Question

I am working with RestEasy and when I type the url http://localhost:8080/resteasy/xml I want to see a “Save As…” option in firefox.

@GET
@Path("/xml")
@Produces("application/octet-stream")
public List<FileDetail> getXmlContent() {
    return findXml();
}

But when I use this, I get the error:

Unable to find JAXBContext for media type: application/octet-stream

What is wrong?

Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

If your want the ‘Save as’ dialog to appear in the browser, you can add the Content-Disposition-header in the response

@Path("/")
public class Service {
    @Context HttpResponse response;

    @GET
    @Path("/xml")
    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
    public List<FileDetail> getXmlContent() {
        response.getOutputHeaders().putSingle("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=list.xml");

        List<FileDetail> data = new ArrayList<FileDetail>();
        data.add(new FileDetail());

        return data;
    }
}