RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

@BeanParam

The @javax.ws.rs.BeanParam annotation allows you to inject all the matching request parameters into a single bean object. The @BeanParam annotation can be set on a class field, a resource class bean property (the getter method for accessing the attribute), or a method parameter. The bean class can have fields or properties annotated with one of the request parameter annotations, namely @PathParam, @QueryParam, @MatrixParam, @HeaderParam, @CookieParam, or @FormParam. Apart from the request parameter annotations, the bean can have the @Context annotation if there is a need.

Consider the example that we discussed for @FormParam. The createDepartment() method that we used in that example has two parameters annotated with @FormParam ...