Simple Console Example

This example demonstrates how to develop RESTful web services with the embedded Grizzly server.

Contents

The example consists of three Java classes and one HTML file:

org.glassfish.jersey.examples.console.App

Contains the main function which starts and stops the HTTP server.

org.glassfish.jersey.examples.console.resources.Colours

A resource class that can produce two different representations of a list of colors. The list can be filtered by a client-supplied query parameter. The resource references the Form resource using the Path annotation declared on the Colours.getColours method.

org.glassfish.jersey.examples.console.FormResource

A resource class that produces a form in response to an HTTP GET, processes the content of the form when submitted, and produces a table of the submitted values in respose to the form being posted.

form.html

A static HTML file that is returned by the Form resource.

The mapping of the URI path space is presented in the following table:

URI path	Resource class	HTTP methods
/form	Form	GET, POST
/form/colours	Colours	GET

Running the Example

Run the example as follows:

mvn clean compile exec:java

This deploys the example using Grizzly container. You can access the application at:

• http://127.0.0.1:9998/resources/form

Fill in the form and submit it. Note that the pull-down list of colors is populated dynamically. Enter part of a color name in the hint box to see a filtered list of colors containing the hint.

You can see the complete list of colors at:

• http://127.0.0.1:9998/resources/form/colours

Or see only those colors containing the letter 'r':

• http://127.0.0.1:9998/resources/form/colours?match=r

A WADL description may be accessed at the URL:

• http://127.0.0.1:9998/resources/application.wadl