RESTful Java Web Services - Third Edition

Programmatically building header links using JAX-RS APIs

The JAX-RS APIs allow you to add links to the HTTP header content as well. In the following code snippet, a link to the access manager for a department resource is added to the HTTP response header:

//Rest of the code is omitted for brevity @GET @Path("{id}") @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON) public Response find(@PathParam("id") Short id) { Department deptEntity = findDepartmentEntity(id); //Add links to header return Response.ok() .links(getLinks(deptEntity.getManagerId())) .entity(deptEntity).build(); } //Get the link object representing URI for manager private Link[] getLinks(int departmentId) { Link managerLink = Link.fromUri("{id}/employees") .rel("manager").build(departmentId); ...