The following table describes the thread safety of the client APIs for RESTful Web Services.

Table 25-8 Thread safety of the client APIs for RESTful Web Services

No.	Interface or class	Constructor/ Method/ Field	Thread Safety#1
com.cosminexus.jersey.api.client package
1	Client	create()	Y
2	ApplicationPath	create(ClientConfig cc)	Y#2
3	Consumes	destroy()	N
4	CookieParam	getProperties()	N
5	DefaultValue	handle(ClientRequest request)	Y#2
6		resource(String u)	Y
7		resource(URI u)	Y
8		setChunkedEncodingSize(Integer chunkSize)	N
9		setConnectTimeout(Integer interval)	N
10		setFollowRedirects(Boolean redirect)	N
11		setReadTimeout(Integer interval)	N
12	ClientRequest	All methods	N
13	ClientRequest.Builder	All methods	N
14	ClientResponse	All methods	N
15	GenericType	All methods	Y
16	WebResource	accept(MediaType... types)	Y
17		accept(String... types)	Y
18		acceptLanguage(Locale... locales)	Y
19		acceptLanguage(String... locales)	Y
20		cookie(Cookie cookie)	Y
21		delete()	Y
22		delete(Class<T> c)	Y
23		delete(Class<T> c, Object requestEntity)	C
24		delete(GenericType<T> gt)	Y
25		delete(GenericType<T> gt, Object requestEntity)	C
26		delete(Object requestEntity)	C
27		entity(Object entity)	Y
28		entity(Object entity, MediaType type)	Y
29		entity(Object entity, String type)	Y
30		get(Class<T> c)	Y
31		get(GenericType<T> gt)	Y
32		getRequestBuilder()	Y
33		getURI()	Y
34		getUriBuilder()	Y
35		head()	Y
36		header(String name, Object value)	Y
37		method(String method)	Y
38		method(String method, Class<T> c)	Y
39		method(String method, Class<T> c, Object requestEntity)	C
40		method(String method, GenericType<T> gt)	Y
41		method(String method, GenericType<T> gt, Object requestEntity)	C
42		method(String method, Object requestEntity)	C
43		options(Class<T> c)	Y
44		options(GenericType<T> gt)	Y
45		path(String path)	Y
46		post()	Y
47		post(Class<T> c)	Y
48		post(Class<T> c, Object requestEntity)	C
49		post(GenericType<T> gt)	Y
50		post(GenericType<T> gt, Object requestEntity)	C
51		post(Object requestEntity)	C
52		put()	Y
53		put(Class<T> c)	Y
54		put(Class<T> c, Object requestEntity)	C
55		put(GenericType<T> gt)	Y
56		put(GenericType<T> gt, Object requestEntity)	C
57		put(Object requestEntity)	C
58		queryParam(String key, String value)	Y
59		queryParams(MultivaluedMap<String,String>params)	Y
60		type(MediaType type)	Y
61		type(String type)	Y
62		uri(URI uri)	Y
63	WebResource.Builder	All methods	N
com.cosminexus.jersey.api.client.config package
64	DefaultClientConfig	All methods	N
65	Provider	--	Y

Legend:

Y: Thread safe.

C: Thread safe when the instance specified in the request entity (requestEntity parameter) is thread safe.

N: Not thread safe.

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#1

If the operation is not thread safe, do not invoke this method of the same object from multiple threads.

#2

The class specified in the argument is not thread-safe. Generate the instances of the classes to be specified in the argument with the respective threads.