I have services that are returning either XML or JSON data (based on user
Accept headers). However, when an exception occurs or when I want to return
a custom response, I want to respond with the appropriate media type. Take
the example below:
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@PUT
@Path("/{id}")
public CustomResponse updateContact(@PathParam("id") int id, Contact
contact);
If I PUT as XML, I want to return the following response:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<response>
<statusCode>200</statusCode>
<message>Success</message>
</response>
However with JSON, I want to return the equivalent JSON response:
{"response":{"statusCode":200,"message":"Success"}}
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Can I do one of the following?:
1. Easily determine the current media type for the response so that I can
properly serialize.
2. Somehow get CXF to do the serialization to the appropriate type for me.
The same case exists for custom exceptions. Is there anywhere in the
exception handling chain I can determine mime type and do one of the
following?:
1. Have the custom response object generate either XML or JSON based on the
requested media type
2. Get CXF to use a status code plus an entity that will be serialized to
the client (in this case a "response" or "error" object of some form)
Not sure if there is a way to do either of these things?
Cheers,
David
