Jersey and Java 8 Examples Features and Types

This example demonstrates the usage of Java 8's new constructs and types.

Currently demonstrated are:

The mapping of the URI path space is presented in the following table:

URI path	Resource class	HTTP method	description
*/j8/default-method*	DefaultMethodInterface	GET	returns `interface-root` in `text/plain`
*/j8/default-method/path*	DefaultMethodInterface	GET	returns `interface-path` in `text/plain`
*/j8/default-method/class*	DefaultMethodResource	GET	returns `class` in `text/plain`
*/j8/lambdas/{p}*	LambdaResource	GET	returns `{p}-lambdaized` in `text/plain`

Application is Servlet 3 based, web.xml-less. Everything needed (resources/providers) is registered in the Java8Application class.

Running the Example

Run the example as follows:

mvn clean package jetty:run

This deploys current example using Jetty. You can access the application at: