Pass a parameter to REST web service via URL - rest

Question

I'm creating a small REST web service using Netbeans. This is my code:
private UriInfo context;
private String name;
public GenericResource() {
}
#GET
#Produces("text/html")
public String getHtml() {
//TODO return proper representation object
return "Hello "+ name;
}
#PUT
#Consumes("text/html")
public void putHtml(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
I'm calling the get method ok since when I call http://localhost:8080/RestWebApp/resources/greeting I get "Hello null" but I'm trying to pass a parameter using http://localhost:8080/RestWebApp/resources/greeting?name=Krt_Malta but the PUT method is not being called... Is this the correct way to pass a parameter or am I missing something?
I'm a newbie to Rest bdw, so sry if it's a simple question.
Thanks! :)
Krt_Malta

Answer 1

The second URL is a plain GET request. To pass data to a PUT request you have to pass it using a form. The URL is reserved for GET as far as I know.

Answer 2

If you build the HTTP-header yourself, you must use POST instead of GET:
GET /RestWebApp/resources/greeting?name=Krt_Malta HTTP/1.0
versus
POST /RestWebApp/resources/greeting?name=Krt_Malta HTTP/1.0
If you use a HTML-form, you must set the method-attribute to "PUT":
<form action="/RestWebApp/resources/greeting" method="PUT">

Answer 3

For JAX-RS to mactch a method annotated with #PUT, you need to submit a PUT request. Normal browsers don't do this but cURL or a HTTP client library can be used.
To map a query parameter to a method argument, JAX-RS provides the #QueryParam annotation.
public void putWithQueryParam(#QueryParam("name") String name) {
// do something
}

Answer 4

You can set:
#PUT
#path{/putHtm}
#Consumes("text/html")
public void putHtml(String name) {
this.name = name;
}
and if you use something like google`s Volley library you can do.
GsonRequest<String> asdf = new GsonRequest<String>(ConnectionProperties.happyhourURL + "/putHtm", String.class, yourString!!, true,
new Response.Listener<Chain>() {
#Override
public void onResponse(Chain response) {
}
}, new CustomErrorListener(this));
MyApplication.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(asdf);
and GsonRequest will look like:
public GsonRequest(String url, Class<T> _clazz, T object, boolean needLogin, Listener<T> successListener, Response.ErrorListener errorlistener) {
super(Method.PUT, url, errorlistener);
_headers = new HashMap<String, String>();
this._clazz = _clazz;
this.successListener = successListener;
this.needsLogin = needLogin;
_object = object;
setTimeout();
}