My function looks like this:
@PUT
@Path("property/{uuid}/{key}/{value}")
@Produces("application/xml")
public Map<String,ValueEntity> updateProperty(@Context HttpServletRequest request,
@PathParam("key") String key,
@PathParam("value") String value,
@PathParam("uuid") String uuid) throws Exception {
...
}
I have to modify it, so it accepts indefinite(or many) list of key-value pairs from REST call, something like
@Path("property/{uuid}/{key1}/{value1}/{key2}/{value2}/{key3}/{value3}/...")
Is it possible to store them in an array or list, so I do not list dozens of @PathParams and parameters, to avoid this:
@PathParam("key1") String key1,
@PathParam("key2") String key2,
@PathParam("key3") String key3,
Might be a good opportunity to rethink this design. By using /
s, we are in a way signifying, with each /
that we are trying to locate a different resource. Key/Value pairs (in the context of the URL) are mainly for query parameters or matrix parameters.
If /property/{uuid}
is the path to a main resource, and we just want to offer some parameters to the client for accessing this resource, then we could allow matrix parameters or query parameters
Matrix Parameters (in a request url) will look something like
/12345;key1=value1;key2=value2;key3=value3
A resource method to obtain the values might look something like
@GET
@Path("/property/{uuid}")
public Response getMatrix(@PathParam("uuid") PathSegment pathSegment) {
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
// Get the {uuid} value
System.out.println("Path: " + pathSegment.getPath());
MultivaluedMap matrix = pathSegment.getMatrixParameters();
for (Object key : matrix.keySet()) {
builder.append(key).append(":")
.append(matrix.getFirst(key)).append("\n");
}
return Response.ok(builder.toString()).build();
}
Query Parameters (in a request url) might look something like
/12345?key1=value1&key2=value2&key3=value3
A resource method to obtain the values might look something like
@GET
@Path("/property/{uuid}")
public Response getQuery(@PathParam("uuid") String uuid,
@Context UriInfo uriInfo) {
MultivaluedMap params = uriInfo.getQueryParameters();
StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
for (Object key : params.keySet()) {
builder.append(key).append(":")
.append(params.getFirst(key)).append("\n");
}
return Response.ok(builder.toString()).build();
}
The difference is that Matrix parameters can be embedded into path segments, while query parameters must be placed at the end of the URL. You can also notice a little difference in syntax.
Some Resources
- Query String (Wikipedia)
- When to use query parameters versus matrix parameters?
- URL matrix parameters vs. request parameters
UPDATE
Also looking at the PUT
in you method signature, it appears you are trying update a resource using the path as the values for which you are trying to update, as I don't see any parameters in your method for an entity body. When PUTting, you should be sending the representation in the the entity body, not as as path segments or parameters.
A workaround:
@Path("/foo/bar/{other: .*}
public Response foo(@PathParam("other") VariableStrings vstrings) {
String[] splitPath = vstrings.getSplitPath();
}
VariableStrings class:
public class VariableStrings {
private String[] splitPath;
public VariableStrings(String unparsedPath) {
splitPath = unparsedPath.split("/");
}
}
Path segment sequence to vararg array in JAX-RS / Jersey?
Another example where you map the optional parameter to a Map:
@GET
@ Produces({"application/xml", "application/json", "plain/text"})
@ Path("/location/{locationId}{path:.*}")
public Response getLocation(@PathParam("locationId") int locationId, @PathParam("path") String path) {
Map < String, String > params = parsePath(path);
String format = params.get("format");
if ("xml".equals(format)) {
String xml = "<location<</location<<id<</id<" + locationId + "";
return Response.status(200).type("application/xml").entity(xml).build();
} else if ("json".equals(format)) {
String json = "{ 'location' : { 'id' : '" + locationId + "' } }";
return Response.status(200).type("application/json").entity(json).build();
} else {
String text = "Location: id=" + locationId;
return Response.status(200).type("text/plain").entity(text).build();
}
}
private Map < String, String > parsePath(String path) {
if (path.startsWith("/")) {
path = path.substring(1);
}
String[] pathParts = path.split("/");
Map < String, String > pathMap = new HashMap < String, String > ();
for (int i = 0; i < pathParts.length / 2; i++) {
String key = pathParts[2 * i];
String value = pathParts[2 * i + 1];
pathMap.put(key, value);
}
return pathMap;
}