On Oct 12, 2012, at 9:10 AM, Martynas Jusevičius <martynas_at_graphity.org> wrote:
> Hey again,
>
> how can turn a single root resource into a resource factory that
> handles all requests through sub-resource locators -- *including* the
> base URI @Path("/")?
> I tried the following but I get 405 Method not allowed:
>
> @Path("/")
> public class RootResource
> {
>
> @Path("{path: .+}")
> public Resource getResource()
> {
> return new Resource();
> }
>
> }
>
> I guess Jersey expects @GET etc. on the RootResource -- but I want
> @Path("/") to be handled by getResource() as well.
> I haven't found any requirements for root resources to contain
> resource methods e.g. GET - but maybe @Path("/") is a special case?
>
Your regular expression seems to require at least one character. Try to replace it with "{path: .*}".
Marek
> Is this possible with JAX-RS/Jersey?
>
> I found a very similar dynamic dispatching example in the book
> "RESTful Java with JAX-RS" -- however not with the base @Path("/"):
>
> @Path("/customers")
> public class CustomerDatabaseResource {
> protected CustomerResource europe = new CustomerResource();
> protected FirstLastCustomerResource northamerica =
> new FirstLastCustomerResource();
> @Path("{database}-db")
> public Object getDatabase(@PathParam("database") String db) {
> if (db.equals("europe")) {
> return europe;
> }
> else if (db.equals("northamerica")) {
> return northamerica;
> }
> else return null;
> }
>
> Martynas
> graphity.org