This is a basic question, perhaps I'm confused, but I have a simple JAX-RS application and we want to send an XML Request, like you would do in Chrome or from any REST explorer.
I have a
test "client" program running that works, but it has commands like this:
Response response = client.target("http://localhost:8080/services/customers")
.request().post(Entity.xml(xml));
(using the project's jetty server.)
But, I want to call the service directly from the REST explorer.
So, if you have an XML Request like the one in the JAX-RS 2.0 Book (ch 3), how would you "POST" it to the JAX-RS Service?
Here's the XML Request from the book, from the client code class:
String xml = "<customer>"
+ "<first-name>Bill</first-name>"
+ "<last-name>Burke</last-name>"
+ "<street>256 Clarendon Street</street>"
+ "<city>Boston</city>"
+ "<state>MA</state>"
+ "<zip>02115</zip>"
+ "<country>USA</country>"
+ "</customer>";
So, said another way, I just want to call the REST web service with a REST client and pass the XML Request for a POST.
I took the commented Customer string above and used this as a test to POST as the customer XML:
The REQUEST I USED:
===============
<customer>
<first-name>Bill</first-name>
<last-name>Burke</last-name>
<street>256 Clarendon Street</street>
<city>Boston</city>
<state>MA</state>
<zip>02115</zip>
<country>USA</country>
</customer>
==================
Then, in Intellij's REST Explorer, I have the path to the customer (and the web apps name), like this:
http://localhost:8080/jaxrs-2.0-workbook-ex03_1-2.0/services/customers
(this URL path is for the deployed service in
Tomcat.)
I put the Customer XML from above in as the Request and tried to do a POST.
But I get an "Empty Response" return (but not an error).
The application class has this setup:
@ApplicationPath("/services")
public class ShoppingApplication extends Application {
private Set<Object> singletons = new HashSet<Object>();
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Here's the actual code in the service class:
@Path("/customers")
public class CustomerResource
.
.
.
@POST
@Consumes("application/xml")
public Response createCustomer(InputStream is)
{
Customer customer = readCustomer(is);
customer.setId(idCounter.incrementAndGet());
customerDB.put(customer.getId(), customer);
System.out.println("Created customer " + customer.getId());
return Response.created(URI.create("/customers/" + customer.getId())).build() ;
}
For simplicity, this example uses a ConncurrentHashMap as a "database".
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Do I need to wrap the Request XML with some tag to help things along or am I totally confused?
Thanks very much in advance.
- mike
