[Jersey] Re: Access to method in a filter
Perfect. Thanks Michal.
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> On Apr 29, 2014, at 12:32 PM, Michal Gajdos <michal.gajdos_at_oracle.com> wrote:
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> Hi Robert,
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> there are 3 possible choices for you:
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> 1) (JAX-RS) inject ResourceInfo ([1]) into your (post-matching) request filter
> 2) (Jersey specific) if you need more info cast UriInfo into ExtendedUriInfo ([2]) and look for getMatchedResourceMethod() ([3])
> 3) (JAX-RS) bind the container request filter directly to a resource method - it's opposite approach than yours, described here [4]
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> [1] https://jersey.java.net/apidocs/latest/jersey/javax/ws/rs/container/ResourceInfo.html
> [2] https://jersey.java.net/apidocs/latest/jersey/org/glassfish/jersey/server/ExtendedUriInfo.html
> [3] https://jersey.java.net/apidocs/latest/jersey/org/glassfish/jersey/server/ExtendedUriInfo.html#getMatchedResourceMethod()
> [4] http://blog.dejavu.sk/2014/01/08/binding-jax-rs-providers-to-resource-methods/
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> HTH,
> Michal
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>> On 29.04.2014, 20:51 , Robert DiFalco wrote:
>> Is there a way to access the Resource method that will be called in a ContainerRequestFilter? I have a scenario where I want Basic Authentication on my REST API. This was a very simple filter to write. However, there are some methods that I want to be unauthenticated.
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>> My naive approach was to create an annotation @Unauthenticated that I could either put on a Resource at the class or method level. Then in my filter I could see if this annotation exists and if it does skip my Basic API authentication.
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>> Unfortunately, while I *can* figure out how to get the resource object in the filter by calling 'requestCtx.getUriInfo().getMatchedResources()' I can *NOT* figure out how to get the method that is going to be invoked.
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>> So I can check for annotations at the class level but I cannot figure out how to check for them at the method level. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!
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