JAX-RS Tip of the Day: Use Response to wrap... Responses

JAX-RS Tip of the Day: Use Response to wrap... Responses

I would highly recommend that you consider returning a custom response for all requests. I would like to explain with an example. I would like to perform a @POST request where I am creating a new object on the server. Since it is a HTTP 1.1 request, I look at Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1 (RFC-2616) to see what I must, should, and may return. The difference in the word choices has specific meaning in the specification. In my case, I would like to be completely compliant.

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