Thank you, Fabian! This is the kind of thing that should go into the wiki (and the book!). It seems like dozens of people have run into the same situation, and it could all be avoided by saying this clearly up front.
--tim On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Fabian Mandelbaum <[email protected]>wrote: > *That's because Restlet's content negotiation algorithm "prefers" the > 'generic' @Get annotation over the more 'specific' @Get(MEDIA_TYPE) > ones. > * > You'll have to decide which are the representations you plan to return > in the response, which is the 'default' one, and do something like > this (assuming JSON is the desired 'default'): > > @Get("json") > public JsonRepresentation toJSON() { > // Build up and return JSON here > } > > @Get("xml") > public XmlRepresentation toXML() { > // Build up and return XML here > } > > // Other @Get(SPECIFIC_MEDIA_TYPE) here without a @Get annotated > method that doesn't specify the media type it will handle back > > Hope this helps, > > good luck. > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 12:35 PM, Daniele Dellafiore > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've tried with the @Get > > > > @Get("json") > > public JsonRepresentation represent() { > > return new JsonRepresentation(new JSONArray(find())); > > } > > > > public List find() { > > return getApplication().getSubscriptionService().findTenants(); > > } > > > > without the @Get on the second method, works: > > > > clientResource.get(JsonRepresentation.class); > > > > If I add the annotation, the request arrives to find() method, and fails > to > > return a Json. > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Thierry Boileau > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Hello Daniele, > >> > >> >What if the parameter is a Map or a generic POJO? > >> the parameters of the annotation deal with the content negotiation > >> feature, that is to say a choice made according to the media type of the > >> sent entity, the parameter type of the Java method, and the conversion > >> capability of the application (in a few words : the available > converters). > >> If the representation of the POJO or MAP is available in JSON format, > the > >> @Post("json") methoed will be chosen. > >> > >> > If I remove the annotation from the first method, everything works. > >> > There is a notation to say to the first method he is waiting for a > >> > String class? > >> As there is competition between converters, I guess the default > converter > >> should be chosen only if any other available converter does not match > (see > >> this RFE http://restlet.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=1093). > >> As a workaround, or as a matter of test, can you test to put the > >> @Post("json") method before the other one in the code of your class? > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Thierry Boileau > >> > >> > >>> that works, I did not think about it, even if it's in the book :) > >>> but is not documented in the API. > >>> > >>> What if the parameter is a Map or a generic POJO? > >>> > >>> On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Fabian Mandelbaum > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hello Daniele, > >>>> > >>>> @Post("txt") > >>>> > >>>> should accept strings. Test it though ;-) > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Daniele Dellafiore < > [email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > Hi. > >>>> > > >>>> > I built a server resource with a > >>>> > > >>>> > @Post > >>>> > public void request(final String email) { ....} > >>>> > > >>>> > that works great with the restlet client. With a real form I have > two > >>>> > options: json/xml, say json, or post parameters. > >>>> > > >>>> > Json, I just add > >>>> > > >>>> > @Post("json") > >>>> > public void xml(final Representation representation) { ...} > >>>> > > >>>> > in which parse the email from the json and call the request(String > >>>> > email) so > >>>> > I do not duplicate code. > >>>> > There is a problem here: the application/json post does not end in > >>>> > the > >>>> > @Post("json"), everything falls in the first @Post. > >>>> > If I remove the annotation from the first method, everything works. > >>>> > > >>>> > There is a notation to say to the first method he is waiting for a > >>>> > String > >>>> > class? > >>>> > > >>>> > Thanks. > >>>> > -- > >>>> > Daniele Dellafiore > >>>> > http://danieledellafiore.net > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Fabián Mandelbaum > >>>> IS Engineer > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2713282 > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Fabián Mandelbaum > IS Engineer > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2715672 > ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2715681
