JAX-RS Content Negotiation Demo =============================== The demo shows how to do content negotiation so that the same resource can be served using multiple representations. A RESTful customer service is provided on URL http://localhost:9000/customers. Users access this URI to operate on customer. A HTTP GET request to URL http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123 with Accept header set to "application/xml" returns a customer instance in XML format. The XML document returned: 123 John A HTTP GET request to URL http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123 with Accept header set to "application/json" returns a customer instance in JSON format. The JSON document returned: {"Customer":{"id":"123","name":"John"}} A HTTP GET request to URL http://localhost:9000/customerservice/customers/123 without setting Accept header explicitly returns a customer instance in JSON format. This is because the Accept header will be absent from the request when using HTTP Client, in which case the CXF will treat the Accept content type as "*/*". The JSON document returned: {"Customer":{"id":"123","name":"John"}} Please review the README in the samples directory before continuing. Prerequisites ------------- If your environment already includes cxf-manifest.jar on the CLASSPATH, and the JDK and ant bin directories on the PATH it is not necessary to set the environment as described in the samples directory README. If your environment is not properly configured, or if you are planning on using wsdl2java, javac, and java to build and run the demos, you must set the environment. Building and running the demo using Ant --------------------------------------- From the base directory of this sample (i.e., where this README file is located), the Ant build.xml file can be used to build and run the demo. The server and client targets automatically build the demo. Using either UNIX or Windows: ant server (from one command line window) ant client (from a second command line window) To remove the .class files, run "ant clean". Building and running the demo using maven --------------------------------------- From the base directory of this sample (i.e., where this README file is located), the maven pom.xml file can be used to build and run the demo. Using either UNIX or Windows: mvn install mvn -Pserver (from one command line window) mvn -Pclient (from a second command line window) To remove the target dir, run mvn clean". Building the demo using javac ------------------------------------------- From the base directory of this sample (i.e., where this README file is located), first create the target directory build/classes and then compile the provided client and server applications with the commands: For UNIX: mkdir -p build/classes export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:$CXF_HOME/lib/cxf-manifest.jar:./build/classes javac -d build/classes src/demo/jaxrs/client/*.java javac -d build/classes src/demo/jaxrs/server/*.java For Windows: mkdir build\classes Must use back slashes. set classpath=%classpath%;%CXF_HOME%\lib\cxf-manifest.jar;.\build\classes javac -d build\classes src\demo\jaxrs\client\*.java javac -d build\classes src\demo\jaxrs\server\*.java Finally, copy resource files into the build/classes directory with the commands: For UNIX: cp ./src/demo/jaxrs/client/*.xml ./build/classes/demo/jaxrs/client cp ./src/demo/jaxrs/server/*.xml ./build/classes/demo/jaxrs/server For Windows: copy src\demo\jaxrs\client\*.xml build\classes\demo\jaxrs\client copy src\demo\jaxrs\server\*.xml build\classes\demo\jaxrs\server Running the demo using java --------------------------- From the samples/jax-rs/content_negotiation directory run the following commands. They are entered on a single command line. For UNIX (must use forward slashes): java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$CXF_HOME/etc/logging.properties demo.jaxrs.server.Server & java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=$CXF_HOME/etc/logging.properties demo.jaxrs.client.Client The server process starts in the background. After running the client, use the kill command to terminate the server process. For Windows (may use either forward or back slashes): start java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=%CXF_HOME%\etc\logging.properties demo.jaxrs.server.Server java -Djava.util.logging.config.file=%CXF_HOME%\etc\logging.properties demo.jaxrs.client.Client A new command windows opens for the server process. After running the client, terminate the server process by issuing Ctrl-C in its command window. To remove the code generated from the WSDL file and the .class files, either delete the build directory and its contents or run: ant clean