November 2017
Intermediate to advanced
420 pages
10h 29m
English
Content preview from RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition
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@FormParam
The @javax.ws.rs.FormParam annotation injects the matching HTML form parameters present in the request body into a class field, a resource class bean property (the getter method for accessing the attribute), or a method parameter. The request body carrying the form elements must have the content type specified as application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
Consider the following HTML form that contains the data capture form for a department entity. This form allows the user to enter the department entity details:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Create Department</title> </head> <body> <form method="POST" action="/resources/departments"> Department Id: <input type="text" name="departmentId"> <br> Department Name: <input type="text" ...