>
> From HTTP 1.1 spec on Accept Header:
>
> "If more than one media range applies to a given type, the most specific
> reference has precedence."
I've got a comment in one of CXF JIRAs :
> According to the JAX-RS311 specification(Jun 27,2008 0.9version), section 3.8 Determining the MediaType of Responses
> 4. Sort A and P in descending order, each with a primary key of q-value and secondary key of specificity 8
> (n/m > n/* > */*).
which confused me. Checking the latest JAXRS spec made things clearer :-)
Thanks, Sergey
>
> Sergey Beryozkin wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> If we have
>>
>> Accept : text/plain,text/xml;q=0.9, */*
>>
>> and two methods with one producing text/xml and another
>> one application/pdf then what format has to be returned ?
>>
>> text/xml is more specific than */* but */* has a quality factor 1.0.
>> JAXRS specification says a quality factor is a primary key, but in this
>> case it does seem correct to return text/xml, is it correct ?
>>
>> Another question :
>>
>> Accept : application/pdf;q=0.9, text/*
>>
>> text/* is more specific than */* but it's still less specifc than
>> application/pdf. Its quality factor is 1.0 though. So is it text/xml
>> format (given the example with 2 methods above) that has to be returned ?
>>
>> Thanks, Sergey
>>
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