resource(baseUri);
> service.post();
> System.out.println("Semaphore cleared");
> }
> catch (Exception ex) {
> fail(ex.toString());
> }
>
> So I would think that I should be allowed to write webservice code that
> looks like this :
>
> @Path("/Semaphore")
> public class Semaphore {
> static private Result lastResult = SemaphoreConstants.NULL_RESULT;
> static private Status status = Status.STABLE;
> static private Object RESULT_LOCK = new Object();
>
> @POST
> @Path("Clear")
> static public void clear() {
> synchronized(RESULT_LOCK) {
> status = Status.STABLE;
> lastResult = SemaphoreConstants.NULL_RESULT;
> }
> }
>
> ...
>
> }
>
> However, when I hit that webservice with my JUnit test, I get back :
> junit.framework.AssertionFailedError:
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.UniformInterfaceException: POST
> http://localhost:8081/myWebApp/rest/Semaphore/Clear returned a response
> status of 400
>
> I know that I could just implement this function as a GET request, but that
> seems semantically wrong. Likewise, I know that I could implement it as a
> more traditional POST request where I'm actually providing the NULL_RESULT
> values as parameters, but that seems cumbersome and unnecessary.
>
> Is there a way to successfully receive a POST request without parameters?
> Or do I just need to suck it up and implement this differently?
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