https://jsr311.dev.java.net/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=18
What are folks use cases and requirements (if any) for an XML
descriptor in:
(a) A non-EE environment
(b) An EE environment
Do folks think we need something like the EJB metadata-complete
facility to make a runtime ignore all JAX-RS annotations ?
I'm struggling a bit since I think most RESTful services would need to
use JAX-RS facilities like Response, UriInfo etc and, beyond some
simple overriding (perhaps turning a method off or adding a media type
to the list of supported ones), I find it hard to imagine a realistic
scenario that would require specifying everything in XML metadata
rather than simply using annotations.
Thanks,
Marc.
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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley at sun.com>
CTO Office, Sun Microsystems.