On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 12:58 PM, martin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion, I'll read more on using annotations or not.
>
If you want automatic conversion, you will almost certainly want to use
annotations, so you can write
// In the AccountsResource interface:
@Get AccountList accounts();
and
// In AccountsServerResource extends ServerResource implements
AccountsResource:
@Override public AccountList accounts() { ... }
and
// In client code:
AccountsResource accountsResource =
ClientResource.create("/path/to/accounts", AccountsResource.class);
AccountList accounts = accountsResource.accounts(); // transparently
serializes/deserializes response
where
public class AccountList {
private final List<String> accounts;
public List<String> getAccounts() { return accounts; }
... standard bean impl ...
}
Can you suggest the name of a converter helper implementation that would
> deal with serialization of Collections?
>
Yes. The Restlet extension for Jackson is ideal for this -- it uses JSON as
its serialization format. See this conversation if you end up using it:
http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2721441
That explains why you might have to use an AccountList type rather than
List<String>. Another conversation that might be useful:
http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=2721483
Good luck!
--tim
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