Question

I want to send an array of String directly using something like:

service....post(ClientResponse.class, new String[]{"one","two","three"} );

Is there a MediaType that can be used to retrieve that array of String on the server?

In my implementation I have a WARNING saying that String[] is not resolvable to a concrete type.

How can I POST an array without encapsulating it into another (@XmlRootElement) class?

Answer 1

See How to return Array in Jersey REST webservice? (not exactly this, but related).

JAX-RS (nor Jersey) does not support returning List of primitive types, including String. Format is not specified, so you’ll need to encapsulate your data into something and use XML/JSON (I would do that) OR you can implement your MessageBodyReader/Writer for whatever you want (even array of strings). See:

• MessageBodyReader
• MessageBodyWriter

edit: JSONArray on client side:

ClientConfig cc = new DefaultClientConfig();
cc.getClasses().add(JSONArrayProvider.App.class);
Client c = Client.create(cc);

JSONArray array = new JSONArray();
array.put(1);
array.put(4);

c.addFilter(new LoggingFilter());
c.resource("http://a.cz").type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE).post(array);