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[Jersey] Re: Custom InjectionResolver and “A HTTP GET method … should not consume any entity”

From: <TheCuriousOne_at_centrum.cz>
Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2013 10:12:31 +0200

Hi, thanks for taking your time to reply. I actually only need to access the headers for my purposes (imagine something like basic auth). And in the provided example I do not access the request at all.

>You might want to have a look at this SO:
>
>http://stackoverflow.com/questions/978061/http-get-with-request-body
>
>Without trying your gist, i would expect that as HTTP defines GET body as
>non-semantic (should not affect response) then Jersey is not parsing it
>(unnecessary overhead). As stated within the SO, this is the conforming
>HTTP definition, and while you are free to parse the body yourself, it has
>no meaning within the wider HTTP ecosystem (so no tools\caching\support).
>You will be making a purely independent system and forgoing the
>interoperability expected with the protocol.
>
>What exactly is your purpose for using a body with GET? You won't have
>caching working, so where is the benefit over using POST?
>
>Cam
>
>
>On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 10:49 AM, <TheCuriousOne_at_centrum.cz> wrote:
>
>> Hello guys, I run into a problem when I was trying to implement my own
>> InjectionResolver for my custom annotation. I have asked about it [1] on SO
>> already, but did not receive any answer yet. This is the code [2] that
>> exhibits the problem. The issue is already described in detail in the SO
>> post, but to summarize:
>>
>> 1. When I use the custom annotation in a resource method, I get: "WARNING:
>> The following warnings have been detected: WARNING: A HTTP GET method,
>> public java.lang.String
>> com.example.MyResource.get02(java.lang.Integer,java.lang.String), should
>> not consume any entity."
>>
>> 2. The resolver's "resolve" method is never executed.
>>
>> 3. The (annotated) parameter the resolver should bind to is null.
>>
>> I would be thankful for any and all input.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>> [1]:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18488622/jersey-2-custom-injectionresolver-and-a-http-get-method-should-not-consu
>> [2]: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/389e1e8064174bdcd102
>>
>