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Sergey Beryozkin commented on CXF-4959:
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FYI, if you depend on JSONProvider then you can set consumesTypes and/or 
producesTypes properties on it, so for example, you can set a list (a/c+d, 
a+d), etc

Re "application/my-type+json is clearly applicable under application/json". 
I've heard a similar statement just recently, this is kind of new to me, but 
looks like I'm not quite aware of this fact. Do you have a link to some 
specific spec text ? thanks 
                
> Support hierarchical mimetypes
> ------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CXF-4959
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-4959
>             Project: CXF
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: JAX-RS
>    Affects Versions: 2.7.4
>            Reporter: Todd Orr
>
> I am attempting to provide a custom hypermedia model through the mimetype 
> returned in a response. I would like to ensure that the Content-Type header 
> reflects this while serializing the data according to the best fit message 
> body writer. Unfortunately, this doesn't work. I have tried two approaches:
> 1. Annotated the service method with @Produces("application/my-type+json")
> 2. Used a ContainerResponseFilter to set the Content-Type header according to 
> the data type being returned (effectively the same goal as #1)
> The result of either approach is not good, but they fail differently.
> 1. Results in a 404 as the client is sending an accept for application/json
> 2. The serialization fails with a no message body writer found error
> I'd expect both of these approaches to work as follows:
> 1. CXF determines the best match given the available producers. For example, 
> application/my-type+json is clearly applicable under application/json, so it 
> should match application/json request Accept headers as well as more specific 
> Accept values.
> 2. The message body writer for application/json should apply to 
> application/my-type+json since the latter is clearly applicable under 
> application/json.
> I believe the argument against this request would include a plea for forcing 
> the client to specify exactly what it wants returned and having the server 
> rigidly behave. However, I think this falls under the purview of the 
> Robustness Principle (Be conservative in what you send, be liberal in what 
> you accept). It would be a much better experience to implement something akin 
> to what I have described.

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