Seeming JAX-RS mistake

[Benson Margulies <bi...@gmail.com>]

This can't work right for generic types (like collections), since it doesn't
use java.lang.reflect.Type.

public interface ContextResolver<T> {

    /**
     * Get a context of type <code>T</code> that is applicable to the
supplied
     * type.
     * @param type the class of object for which a context is desired
     * @return a context for the supplied type or <code>null</code> if a
     * context for the supplied type is not available from this provider.
     */
    T getContext(Class<?> type);
}

Re: Seeming JAX-RS mistake

[Sergey Beryozkin <sb...@progress.com>]

Hi Benson

This interface is meant to be used with types like JAXBContext or (JAXB) Marshaller, I think it was introduced to let users overcome the issues with the existing JAXB releases, for some specific types be handled by custom context providers. For ex, JAXB providers would check if ContextResolver<JAXBContext> was registered and then, say, ContextResolver.getContext(Foo.class) will be called. 
I think that in CXF if it were say Collection<Foo> then a registered ContextResolver<JAXBContext>, if any, would not be asked for a JAXBContext for Collection<Foo> but for Foo only

cheers, Sergey 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Benson Margulies 
  To: Sergey Beryozkin ; CXF Dev 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 12:26 AM
  Subject: Seeming JAX-RS mistake


  This can't work right for generic types (like collections), since it doesn't use java.lang.reflect.Type.

  public interface ContextResolver<T> {

      /**
       * Get a context of type <code>T</code> that is applicable to the supplied
       * type.
       * @param type the class of object for which a context is desired 
       * @return a context for the supplied type or <code>null</code> if a 
       * context for the supplied type is not available from this provider.
       */
      T getContext(Class<?> type);
  }