Annotation for declaring the media type

uCosminexus Application Server, Web Service Development Guide

24.3.4 Annotation for declaring the media type

This subsection describes the annotations for declaring the media types, supported by the JAX-RS engine.

Organization of this subsection: (1) javax.ws.rs.Consumes annotation; (2) javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation

(1) javax.ws.rs.Consumes annotation

The javax.ws.rs.Consumes annotation specifies a list of MIME media types supported by a Web resource in an HTTP request. You can use the javax.ws.rs.Consumes annotation in:

A root resource class (class level)
A resource method (method level)
A sub-resource method (method level)
A sub-resource class (class level)

The javax.ws.rs.Consumes annotation is ignored if used in the exception mapping provider.

(2) javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation

The javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation specifies a list of MIME media types supported by a Web resource in an HTTP response. You can use the javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation in:

A root resource class (class level)
A resource method (method level)
A sub-resource method (method level)
A sub-resource class (class level)

The javax.ws.rs.Produces annotation is ignored if used in the exception mapping provider.