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 Using custom entity formats

Even though the Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) runtime environment includes several entity providers for handling serialization from and deserialization to Java types, it does not support all possible media types. We can develop a custom entity provider to handle binding Java types to message bodies. JAX-WS

If your JAX-RS web application requires that additional Java types or media types are supported beyond what the JAX-RS APIs support, you can add a custom entity provider to the application. Any custom-defined entity provider takes precedence over the entity providers that are included in the JAX-RS runtime environment. Unlike resources, providers are always singleton beans.


Procedure

  1. Configure the development environment.

  2. Define the resources in JAX-RS web applications.

  3. Configure the JAX-RS application.

  4. Implement custom entity formats.

  5. Assemble JAX-RS web applications.

  6. Deploy JAX-RS web applications.


Results

You have developed and deployed a JAX-RS web application that contains a custom entity provider.


Related tasks

Implement custom entity formats

Related reference

Web services specifications and APIs








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