java-ee Java RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) SubResources
Example
Sometimes for organizational or other reasons it makes sense to have your top level resource return a sub-resource that would look like this. (Your sub-resource does not need to be an inner class)
import javax.ws.rs.GET;
import javax.ws.rs.Path;
import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
@Path("items")
public class ItemsResource {
@Path("{id}")
public String item(@PathParam("id") String id) {
return new ItemSubResource(id);
}
public static class ItemSubResource {
private final String id;
public ItemSubResource(String id) {
this.id = id;
}
@GET
@Produces("text/plain")
public Item item() {
return "The item " + id;
}
}
}
