RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Managing the order of execution for filters and interceptors

It is perfectly legal to have multiple filters or interceptors added for a REST client or server. In such a case, you might want to control the order in which they are executed at runtime. JAX-RS allows you to manage the order of execution by adding the @javax.annotation.Priority annotation on the filter or the interceptor class. The Priority values should be non-negative. You can use standard constants defined in the javax.ws.rs.Priorities class to set the priorities. An example is given here:

@Provider 
@Priority(Priorities.HEADER_DECORATOR) 
public class JAXRSReaderInterceptor implements ReaderInterceptor { 
    //Interceptor implementation goes here 
} 

Interceptors and filters are ...