Well, I want to replace my String param from the following Play scala Route into my own object, say "MyObject"
From GET /api/:id controllers.MyController.get(id: String)
To GET /api/:id controllers.MyController.get(id: MyOwnObject)
Any idea on how to do this would be appreciated.
Use PathBindable to bind parameters from path rather than from query. Sample implementation for binding ids from path separated by comma (no error handling):
public class CommaSeparatedIds implements PathBindable<CommaSeparatedIds> {
private List<Long> id;
@Override
public IdBinder bind(String key, String txt) {
if ("id".equals(key)) {
String[] split = txt.split(",");
id = new ArrayList<>(split.length + 1);
for (String s : split) {
long parseLong = Long.parseLong(s);
id.add(Long.valueOf(parseLong));
}
return this;
}
return null;
}
...
}
Sample path:
/data/entity/1,2,3,4
Sample routes entry:
GET /data/entity/:id controllers.EntityController.process(id: CommaSeparatedIds)
Well, I have written up my own "MyOwnObject" binder now. Another way of implementing PathBindable to bind an object.
object Binders {
implicit def pathBinder(implicit intBinder: PathBindable[String]) = new PathBindable[MyOwnObject] {
override def bind(key: String, value: String): Either[String, MyOwnObject] = {
for {
id <- intBinder.bind(key, value).right
} yield UniqueId(id)
}
override def unbind(key: String, id: UniqueId): String = {
intBinder.unbind(key, id.value)
}
}
}
I'm not sure if it works for binding data in the path part of a URL, but you may want to read the docs on QueryStringBindable
if you're able to accept your data as query params.