java-ee Java RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) DELETE method
Example
import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
@Path("hello")
public class HelloWorldResource {
private String message = "Hello StackOverflow!";
@GET
@Produces("text/plain")
public String getHello() {
return message;
}
@DELETE
public Response deleteMessage() {
message = null;
return Response.noContent().build();
}
}
Consume it with curl:
$ curl http://localhost/hello
Hello StackOverflow!
$ curl -X "DELETE" http://localhost/hello
$ curl http://localhost/hello
null
