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Configure the JAX-RS application.

Map Step 3 towards the goal: Using XML content in JAX-RS application requests and responses

About this task

You can configure JAX-RS applications in multiple ways depending on your needs. To take advantage of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 6 functionality, you can use the annotation scanning capabilities. By using annotation scanning, you can omit a JAX-RS javax.ws.rs.core.Application subclass or have a minimally defined javax.ws.rs.core.Application subclass. Alternatively, you can specify the IBM® JAX-RS servlet or filter if you want to use the functionality available in the IBM® JAX-RS servlet and filter.

Using one of the JAX-RS Version 1.1 configuration methods, you can omit a javax.ws.rs.core.Application subclass in your application or have a javax.ws.rs.core.Application subclass that returns an empty set of classes to inform the JAX-RS runtime environment to find and use all the JAX-RS classes in the application. You might want to use this method when you do not want to have to manually add every relevant JAX-RS class to a javax.ws.rs.core.Application subclass as you develop the application.

By specifying the specific IBM® JAX-RS servlet and filter, you can take advantage of and ensure specific IBM® JAX-RS behavior. For example, using the IBM® JAX-RS filter can be helpful in developing a web application with a mix of JAX-RS resources and JavaServer Pages (JSP) files with the same URL patterns.

Even though there is a JAX-RS V1.1 configuration method that supports the use of an optional web.xml file, if you want to specify security constraints or roles, or you want to take advantage of other features enabled using a web.xml file, you must specify the information in a web.xml file.

Choose one of the following three methods to configure your JAX-RS application:

Before you begin

Define the resources in JAX-RS web applications.

Procedure

Supporting information (generally applicable)

What to do next

Implement a resource method using JAXB objects for XML content.

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