Hello,
can you try registering MultiPartWriter provider explicitly?
something like:
...
ClientConfig cc = new DefaultClientConfig();
cc.getClasses().add(MultiPartWriter.class);
Client client = client.create(cc);
...
Regards,
Pavel
On 8/3/11 12:48 AM, Jitesh Sinha -X (jisinha - Siliconweb Inc. at Cisco) 
wrote:
>
> I have attached the whole client side java file to make things clear.
>
> *From:*Jitesh Sinha -X (jisinha - Siliconweb Inc. at Cisco)
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 3:39 PM
> *To:* users_at_jersey.java.net
> *Subject:* [Jersey] A message body writer for Java type, class 
> com.sun.jersey.multipart.FormDataMultiPart, and MIME media type, 
> multipart/form-data, was not found
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am writing a java application class that will call a Rest Web 
> service(written by me).I am able to access it from inside Spring 
> controller but when I try to access it from inside a Java 
> application(A class having main method),I get errors.
>
> Here is my client side code --
>
> C:\Javatest>public static void main(String args[])
>
>                 throws Exception
>
>                 {
>
>                                 String 
> requestUrl="http://alt-plutonium:8080/altcso/service/request";
>
>                                 Client client = Client.create();
>
>                                 WebResource service = 
> client.resource(requestUrl);//http://alt-plutonim:8080/altcso/service/request
>
>                                 
> //sourceLanguage,targetLanguage,inputFormat,tmx,byte array 
> uploadFile,priority,profile,uploadFileName
>
>                                 //new File("");
>
>                                 //byte []array =
>
>                                 FormDataMultiPart formData = new 
> MyClient().setAndGetFormData("EN","JA","txt",
>
>                                                                 
> "N",new MyClient().getBytesFromFile(new 
> File("c:/test.txt")),"low","","out");
>
>                                 ClientResponse response = 
> service.type(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA).header("appkey","546869734973434e53").post(ClientResponse.class,formData);
>
>                                 String responseString = 
> response.getEntity(String.class) ;//status if input was accepted.
>
>                                 //
>
>                 }
>
> And the error that I am getting is like this --
>
> Exception in thread "main" 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException: 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException: A message body 
> writer for Java type, class 
> com.sun.jersey.multipart.FormDataMultiPart, and MIME media type, 
> multipart/form-data, was not found
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.URLConnectionClientHandler.handle(URLConnectionClientHandler.java:149)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.Client.handle(Client.java:648)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.handle(WebResource.java:670)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource.access$200(WebResource.java:74)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.WebResource$Builder.post(WebResource.java:563)
>
>                 at 
> com.cisco.altcso.service.MyClient.main(MyClient.java:48)
>
> Caused by: com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException: A message 
> body writer for Java type, class 
> com.sun.jersey.multipart.FormDataMultiPart, and MIME media type, 
> multipart/form-data, was not found
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.api.client.RequestWriter.writeRequestEntity(RequestWriter.java:288)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.URLConnectionClientHandler._invoke(URLConnectionClientHandler.java:204)
>
>                 at 
> com.sun.jersey.client.urlconnection.URLConnectionClientHandler.handle(URLConnectionClientHandler.java:147)
>
>                 ... 5 more
>
> The error is pointing to this line --
>
> * ClientResponse response = 
> service.type(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA).header("appkey","546869734973434e53").post(ClientResponse.class,formData);*
>
> **
>
> **
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Jitesh
>