Package javax.ws.rs.core

Class Response.ResponseBuilder

java.lang.Object
javax.ws.rs.core.Response.ResponseBuilder
Enclosing class:
Response
public abstract static class Response.ResponseBuilder extends Object
A class used to build Response instances that contain metadata instead of or in addition to an entity. An initial instance may be obtained via static methods of the Response class, instance methods provide the ability to set metadata. E.g. to create a response that indicates the creation of a new resource: 
@POST
 Response addWidget(...) {
   Widget w = ...
   URI widgetId = UriBuilder.fromResource(Widget.class)...
   return Response.created(widgetId).build();
 }

Several methods have parameters of type URI, UriBuilder provides convenient methods to create such values as does URI.create().

Where multiple variants of the same method are provided, the type of the supplied parameter is retained in the metadata of the built Response.

  • Constructor Details

    • ResponseBuilder

      protected ResponseBuilder()
      Protected constructor, use one of the static methods of Response to obtain an instance.

  • Method Details

    • newInstance

      protected static Response.ResponseBuilder newInstance()
      Create a new builder instance.
      Returns:
      a new response builder.

    • build

      public abstract Response build()
      Create a Response instance from the current ResponseBuilder. The builder is reset to a blank state equivalent to calling the ok method.
      Returns:
      a Response instance.

    • clone

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder clone()

      Create a copy of the ResponseBuilder preserving its state.

      Overrides:
      clone in class Object
      Returns:
      a copy of the ResponseBuilder.

    • status

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder status(int status)
      Set the status on the ResponseBuilder.
      Parameters:
      status - the response status.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if status is less than 100 or greater than 599.

    • status

      public Response.ResponseBuilder status(Response.StatusType status)
      Set the status on the ResponseBuilder.
      Parameters:
      status - the response status.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if status is null.
      Since:
      1.1

    • status

      public Response.ResponseBuilder status(Response.Status status)
      Set the status on the ResponseBuilder.
      Parameters:
      status - the response status.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if status is null.

    • entity

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder entity(Object entity)
      Set the response entity in the builder.

      Any Java type instance for a response entity, that is supported by the runtime can be passed. It is the callers responsibility to wrap the actual entity with GenericEntity if preservation of its generic type is required. Note that the entity can be also set as an input stream.

      A specific entity media type can be set using one of the type(...) methods.

      Parameters:
      entity - the request entity.
      Returns:
      updated response builder instance.
      See Also:

    • entity

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder entity(Object entity, Annotation[] annotations)
      Set the response entity in the builder.

      Any Java type instance for a response entity, that is supported by the runtime can be passed. It is the callers responsibility to wrap the actual entity with GenericEntity if preservation of its generic type is required. Note that the entity can be also set as an input stream.

      A specific entity media type can be set using one of the type(...) methods.

      Parameters:
      entity - the request entity.
      annotations - annotations that will be passed to the MessageBodyWriter.
      Returns:
      updated response builder instance.
      Since:
      2.0
      See Also:

    • allow

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder allow(String... methods)
      Set the list of allowed methods for the resource. Any duplicate method names will be truncated to a single entry.
      Parameters:
      methods - the methods to be listed as allowed for the resource, if null any existing allowed method list will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • allow

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder allow(Set<String> methods)
      Set the list of allowed methods for the resource.
      Parameters:
      methods - the methods to be listed as allowed for the resource, if null any existing allowed method list will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • cacheControl

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder cacheControl(CacheControl cacheControl)
      Set the cache control data of the message.
      Parameters:
      cacheControl - the cache control directives, if null any existing cache control directives will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • encoding

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder encoding(String encoding)
      Set the message entity content encoding.
      Parameters:
      encoding - the content encoding of the message entity, if null any existing value for content encoding will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • header

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder header(String name, Object value)
      Add an arbitrary header.
      Parameters:
      name - the name of the header
      value - the value of the header, the header will be serialized using a RuntimeDelegate.HeaderDelegate if one is available via RuntimeDelegate.createHeaderDelegate(java.lang.Class) for the class of value or using its toString method if a header delegate is not available. If value is null then all current headers of the same name will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • replaceAll

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder replaceAll(MultivaluedMap<String,Object> headers)
      Replaces all existing headers with the newly supplied headers.
      Parameters:
      headers - new headers to be set, if null all existing headers will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • language

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder language(String language)
      Set the message entity language.
      Parameters:
      language - the language of the message entity, if null any existing value for language will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • language

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder language(Locale language)
      Set the message entity language.
      Parameters:
      language - the language of the message entity, if null any existing value for type will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • type

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder type(MediaType type)
      Set the message entity media type.
      Parameters:
      type - the media type of the message entity. If null, any existing value for type will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • type

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder type(String type)
      Set the message entity media type.
      Parameters:
      type - the media type of the message entity. If null, any existing value for type will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • variant

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder variant(Variant variant)
      Set message entity representation metadata.

      Equivalent to setting the values of content type, content language, and content encoding separately using the values of the variant properties.

      Parameters:
      variant - metadata of the message entity, a null value is equivalent to a variant with all null properties.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0
      See Also:

    • contentLocation

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder contentLocation(URI location)
      Set the content location.
      Parameters:
      location - the content location. Relative or absolute URIs may be used for the value of content location. If null any existing value for content location will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • cookie

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder cookie(NewCookie... cookies)
      Add cookies to the response message.
      Parameters:
      cookies - new cookies that will accompany the response. A null value will remove all cookies, including those added via the header(java.lang.String, java.lang.Object) method.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • expires

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder expires(Date expires)
      Set the response expiration date.
      Parameters:
      expires - the expiration date, if null removes any existing expires value.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • lastModified

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder lastModified(Date lastModified)
      Set the response entity last modification date.
      Parameters:
      lastModified - the last modified date, if null any existing last modified value will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • location

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder location(URI location)
      Set the location.
      Parameters:
      location - the location. If a relative URI is supplied it will be converted into an absolute URI by resolving it relative to the base URI of the application (see UriInfo.getBaseUri()). If null any existing value for location will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • tag

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder tag(EntityTag tag)
      Set a response entity tag.
      Parameters:
      tag - the entity tag, if null any existing entity tag value will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • tag

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder tag(String tag)
      Set a strong response entity tag.

      This is a shortcut for tag(new EntityTag(value)).

      Parameters:
      tag - the string content of a strong entity tag. The JAX-RS runtime will quote the supplied value when creating the header. If null any existing entity tag value will be removed.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • variants

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder variants(Variant... variants)
      Add a Vary header that lists the available variants.
      Parameters:
      variants - a list of available representation variants, a null value will remove an existing value for Vary header.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • variants

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder variants(List<Variant> variants)
      Add a Vary header that lists the available variants.
      Parameters:
      variants - a list of available representation variants, a null value will remove an existing value for Vary header.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.

    • links

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder links(Link... links)
      Add one or more link headers.
      Parameters:
      links - links to be added to the message as headers, a null value will remove any existing Link headers.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • link

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder link(URI uri, String rel)
      Add a link header.
      Parameters:
      uri - underlying URI for link header.
      rel - value of "rel" parameter.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0

    • link

      public abstract Response.ResponseBuilder link(String uri, String rel)
      Add a link header.
      Parameters:
      uri - underlying URI for link header.
      rel - value of "rel" parameter.
      Returns:
      the updated response builder.
      Since:
      2.0