Hi Marc,
Marc Hadley schrieb:
> On Jul 16, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Stephan Koops wrote:
>> the read of an entity is only allowed for (sub) resource methods,
>> because the entity should only be processed there. I think it is
>> useful to think about to do the same with @FormParam, so that you can
>> not inject it into resource class fields and bean setters, if the
>> path is not fully parsed.
>> Perhaps there are good arguments against this. What do you think?
> A slightly different suggestion: if an @FormParam is encountered
> before the resource method is called then any entity parameter MUST be
> of type MultivaluedMap<String, String>.
>
> That way an implementation can consume the request entity as soon as
> the first @FormParam is encountered and we don't restrict the use of
> @FormParam.
Also a solution. IMO not the best for design reasons, but the technical
problems are resolved. And it's easy to use.
Best regards
Stephan